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Sri Nandikeshwara Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Shree Nandikeshvaraaya Namah
2. Om Brahmaroopine Namah
3. Om Shivadhyaanaparaayanaaya Namah
4. Om Teekn Shringaaya Namah
5. Om Veda Vedaaya Namah
6. Om Viroopaye Namah
7. Om Vrishabhaaya Namah
8. Om Tungashailaaya Namah
9. Om Devadevaaya Namah
10. Om Shivapriyaaya Namah
11. Om Viraajamaanaaya Namah
12. Om Natanaaya Namah
13. Om Agniroopaaya Namah
14. Om Dhana Priyaaya Namah
15. Om Sitachaamaradhaarine Namah
16. Om Vedaangaaya Namah
17. Om Kanakapriyaaya Namah
18. Om Kailaasavaasine Namah
19. Om Devaaya Namah
20. Om Sthitapaadaaya Namah
21. Om Shriti Priyaaya Namah
22. Om Shvetopraveetine Namah
23. Om Naatyanandakaaya Namah
24. Om Kinkineedharaaya Namah
25. Om Mattashringine Namah
26. Om Haatakeshaaya Namah
27. Om Hemabhooshanaaya Namah
28. Om Vishnuroopinyaaya Namah
29. Om Prithviroopine Namah
30. Om Nidheeshaaya Namah
31. Om Shivavaahanaaya Namah
32. Om Gulapriyaaya Namah
33. Om Chaaruhaasaaya Namah
34. Om Shringine Namah
35. Om Navatrinapriyaaya Namah
36. Om Vedasaaraaya Namah
37. Om Mantrasaaraaya Namah
38. Om Pratyakshaaya Namah
39. Om Karunaakaraaya Namah
40. Om Sheeghraaya Namah
41. Om Lalaamakalikaaya Namah
42. Om Shivayogine Namah
43. Om Jalaadhipaaya Namah
44. Om Chaaru Roopaaya Namah
45. Om Vrisheshaaya Namah
46. Om Soma Sooryaagnilochanaaya Namah
47. Om Sundaraaya Namah
48. Om Somabhooshaaya Namah
49. Om Suvaktraaya Namah
50. Om Kalinaashanaaya Namah
51. Om Supra Kaashaaya Namah
52. Om Mahaaveeryaaya Namah
53. Om Hamsaaya Namah
54. Om Agnimayaaya Namah
55. Om Prabhave Namah
56. Om Varadaaya Namah
57. Om Rudraroopaaya Namah
58. Om Madhuraaya Namah
59. Om Kaamikapriyaaya Namah
60. Om Vishishttaa Ya Namah
61. Om Divyaroopaaya Namah
62. Om Ujjvaline Namah
63. Om Jvaalaanetraaya Namah
64. Om Sampartaaya Namah
65. Om Kaalaaya Namah
66. Om Keshavaaya Namah
67. Om Sarvadaivataaya Namah
68. Om Shvetavarnaaya Namah
69. Om Shivaaseenaaya Namah
70. Om Chinmayaaya Namah
71. Om Shringapattaaya Namah
72. Om Shvetachaamara Bhooshaaya Namah
73. Om Devaraajaaya Namah
74. Om Prabhaanandine Namah
75. Om Vanditaaya Namah
76. Om Parameshvaraarchitaaya Namah
77. Om Niroopaaya Namah
78. Om Niraakaaraaya Namah
79. Om Chhinnadhaityaaya Namah
80. Om Naasaasootrine Namah
81. Om Aanandeshyaaya Namah
82. Om Titatandulabhakshanaaya Namah
83. Om Vaaranandine Namah
84. Om Sarasaaya Namah
85. Om Vimalaaya Namah
86. Om Pattasootraaya Namah
87. Om Kalaakantaaya Namah
88. Om Shailaadine Namah
89. Om Shilaadhana Sunandhanaaya Namah
90. Om Kaaranaaya Namah
91. Om Shriti Bhaktaaya Namah
92. Om Veerakantaadharaaya Namah
93. Om Dhanyaaya Namah
94. Om Vishnu Nandine Namah
95. Om Shivajvaalaa Graahine Namah
96. Om Bhadraaya Namah
97. Om Anaghaaya Namah
98. Om Veeraaya Namah
99. Om Dhrivaaya Namah
100. Om Dhaatre Namah
101. Om Shaashvataaya Namah
102. Om Pradoshapriya Roopine Namah
103. Om Vrishaaya Namah
104. Om Kundaladrite Namah
105. Om Bheemaaya Namah
106. Om Sitavarna Svaroopine Namah
107. Om Sarvaatmane Namah
108. Om Sarvavikhyaataaya Namah
Iti Shree Nandikeshvara Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
The Sri Nandikeshwara Ashtottara Shatanamavali is a list of 108 names of Nandi, the bull who carries Shiva and guards the door of Kailasa. Each name is said with Om before it and namah after it, and in puja a flower or bilva leaf is offered at every name. It is a namavali rather than a narrative stotra, so it has no phala shruti of its own.
What the names say
The opening names put devotion first. Shivadhyanaparayana is the one always absorbed in Shiva, which is exactly how a temple Nandi sits, facing the linga. Vrishabha, Shivavahana and Kailasavasi fix his place beside Shiva.
A run of names then describes him: sharp horns, a white body, the white chamara, bells at the neck, gold ornaments. Natana and Natyanandaka tie him to Shiva's dance, and Soma Suryagnilochana gives him the moon, sun and fire as eyes, as Shiva has. Some names are almost homely. Navatrinapriya likes fresh grass, Gulapriya likes jaggery. Shailadi names him as son of the sage Shilada, while Vedasara, Mantrasara and Shivayogi honour him as a knower of the Vedas and a teacher.
When it is recited
Because the list itself contains Pradoshapriya Rupi, it is most often chanted at pradosham on trayodashi evening, after Nandi's abhishekam. Some households read it on Mondays just before the Shiva Ashtottaram. Read at an unhurried pace the 108 names take about ten minutes.
Frequently asked questions
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How is Nandi described physically in the Nandikeshwara 108 names?
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