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1. om svavaagdevataa saridbakta vimaleekartre namah'
2. om shree raaghavendraaya namah'
3. om sakalapradaatre namah'
4. om bhaktaughasambhedanadri'sht'ivajraaya namah'
5. om kshamaasurendraaya namah'
6. om haripaadanishevanaallabdha samastasampade namah'
7. om devasvabhaavaaya namah'
8. om divija drumaaya namah'
9. om isht'apradaatre namah'
10. om bhavya svaroopaaya namah'
11. om bhavaduh'khatoola sanghaagnicharyaaya namah'
12. om sukhadhairyashaaline namah'
13. om samastadusht'agrahanigraheshaaya namah'
14. om duratyayopaplavasindhu setave namah'
15. om nirastadoshaaya namah'
16. om niravadyadehaaya namah'
17. om pratyarthimookatva nidaanabhaashaaya namah'
18. om vidyatparijnyeyamahaavisheshaaya namah'
19. om vaagvaikharee nirjita bhavyasheshaaya namah'
20. om santaanasampatparishuddha bhakti vijnyaana vaaggehasupaat'avaadidaatre namah'
21. om shareerol'atdhasamastadoshahantre namah'
22. om shree gururaaghavendraaya namah'
23. om tiraskri'tasuranadeejala paadodaka mahimaavate namah'
24. om dustaapatrayanaashanaaya namah'
25. om mahaavandhyaasuputradaaya namah'
26. om vyangyasvangasamri'ddhidaaya namah'
27. om grahapaapahaaya namah'
28. om asahaayaaya namah'
29. om duritakaananadaava bhootasvabhakta darshanaaya namah'
30. om sarvatantrasvatantraaya namah'
31. om shreemadhvamatavardhanaaya namah'
32. om shreevijayendrakaraabjottha sudheendravaraputrakaaya namah'
33. om yatiraajaye gurave namah'
34. om bhayaapahaaya namah'
35. om jnyaanabhaktisuputraayuryashah' shreepunyavardhanaaya namah'
36. om prativaadijayasvaanta bheda chihnaardaraaya namah'
37. om sarvavidyaapraveenaaya namah'
38. om aparoksheekri'tashreeshaaya namah'
39. om apekshita pradaatre namah'
40. om dayaadaakshinya vairaagya vaakphaat'avamukhaankitaaya namah'
41. om shaapaanugrahashaktaaya namah'
42. om ajnyaanavismri'ti bhraanti sam'shayaa pa smri'tikshayadosha naashakaaya namah'
43. om asht'aadaksharaja pesht'aardha pradaatre namah'
44. om aatmaatmeeya samudbhava kaayajadoshahantre namah'
45. om sarvapumartha pradaatre namah'
46. om kaalatraya praardhanaakartre'hikaa mushmika sarvesht'apradaatre namah'
47. om agamyamahimne namah'
48. om mahaayashase namah'
49. om maadhvamatadugdhaabdhichandraaya namah'
50. om anaghaaya namah'
51. om yathaashakti pradakshinakri'tasarva yaatraa phaladaatre namah'
52. om shirodhaarana sarvateerdhasnaana phaladaatri' svabri'ndaavanagata jalaaya namah'
53. om namah'karana sarvaabheesht'adaatre namah'
54. om sankeertana vedaadyardhajnyaanadaatre namah'
55. om sam'saaramagnajanoddaarakartre namah'
56. om kusht'haadiroganivartakaaya namah'
57. om andhadivyadri'sht'idaatre namah'
58. om ed'amookavaakpatitva pradaatre namah'
59. om poornaayuh'pradaatre namah'
60. om poornasampatpradaatre namah'
61. om kukshigatasarvadoshaghnau namah'
62. om pangukhanjasameechaanaavayavadaatre namah'
63. om bhootapretapishaachaadipeed'aaghne namah'
64. om deepasam'yojanajnyaanaputradaatre namah'
65. om bhavyajnyaanabhaktyaadivardhanaaya namah'
66. om sarvaabheesht'apradaaya namah'
67. om raajachoramahaavyaaghra sarpanakraadi peed'anaghne namah'
68. om svastotrapat'hane sht'aardhana samri'ddhidaaya namah'
69. om udyatpradyotanadharma koormaasana sthaaya namah'
70. om khadyakhadyotanadyotaprataapaaya namah'
71. om shreeraamamaanasaaya namah'
72. om dhri'takaashaayavasanaaya namah'
73. om tulaseehaaravakshase namah'
74. om dordand'avilasaddand'aka mand'ala viraajitaaya namah'
75. om abhayajnyaanamudraakshamaalaa sheelakaraambujaaya namah'
76. om yogeendravandyapaadaabjaaya namah'
77. om paapaadripaat'anavajraaya namah'
78. om kshamaasuraganaadheeshaaya namah'
79. om harisevaalabdhasarvasampade namah'
80. om tattva pradarshakaaya namah'
81. om isht'a pradaanakalpadrumaaya namah'
82. om shrutyarthabodhakaaya namah'
83. om bhavakri'te namah'
84. bahuvaadivijayine namah'
85. om punyavardhanapaadaabjaabhishekam' jalasanchayaaya namah'
86. om dyunadeetulyasadgunaaya namah'
87. om bhaktaughavidhvam'sakaranijamoorti pradarshakaaya namah'
88. om jagadgurave namah'
89. om kri'paanidhaye namah'
90. om sarvashaastra vishaaradaaya namah'
91. om nikhilendriyadoshaghne namah'
92. om asht'aaksharamanooditaaya namah'
93. om sarvasaukhyakri'te namah'
94. om mri'tapotapraanaadaatre namah'
95. om vedisthapurushojjeevine namah'
96. om vahnisthamaalikoddartre namah'
97. om samagrat'eekaavyaakhyaate namah'
98. om bhaat't'asangrahakri'te namah'
99. om sudhaaparimal'oddhartre namah'
100. om apasmaaraapaharte' namah'
101. om upanishatkhand'aarthakri'te namah'
102. om ri'gvyaakhyaananakri'daachaaryaaya namah'
103. om mantraalayanivaasine namah'
104. om nyaayamuktaavaleekartre namah'
105. om chandrikaavyaakhyaakartre namah'
106. om sutantradeepikaakartre namah'
107. om geetaarthasangrahakri'te namah'
108. om raam' raaghavendraaya namah'
iti shree raaghavendraasht'ottara shatanaamaaval'i '
Meaning
This namavali is addressed to Sri Raghavendra Swamy of Mantralayam. The Kannada text displayed on this page contains 108 list entries, including the opening and closing invocations.
Significance
The list ends with the invocation to Raghavendra beginning with ram. This entry is included in the displayed list count. The earlier claim that this page contains 109 entries is not supported by the current text; no explanation based on differing printed editions is established here.
The names themselves work almost as a bibliography. Gitartha-sangrahakrit, the one who made the summary of the Gita's meaning, points at a book he wrote. Others point at his commentaries and his teaching. This is a scholar being praised for scholarship, which is not how most namavalis operate.
He was born Venkatanatha, became a pontiff of the Madhva matha, and entered the Brindavana at Mantralayam, in Kurnool district across the river from Raichur, in 1671. Tradition holds that he entered it alive and that he would remain present there for seven hundred years, and the seva at Mantralayam is conducted on that understanding. The story told there is that Appannacharya, who arrived as it was happening, composed the Raghavendra Stotra on the spot and broke down before the last line, and that the line came from inside the Brindavana. Devotees will tell you this as a fact; it is what the tradition holds, and this page reports it that way.
One thing to be clear about. He is a saint and a guru, not a Puranic deity. That distinction matters in a Madhva setting and it does not lessen him.
How and when to chant
Thursday is the day, and many households do it in the evening after lighting the lamp. Keep flowers or tulasi to your right and offer one at each name, to his picture or to padukas if the family has them.
Raghavendra Aradhana falls in Shravana and runs three days, purva, madhya and uttara aradhana, with the middle day the main one. Mantralayam fills for it. Families who cannot travel keep the three days at home with the namavali, a reading, and feeding whoever comes.
The prasada most associated with him is mridika, earth from around the Brindavana, and angara. Devotees apply it to the forehead and keep a little at home. If you have been to Mantralayam you will have it; if not, there is nothing wrong with doing the archane without it.
Pradakshina of the Brindavana is done at Mantralayam, and those with a vow keep counting into the high numbers. At home, a Thursday bhajane with the Raghavendra Stotra and this namavali is the common shape. Nothing here needs a priest, and no initiation is required for a namavali.
Frequently asked questions
How is the Raghavendra Ashtottara Shatanamavali related to Appannacharya's Raghavendra Stotra?
Which of Raghavendra Swamy's own works does this namavali mention?
Which miracles of Raghavendra Swamy appear among the 108 names?
On which day is the Raghavendra Ashtottara usually chanted?
How does the Raghavendra namavali describe the saint's form?
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