Sri Naga Devata Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Anantaaya Namah
2. Om Aadisheshaaya Namah
3. Om Agadaaya Namah
4. Om Akhilorvecharaaya Namah
5. Om Amitavikramaaya Namah
6. Om Animishaarchitaaya Namah
7. Om Aadivandyaanivrittaye Namah
8. Om Vinaayakodarabaddhaaya Namah
9. Om Vishnupriyaaya Namah
10. Om Vedastutyaaya Namah 10
11. Om Vihitadharmaaya Namah
12. Om Vishadharaaya Namah
13. Om Sheshaaya Namah
14. Om Shatrusoodanaaya Namah
15. Om Asheshapanaamandalamanditaaya Namah
16. Om Apratihataanugrahadaayaaye Namah
17. Om Amitaachaaraaya Namah
18. Om Akhandaishvaryasampannaaya Namah
19. Om Amaraahipastutyaaya Namah
20. Om Aghoraroopaaya Namah 20
21. Om Vyaalavyaaya Namah
22. Om Vaasukaye Namah
23. Om Varapradaayakaaya Namah
24. Om Vanacharaaya Namah
25. Om Vamshavardhanaaya Namah
26. Om Vaasudevashayanaaya Namah
27. Om Vatavrikshaarchitaaya Namah
28. Om Vipraveshadhaarine Namah
29. Om Tvaritaagamanaaya Namah
30. Om Tamoroopaaya Namah 30
31. Om Darpeekaraaya Namah
32. Om Dharaneedharaaya Namah
33. Om Kashyapaatmajaaya Namah
34. Om Kaalaroopaaya Namah
35. Om Yugaadhipaaya Namah
36. Om Yugandharaaya Namah
37. Om Rashmivantaaya Namah
38. Om Ramyagaatraaya Namah
39. Om Keshavapriyaaya Namah
40. Om Vishvambharaaya Namah 40
41. Om Shankaraabharanaaya Namah
42. Om Shankhapaalaaya Namah
43. Om Shambhupriyaaya Namah
44. Om Shadaananaaya Namah
45. Om Panchashirase Namah
46. Om Paapanaashaaya Namah
47. Om Pramadaaya Namah
48. Om Prachandaaya Namah
49. Om Bhaktivashyaaya Namah
50. Om Bhaktarakshakaaya Namah 50
51. Om Bahushirase Namah
52. Om Bhaagyavardhanaaya Namah
53. Om Bhavabheetiharaaya Namah
54. Om Takshakaaya Namah
55. Om Lokatrayaadheeshaaya Namah
56. Om Shivaaya Namah
57. Om Vedavedyaaya Namah
58. Om Poornaaya Namah
59. Om Punyaaya Namah
60. Om Punyakeertaye Namah 60
61. Om Pateshaaya Namah
62. Om Paaragaaya Namah
63. Om Nishkalaaya Namah
64. Om Varapradaaya Namah
65. Om Karkotakaaya Namah
66. Om Shreshthaaya Namah
67. Om Shaantaaya Namah
68. Om Daantaaya Namah
69. Om Aadityamardanaaya Namah
70. Om Sarvapoojyaaya Namah 70
71. Om Sarvaakaaraaya Namah
72. Om Niraashaayaaya Namah
73. Om Niranjanaaya Namah
74. Om Airaavataaya Namah
75. Om Sharanyaaya Namah
76. Om Sarvadaayakaaya Namah
77. Om Dhananjayaaya Namah
78. Om Avyaktaaya Namah
79. Om Vyaktaroopaaya Namah
80. Om Tamoharaaya Namah 80
81. Om Yogeeshvaraaya Namah
82. Om Kalyaanaaya Namah
83. Om Vaalaaya Namah
84. Om Brahmachaarine Namah
85. Om Shankaraanandakaraaya Namah
86. Om Jitakrodhaaya Namah
87. Om Jeevaaya Namah
88. Om Jayadaaya Namah
89. Om Japapriyaaya Namah
90. Om Vishvaroopaaya Namah 90
91. Om Vidhistutaaya Namah
92. Om Vidhendrashivasamstutyaaya Namah
93. Om Shreyapradaaya Namah
94. Om Praanadaaya Namah
95. Om Vishnutalpaaya Namah
96. Om Guptaaya Namah
97. Om Guptaataraaya Namah
98. Om Raktavastraaya Namah
99. Om Raktabhooshaaya Namah
100. Om Bhujangaaya Namah 100
101. Om Bhayaroopaaya Namah
102. Om Sareesripaaya Namah
103. Om Sakalaroopaaya Namah
104. Om Kadruvaasambhootaaya Namah
105. Om Aadhaaravidhipathikaaya Namah
106. Om Sushumnaadvaaramadhyagaaya Namah
107. Om Phaniratnavibhooshanaaya Namah
108. Om Naagendraaya Namah 108
Iti Naagadevataashtottarashatanaamaavalih
Meaning
This is a list of 108 names addressed to the naga devatas, the serpent deities honoured at anthills, naga stones under peepal and banyan trees, and Subrahmanya shrines across South India. Each name takes the form Om ... namah, and the list closes with Nagendraya namah, a salute to the king of serpents.
The great nagas by name
The opening names, Anantaya and Adisheshaya, go straight to the serpent who carries the earth, and later names like Dharanidhara and Vishvambhara repeat that idea. Spread through the list are the classical serpent kings: Vasuki, Takshaka, Karkotaka, Shankhapala, Airavata and Dhananjaya. Two names, Kashyapatmaja and Kadruva-sambhuta, recall the Puranic account of the nagas as children of Kashyapa and Kadru.
Serpent of the gods
Many names describe the naga through the deities he serves. He is Vasudeva-shayana and Vishnu-talpa, the bed of Vishnu; Shankarabharana, the ornament of Shiva; and Vinayakodara-baddha, the snake bound around Ganesha's belly. Vatavriksha-archita refers to worship under the banyan tree, a familiar village sight.
Fierce and gentle
The list holds both sides of the serpent. Vishadhara (bearer of poison), Aghora-rupa and Bhaya-rupa sit beside Bhakta-rakshaka, Vamsha-vardhana (one who makes the family line grow) and Bhagya-vardhana. Sushumna-dvara-madhyaga, near the end, turns to the yogic idea of the coiled power rising through the central channel.
The namavali is chanted with flowers or turmeric rice on Naga Panchami, Nagula Chavithi and Subrahmanya Shashti, and by families performing naga pratishtha at a shrine.
Frequently asked questions
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