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Sri Padmavathi Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Padmaavatyai Namah
2. Om Devyai Namah
3. Om Padmodbhavaayai Namah
4. Om Karunapradaayinyai Namah
5. Om Sahridayaayai Namah
6. Om Tejasva Roopinyai Namah
7. Om Kamalamukhai Namah
8. Om Padmadharaaya Namah
9. Om Shriyai Namah
10. Om Padmanetre Namah
11. Om Padmakaraayai Namah
12. Om Sugunaayai Namah
13. Om Kunkuma Priyaayai Namah
14. Om Hemavarnaayai Namah
15. Om Chandra Vanditaayai Namah
16. Om Dhagadhaga Prakaasha Shareera Dhaarinyai Namah
17. Om Vishnu Priyaayai Namah
18. Om Nitya Kalyaanyai Namah
19. Om Koti Soorya Prakaashinyai Namah
20. Om Mahaa Saundarya Roopinyai Namah
21. Om Bhaktavatsalaayai Namah
22. Om Brahmaanda Vaasinyai Namah
23. Om Dharma Sankalpaayai Namah
24. Om Daakshinya Kataakshinyai Namah
25. Om Bhakti Pradaayinyai Namah
26. Om Gunatraya Vivarjitaayai Namah
27. Om Kalaashodasha Samyutaayai Namah
28. Om Sarvaloka Jananyai Namah
29. Om Muktidaayinyai Namah
30. Om Dayaamritaayai Namah
31. Om Praajnyaayai Namah
32. Om Mahaa Dharmaayai Namah
33. Om Dharma Roopinyai Namah
34. Om Alankaara Priyaayai Namah
35. Om Sarvadaaridrya Dhvamsinyai Namah
36. Om Shree Venkatesha Vakshasthala Sthitaayai Namah
37. Om Lokashoka Vinaashinyai Namah
38. Om Vaishnavyai Namah
39. Om Tiruchaanooru Puravaasinyai Namah
40. Om Veda Vidyaa Vishaaradaayai Namah
41. Om Vishnu Paada Sevitaayai Namah
42. Om Jaganmohinyai Namah
43. Om Shaktisvaroopinyai Namah
44. Om Prasannodayaayai Namah
45. Om Sarvalokanivaasinyai Namah
46. Om Bhoojayaayai Namah
47. Om Aishvarya Pradaayinyai Namah
48. Om Shaantaayai Namah
49. Om Mandaara Kaaminyai Namah
50. Om Kamalaakaraayai Namah
51. Om Vedaanta Jnyaana Roopinyai Namah
52. Om Sarva Sampatti Roopinyai Namah
53. Om Koti Soorya Samaprabhaayai Namah
54. Om Pooja Phaladaayinyai Namah
55. Om Kamalaasanaadi Sarvadevataayai Namah
56. Om Vaikuntha Vaasinyai Namah
57. Om Abhaya Daayinyai Namah
58. Om Nrityageeta Priyaayai Namah
59. Om Ksheera Saagarodbhavaayai Namah
60. Om Aakaasharaaja Putrikaayai Namah
61. Om Suvarna Hasta Dhaarinyai Namah
62. Om Kaama Roopinyai Namah
63. Om Karunaakataaksha Dhaarinyai Namah
64. Om Amritaa Sujaayai Namah
65. Om Ashtadikpaalakaadhipatyai Namah
66. Om Manmadhadarpa Samhaaryai Namah
67. Om Kamalaardha Bhaagaayai Namah
68. Om Shatkoti Teerthavaasitaayai Namah
69. Om Aadishankara Poojitaayai Namah
70. Om Preeti Daayinyai Namah
71. Om Saubhaagya Pradaayinyai Namah
72. Om Mahaakeerti Pradaayinyai Namah
73. Om Krishnaatipriyaayai Namah
74. Om Gandharva Shaapa Vimochakaayai Namah
75. Om Krishnapatnyai Namah
76. Om Triloka Poojitaayai Namah
77. Om Jaganmohinyai Namah
78. Om Sulabhaayai Namah
79. Om Susheelaayai Namah
80. Om Bhaktyaatma Nivaasinyai Namah
81. Om Sandhyaa Vandinyai Namah
82. Om Sarva Lokamaatre Namah
83. Om Abhimata Daayinyai Namah
84. Om Lalitaa Vadhootyai Namah
85. Om Samasta Shaastra Vishaaradaayai Namah
86. Om Suvarnaa Bharana Dhaarinyai Namah
87. Om Karaveera Nivaasinyai Namah
88. Om Shree Shreenivaasa Priyaayai Namah
89. Om Chandramandala Sthitaayai Namah
90. Om Alivelu Mangaayai Namah
91. Om Divya Mangaladhaarinyai Namah
92. Om Sukalyaana Peethasthaayai Namah
93. Om Kaamakavanapushpa Priyaayai Namah
94. Om Koti Manmadha Roopinyai Namah
95. Om Bhaanu Mandala Roopinyai Namah
96. Om Padmapaadaayai Namah
97. Om Ramaayai Namah
98. Om Sarva Maanasa Vaasinyai Namah
99. Om Sarvaayai Namah
100. Om Vishvaroopaayai Namah
101. Om Divyajnyaanaayai Namah
102. Om Sarvamangala Roopinyai Namah
103. Om Sarvaanugraha Pradaayinyai Namah
104. OmOmkaara Svaroopinyai Namah
105. Om Brahmajnyaana Sambhootaayai Namah
106. Om Padmaavatyai Namah
107. Om Sadyoveda Vatyai Namah
108. Om Shree Mahaalakshmai Namah
Iti Shree Padmaavatee Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali Samaptha
Meaning
One hundred and eight names of Padmavati Devi, consort of Venkateshwara, said one at a time with kumkuma offered at each. The list opens Om Padmaavatyai Namah, Om Devyai Namah, Om Padmodbhavaayai Namah — by the third name her birth from the lotus is already settled. This is the archana form of the worship for which the Padmavati Stotram is the hymn.
Significance
Kumkumarchana is the seva she is known for. At Tiruchanur it is the request women stand in line for, and at home the same thing is done with a small plate of kumkuma and her picture. The names work through the lotus from every side — born of it, seated on it, lotus-eyed, lotus-handed — and then place her beside Venkateshwara, so the list is at once about a goddess and about a marriage. Tradition holds that Padmavati is approached before her husband, the way one speaks to the mother of the house before the master of it, and the archana is where that is enacted: it is short enough to be done every Friday and personal enough that families keep the same plate and the same small silver face year after year. What is asked for is usually specific — a marriage, a child, an illness lifted, a household steadied — and the namavali does not pretend otherwise.
How and when to chant
Friday, morning after a bath or at the evening lamp. Place her image or a kalasha, light a lamp, and say the names one by one, offering a pinch of kumkuma at each. Turmeric, bangles, a blouse-piece and lotus when the season gives it are the offerings women bring to Tiruchanur, and the same are set out at home. Karthika is her month; many keep the archana every Friday through it and then on Panchami Teertham, the last day of her Brahmotsavam. Reading the Padmavati Stotram first and then doing this archana is the common order at home.
Frequently asked questions
Which names in the Padmavathi Ashtottara tie her to Tiruchanur and Tirumala?
Why does the Padmavathi namavali end with Sri Mahalakshmi?
How is the Padmavathi Ashtottara connected to the Tiruchanur Karthika Brahmotsavam?
What does Padmodbhava, the third name in the Padmavathi Ashtottara, mean?
Why are some names repeated in the Sri Padmavathi Ashtottara?
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