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Sri Rama Sahasranamavali
1. oṃ rājīvalocanāya namaḥ
2. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
3. oṃ śrīrāmāya namaḥ
4. oṃ raghupuṃgavāya namaḥ
5. oṃ rāmabhadrāya namaḥ
6. oṃ sadācārāya namaḥ
7. oṃ rājeṃdrāya namaḥ
8. oṃ jānakīpataye namaḥ
9. oṃ agragaṇyāya namaḥ
10. oṃ vareṇyāya namaḥ
11. oṃ varadāya namaḥ
12. oṃ parameśvarāya namaḥ
13. oṃ janārdanāya namaḥ
14. oṃ jitāmitrāya namaḥ
15. oṃ parārthaikaprayojanāya namaḥ
16. oṃ viśvāmitrapriyāya namaḥ
17. oṃ dāṃtāya namaḥ
18. oṃ śatrujite namaḥ
19. oṃ śatrutāpanāya namaḥ
20. oṃ sarvajñāya namaḥ
21. oṃ sarvadevādaye namaḥ
22. oṃ śaraṇyāya namaḥ
23. oṃ vālimardanāya namaḥ
24. oṃ jñānabhāvyāya namaḥ
25. oṃ aparicchedyāya namaḥ
26. oṃ vāgmine namaḥ
27. oṃ satyavratāya namaḥ
28. oṃ śucaye namaḥ
29. oṃ jñānagamyāya namaḥ
30. oṃ dṛḍhaprajñāya namaḥ
31. oṃ kharadhvaṃsine namaḥ
32. oṃ pratāpavate namaḥ
33. oṃ dyutimate namaḥ
34. oṃ ātmavate namaḥ
35. oṃ vīrāya namaḥ
36. oṃ jitakrodhāya namaḥ
37. oṃ arimardanāya namaḥ
38. oṃ viśvarūpāya namaḥ
39. oṃ viśālākṣāya namaḥ
40. oṃ prabhave namaḥ
41. oṃ parivṛḍhāya namaḥ
42. oṃ dṛḍhāya namaḥ
43. oṃ īśāya namaḥ
44. oṃ khaḍgadharāya namaḥ
45. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
46. oṃ kausaleyāya namaḥ
47. oṃ anasūyakāya namaḥ
48. oṃ vipulāṃsāya namaḥ
49. oṃ mahoraskāya namaḥ
50. oṃ parameṣṭhine namaḥ
51. oṃ parāyaṇāya namaḥ
52. oṃ satyavratāya namaḥ
53. oṃ satyasaṃdhāya namaḥ
54. oṃ gurave namaḥ
55. oṃ paramadhārmikāya namaḥ
56. oṃ lokajñāya namaḥ
57. oṃ lokavaṃdyāya namaḥ
58. oṃ lokātmane namaḥ
59. oṃ lokakṛte namaḥ
60. oṃ parasmai namaḥ
61. oṃ anādaye namaḥ
62. oṃ bhagavate namaḥ
63. oṃ sevyāya namaḥ
64. oṃ jitamāyāya namaḥ
65. oṃ raghūdvahāya namaḥ
66. oṃ rāmāya namaḥ
67. oṃ dayākarāya namaḥ
68. oṃ dakṣāya namaḥ
69. oṃ sarvajñāya namaḥ
70. oṃ sarvapāvanāya namaḥ
71. oṃ brahmaṇyāya namaḥ
72. oṃ nītimate namaḥ
73. oṃ goptre namaḥ
74. oṃ sarvadevamayāya namaḥ
75. oṃ haraye namaḥ
76. oṃ suṃdarāya namaḥ
77. oṃ pītavāsase namaḥ
78. oṃ sūtrakārāya namaḥ
79. oṃ purātanāya namaḥ
80. oṃ saumyāya namaḥ
81. oṃ maharṣaye namaḥ
82. oṃ kodaṃḍine namaḥ
83. oṃ sarvajñāya namaḥ
84. oṃ sarvakovidāya namaḥ
85. oṃ kavaye namaḥ
86. oṃ sugrīvavaradāya namaḥ
87. oṃ sarvapuṇyādhikapradāya namaḥ
88. oṃ bhavyāya namaḥ
89. oṃ jitāriṣaḍvargāya namaḥ
90. oṃ mahodārāya namaḥ
91. oṃ aghanāśanāya namaḥ
92. oṃ sukīrtaye namaḥ
93. oṃ ādipuruṣāya namaḥ
94. oṃ kāṃtāya namaḥ
95. oṃ puṇyakṛtāgamāya namaḥ
96. oṃ akalmaṣāya namaḥ
97. oṃ caturbāhave namaḥ
98. oṃ sarvāvāsāya namaḥ
99. oṃ durāsadāya namaḥ
100. oṃ smitabhāṣiṇe namaḥ
101. oṃ nivṛttātmane namaḥ
102. oṃ smṛtimate namaḥ
103. oṃ vīryavate namaḥ
104. oṃ prabhave namaḥ
105. oṃ dhīrāya namaḥ
106. oṃ dāṃtāya namaḥ
107. oṃ ghanaśyāmāya namaḥ
108. oṃ sarvāyudhaviśāradāya namaḥ
109. oṃ adhyātmayoganilayāya namaḥ
110. oṃ sumanase namaḥ
111. oṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajāya namaḥ
112. oṃ sarvatīrthamayāya namaḥ
113. oṃ śūrāya namaḥ
114. oṃ sarvayajñaphalapradāya namaḥ
115. oṃ yajñasvarūpiṇe namaḥ
116. oṃ yajñeśāya namaḥ
117. oṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitāya namaḥ
118. oṃ varṇāśramakarāya namaḥ
119. oṃ varṇine namaḥ
120. oṃ śatrujite namaḥ
121. oṃ puruṣottamāya namaḥ
122. oṃ vibhīṣaṇapratiṣṭhātre namaḥ
123. oṃ paramātmane namaḥ
124. oṃ parātparasmai namaḥ
125. oṃ pramāṇabhūtāya namaḥ
126. oṃ durjñeyāya namaḥ
127. oṃ pūrṇāya namaḥ
128. oṃ parapuraṃjayāya namaḥ
129. oṃ anaṃtadṛṣṭaye namaḥ
130. oṃ ānaṃdāya namaḥ
131. oṃ dhanurvedāya namaḥ
132. oṃ dhanurdharāya namaḥ
133. oṃ guṇākarāya namaḥ
134. oṃ guṇaśreṣṭhāya namaḥ
135. oṃ saccidānaṃdavigrahāya namaḥ
136. oṃ abhivaṃdyāya namaḥ
137. oṃ mahākāyāya namaḥ
138. oṃ viśvakarmaṇe namaḥ
139. oṃ viśāradāya namaḥ
140. oṃ vinītātmane namaḥ
141. oṃ vītarāgāya namaḥ
142. oṃ tapasvīśāya namaḥ
143. oṃ janeśvarāya namaḥ
144. oṃ kaḷyāṇaprakṛtaye namaḥ
145. oṃ kalpāya namaḥ
146. oṃ sarveśāya namaḥ
147. oṃ sarvakāmadāya namaḥ
148. oṃ akṣayāya namaḥ
149. oṃ puruṣāya namaḥ
150. oṃ sākṣiṇe namaḥ
151. oṃ keśavāya namaḥ
152. oṃ puruṣottamāya namaḥ
153. oṃ lokādhyakṣāya namaḥ
154. oṃ mahāmāyāya namaḥ
155. oṃ vibhīṣaṇavarapradāya namaḥ
156. oṃ ānaṃdavigrahāya namaḥ
157. oṃ jyotiṣe namaḥ
158. oṃ hanumatprabhave namaḥ
159. oṃ avyayāya namaḥ
160. oṃ bhrājiṣṇave namaḥ
161. oṃ sahanāya namaḥ
162. oṃ bhoktre namaḥ
163. oṃ satyavādine namaḥ
164. oṃ bahuśrutāya namaḥ
165. oṃ sukhadāya namaḥ
166. oṃ kāraṇāya namaḥ
167. oṃ kartre namaḥ
168. oṃ bhavabaṃdhavimocanāya namaḥ
169. oṃ devacūḍāmaṇaye namaḥ
170. oṃ netre namaḥ
171. oṃ brahmaṇyāya namaḥ
172. oṃ brahmavardhanāya namaḥ
173. oṃ saṃsārottārakāya namaḥ
174. oṃ rāmāya namaḥ
175. oṃ sarvaduḥkhavimokṣakṛte namaḥ
176. oṃ vidvattamāya namaḥ
177. oṃ viśvakartre namaḥ
178. oṃ viśvahartre namaḥ
179. oṃ viśvadhṛte [kṛte] namaḥ
180. oṃ nityāya namaḥ
181. oṃ niyatakalyāṇāya namaḥ
182. oṃ sītāśokavināśakṛte namaḥ
183. oṃ kākutsthāya namaḥ
184. oṃ puṃḍarīkākṣāya namaḥ
185. oṃ viśvāmitrabhayāpahāya namaḥ
186. oṃ mārīcamathanāya namaḥ
187. oṃ rāmāya namaḥ
188. oṃ virādhavadhapaṃḍitāya namaḥ
189. oṃ duḥsvapnanāśanāya namaḥ
190. oṃ ramyāya namaḥ
191. oṃ kirīṭine namaḥ
192. oṃ tridaśādhipāya namaḥ
193. oṃ mahādhanuṣe namaḥ
194. oṃ mahākāyāya namaḥ
195. oṃ bhīmāya namaḥ
196. oṃ bhīmaparākramāya namaḥ
197. oṃ tattvasvarūpiṇe namaḥ
198. oṃ tattvajñāya namaḥ
199. oṃ tattvavādine namaḥ
200. oṃ suvikramāya namaḥ
201. oṃ bhūtātmane namaḥ
202. oṃ bhūtakṛte namaḥ
203. oṃ svāmine namaḥ
204. oṃ kālajñānine namaḥ
205. oṃ mahāpaṭave namaḥ
206. oṃ anirviṇṇāya namaḥ
207. oṃ guṇagrāhiṇe namaḥ
208. oṃ niṣkalaṃkāya namaḥ
209. oṃ kalaṃkaghne namaḥ
210. oṃ svabhāvabhadrāya namaḥ
211. oṃ śatrughnāya namaḥ
212. oṃ keśavāya namaḥ
213. oṃ sthāṇave namaḥ
214. oṃ īśvarāya namaḥ
215. oṃ bhūtādaye namaḥ
216. oṃ śaṃbhave namaḥ
217. oṃ ādityāya namaḥ
218. oṃ sthaviṣṭhāya namaḥ
219. oṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ
220. oṃ dhruvāya namaḥ
221. oṃ kavacine namaḥ
222. oṃ kuṃḍaline namaḥ
223. oṃ cakriṇe namaḥ
224. oṃ khaḍgine namaḥ
225. oṃ bhaktajanapriyāya namaḥ
226. oṃ amṛtyave namaḥ
227. oṃ janmarahitāya namaḥ
228. oṃ sarvajite namaḥ
229. oṃ sarvagocarāya namaḥ
230. oṃ anuttamāya namaḥ
231. oṃ aprameyātmane namaḥ
232. oṃ sarvādaye namaḥ
233. oṃ guṇasāgarāya namaḥ
234. oṃ samāya namaḥ
235. oṃ samātmane namaḥ
236. oṃ samagāya namaḥ
237. oṃ jaṭāmukuṭamaṃḍitāya namaḥ
238. oṃ ajeyāya namaḥ
239. oṃ sarvabhūtātmane namaḥ
240. oṃ viṣvaksenāya namaḥ
241. oṃ mahātapāya namaḥ
242. oṃ lokādhyakṣāya namaḥ
243. oṃ mahābāhave namaḥ
244. oṃ amṛtāya namaḥ
245. oṃ vedavittamāya namaḥ
246. oṃ sahiṣṇave namaḥ
247. oṃ sadgataye namaḥ
248. oṃ śāstre namaḥ
249. oṃ viśvayonaye namaḥ
250. oṃ mahādyutaye namaḥ
251. oṃ atīṃdrāya namaḥ
252. oṃ ūrjitāya namaḥ
253. oṃ prāṃśave namaḥ
254. oṃ upeṃdrāya namaḥ
255. oṃ vāmanāya namaḥ
256. oṃ baline namaḥ
257. oṃ dhanurvedāya namaḥ
258. oṃ vidhātre namaḥ
259. oṃ brahmaṇe namaḥ
260. oṃ viṣṇave namaḥ
261. oṃ śaṃkarāya namaḥ
262. oṃ haṃsāya namaḥ
263. oṃ marīcaye namaḥ
264. oṃ goviṃdāya namaḥ
265. oṃ ratnagarbhāya namaḥ
266. oṃ mahāmataye namaḥ
267. oṃ vyāsāya namaḥ
268. oṃ vācaspataye namaḥ
269. oṃ sarvadarpitāsuramardanāya namaḥ
270. oṃ jānakīvallabhāya namaḥ
271. oṃ pūjyāya namaḥ
272. oṃ prakaṭāya namaḥ
273. oṃ prītivardhanāya namaḥ
274. oṃ saṃbhavāya namaḥ
275. oṃ atīṃdriyāya namaḥ
276. oṃ vedyāya namaḥ
277. oṃ anirdeśāya namaḥ
278. oṃ jāṃbavatprabhave namaḥ
279. oṃ madanāya namaḥ
280. oṃ mathanāya namaḥ
281. oṃ vyāpine namaḥ
282. oṃ viśvarūpāya namaḥ
283. oṃ niraṃjanāya namaḥ
284. oṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ
285. oṃ agraṇye namaḥ
286. oṃ sādhave namaḥ
287. oṃ jaṭāyuprītivardhanāya namaḥ
288. oṃ naikarūpāya namaḥ
289. oṃ jagannāthāya namaḥ
290. oṃ surakāryahitāya namaḥ
291. oṃ svabhuve namaḥ
292. oṃ jitakrodhāya namaḥ
293. oṃ jitārātaye namaḥ
294. oṃ plavagādhiparājyadāya namaḥ
295. oṃ vasudāya namaḥ
296. oṃ subhujāya namaḥ
297. oṃ naikamāyāya namaḥ
298. oṃ bhavyapramodanāya namaḥ
299. oṃ caṃḍāṃśave namaḥ
300. oṃ siddhidāya namaḥ
301. oṃ kalpāya namaḥ
302. oṃ śaraṇāgatavatsalāya namaḥ
303. oṃ agadāya namaḥ
304. oṃ rogahartre namaḥ
305. oṃ maṃtrajñāya namaḥ
306. oṃ maṃtrabhāvanāya namaḥ
307. oṃ saumitrivatsalāya namaḥ
308. oṃ dhuryāya namaḥ
309. oṃ vyaktāvyaktasvarūpadhṛte namaḥ
310. oṃ vasiṣṭhāya namaḥ
311. oṃ grāmaṇye namaḥ
312. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
313. oṃ anukūlāya namaḥ
314. oṃ priyaṃvadāya namaḥ
315. oṃ atulāya namaḥ
316. oṃ sāttvikāya namaḥ
317. oṃ dhīrāya namaḥ
318. oṃ śarāsanaviśāradāya namaḥ
319. oṃ jyeṣṭhāya namaḥ
320. oṃ sarvaguṇopetāya namaḥ
321. oṃ śaktimate namaḥ
322. oṃ tāṭakāṃtakāya namaḥ
323. oṃ vaikuṃṭhāya namaḥ
324. oṃ prāṇināṃ prāṇāya namaḥ
325. oṃ kamaṭhāya namaḥ
326. oṃ kamalāpataye namaḥ
327. oṃ govardhanadharāya namaḥ
328. oṃ matsyarūpāya namaḥ
329. oṃ kāruṇyasāgarāya namaḥ
330. oṃ kuṃbhakarṇaprabhettre namaḥ
331. oṃ gopīgopālasaṃvṛtāya namaḥ
332. oṃ māyāvine namaḥ
333. oṃ vyāpakāya namaḥ
334. oṃ vyāpine namaḥ
335. oṃ raiṇukeyabalāpahāya namaḥ
336. oṃ pinākamathanāya namaḥ
337. oṃ vaṃdyāya namaḥ
338. oṃ samarthāya namaḥ
339. oṃ garuḍadhvajāya namaḥ
340. oṃ lokatrayāśrayāya namaḥ
341. oṃ lokacaritāya namaḥ
342. oṃ bharatāgrajāya namaḥ
343. oṃ śrīdharāya namaḥ
344. oṃ sadgataye namaḥ
345. oṃ lokasākṣiṇe namaḥ
346. oṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ
347. oṃ budhāya namaḥ
348. oṃ manovegine namaḥ
349. oṃ manorūpiṇe namaḥ
350. oṃ pūrṇāya namaḥ
351. oṃ puruṣapuṃgavāya namaḥ
352. oṃ yaduśreṣṭhāya namaḥ
353. oṃ yadupataye namaḥ
354. oṃ bhūtāvāsāya namaḥ
355. oṃ suvikramāya namaḥ
356. oṃ tejodharāya namaḥ
357. oṃ dharādhārāya namaḥ
358. oṃ caturmūrtaye namaḥ
359. oṃ mahānidhaye namaḥ
360. oṃ cāṇūramardanāya namaḥ
361. oṃ divyāya namaḥ
362. oṃ śāṃtāya namaḥ
363. oṃ bharatavaṃditāya namaḥ
364. oṃ śabdātigāya namaḥ
365. oṃ gabhīrātmane namaḥ
366. oṃ komalāṃgāya namaḥ
367. oṃ prajāgarāya namaḥ
368. oṃ lokagarbhāya namaḥ
369. oṃ śeṣaśāyine namaḥ
370. oṃ kṣīrābdhinilayāya namaḥ
371. oṃ amalāya namaḥ
372. oṃ ātmayonaye namaḥ
373. oṃ adīnātmane namaḥ
374. oṃ sahasrākṣāya namaḥ
375. oṃ sahasrapade namaḥ
376. oṃ amṛtāṃśave namaḥ
377. oṃ mahāgarbhāya namaḥ
378. oṃ nivṛttaviṣayaspṛhāya namaḥ
379. oṃ trikālajñāya namaḥ
380. oṃ munaye namaḥ
381. oṃ sākṣiṇe namaḥ
382. oṃ vihāyasagataye namaḥ
383. oṃ kṛtine namaḥ
384. oṃ parjanyāya namaḥ
385. oṃ kumudāya namaḥ
386. oṃ bhūtāvāsāya namaḥ
387. oṃ kamalalocanāya namaḥ
388. oṃ śrīvatsavakṣase namaḥ
389. oṃ śrīvāsāya namaḥ
390. oṃ vīraghne namaḥ
391. oṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajāya namaḥ
392. oṃ lokābhirāmāya namaḥ
393. oṃ lokārimardanāya namaḥ
394. oṃ sevakapriyāya namaḥ
395. oṃ sanātanatamāya namaḥ
396. oṃ meghaśyāmalāya namaḥ
397. oṃ rākṣasāṃtakṛte namaḥ
398. oṃ divyāyudhadharāya namaḥ
399. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
400. oṃ aprameyāya namaḥ
401. oṃ jiteṃdriyāya namaḥ
402. oṃ bhūdevavaṃdyāya namaḥ
403. oṃ janakapriyakṛte namaḥ
404. oṃ prapitāmahāya namaḥ
405. oṃ uttamāya namaḥ
406. oṃ sāttvikāya namaḥ
407. oṃ satyāya namaḥ
408. oṃ satyasaṃdhāya namaḥ
409. oṃ trivikramāya namaḥ
410. oṃ suvratāya namaḥ
411. oṃ sulabhāya namaḥ
412. oṃ sūkṣmāya namaḥ
413. oṃ sughoṣāya namaḥ
414. oṃ sukhadāya namaḥ
415. oṃ sudhiye namaḥ
416. oṃ dāmodarāya namaḥ
417. oṃ acyutāya namaḥ
418. oṃ śārṅgiṇe namaḥ
419. oṃ vāmanāya namaḥ
420. oṃ madhurādhipāya namaḥ
421. oṃ devakīnaṃdanāya namaḥ
422. oṃ śauraye namaḥ
423. oṃ śūrāya namaḥ
424. oṃ kaiṭabhamardanāya namaḥ
425. oṃ saptatālaprabhettre namaḥ
426. oṃ mitravaṃśapravardhanāya namaḥ
427. oṃ kālasvarūpiṇe namaḥ
428. oṃ kālātmane namaḥ
429. oṃ kālāya namaḥ
430. oṃ kalyāṇadāya namaḥ
431. oṃ kavaye namaḥ
432. oṃ saṃvatsarāya namaḥ
433. oṃ ṛtave namaḥ
434. oṃ pakṣāya namaḥ
435. oṃ ayanāya namaḥ
436. oṃ divasāya namaḥ
437. oṃ yugāya namaḥ
438. oṃ stavyāya namaḥ
439. oṃ viviktāya namaḥ
440. oṃ nirlepāya namaḥ
441. oṃ sarvavyāpine namaḥ
442. oṃ nirākulāya namaḥ
443. oṃ anādinidhanāya namaḥ
444. oṃ sarvalokapūjyāya namaḥ
445. oṃ nirāmayāya namaḥ
446. oṃ rasāya namaḥ
447. oṃ rasajñāya namaḥ
448. oṃ sārajñāya namaḥ
449. oṃ lokasārāya namaḥ
450. oṃ rasātmakāya namaḥ
451. oṃ sarvaduḥkhātigāya namaḥ
452. oṃ vidyārāśaye namaḥ
453. oṃ paramagocarāya namaḥ
454. oṃ śeṣāya namaḥ
455. oṃ viśeṣāya namaḥ
456. oṃ vigatakalmaṣāya namaḥ
457. oṃ raghunāyakāya namaḥ
458. oṃ varṇaśreṣṭhāya namaḥ
459. oṃ varṇavāhyāya namaḥ
460. oṃ varṇyāya namaḥ
461. oṃ varṇyaguṇojjvalāya namaḥ
462. oṃ karmasākṣiṇe namaḥ
463. oṃ amaraśreṣṭhāya namaḥ
464. oṃ devadevāya namaḥ
465. oṃ sukhapradāya namaḥ
466. oṃ devādhidevāya namaḥ
467. oṃ devarṣaye namaḥ
468. oṃ devāsuranamaskṛtāya namaḥ
469. oṃ sarvadevamayāya namaḥ
470. oṃ cakriṇe namaḥ
471. oṃ śārṅgapāṇaye namaḥ
472. oṃ raghūttamāya namaḥ
473. oṃ manase namaḥ
474. oṃ buddhaye namaḥ
475. oṃ ahaṃkārāya namaḥ
476. oṃ prakṛtyai namaḥ
477. oṃ puruṣāya namaḥ
478. oṃ avyayāya namaḥ
479. oṃ ahalyāpāvanāya namaḥ
480. oṃ svāmine namaḥ
481. oṃ pitṛbhaktāya namaḥ
482. oṃ varapradāya namaḥ
483. oṃ nyāyāya namaḥ
484. oṃ nyāyine namaḥ
485. oṃ nayine namaḥ
486. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
487. oṃ nayāya namaḥ
488. oṃ nagadharāya namaḥ
489. oṃ dhruvāya namaḥ
490. oṃ lakṣmīviśvaṃbharābhartre namaḥ
491. oṃ deveṃdrāya namaḥ
492. oṃ balimardanāya namaḥ
493. oṃ vāṇārimardanāya namaḥ
494. oṃ yajvane namaḥ
495. oṃ anuttamāya namaḥ
496. oṃ munisevitāya namaḥ
497. oṃ devāgraṇaye namaḥ
498. oṃ śivadhyānatatparāya namaḥ
499. oṃ paramāya namaḥ
500. oṃ parasmai namaḥ
501. oṃ sāmageyāya namaḥ
502. oṃ priyāya namaḥ
503. oṃ akrūrāya namaḥ
504. oṃ puṇyakīrtaye namaḥ
505. oṃ sulocanāya namaḥ
506. oṃ puṇyāya namaḥ
507. oṃ puṇyādhikāya namaḥ
508. oṃ pūrvasmai namaḥ
509. oṃ pūrṇāya namaḥ
510. oṃ pūrayitre namaḥ
511. oṃ ravaye namaḥ
512. oṃ jaṭilāya namaḥ
513. oṃ kalmaṣadhvāṃtaprabhaṃjanavibhāvasave namaḥ
514. oṃ avyaktalakṣaṇāya namaḥ
515. oṃ avyaktāya namaḥ
516. oṃ daśāsyadvīpakesariṇe namaḥ
517. oṃ kalānidhaye namaḥ
518. oṃ kalānāthāya namaḥ
519. oṃ kamalānaṃdavardhanāya namaḥ
520. oṃ jayine namaḥ
521. oṃ jitāraye namaḥ
522. oṃ sarvādaye namaḥ
523. oṃ śamanāya namaḥ
524. oṃ bhavabhaṃjanāya namaḥ
525. oṃ alaṃkariṣṇave namaḥ
526. oṃ acalāya namaḥ
527. oṃ rociṣṇave namaḥ
528. oṃ vikramottamāya namaḥ
529. oṃ āśave namaḥ
530. oṃ śabdapataye namaḥ
531. oṃ śabdagocarāya namaḥ
532. oṃ raṃjanāya namaḥ
533. oṃ raghave namaḥ
534. oṃ niśśabdāya namaḥ
535. oṃ praṇavāya namaḥ
536. oṃ māline namaḥ
537. oṃ sthūlāya namaḥ
538. oṃ sūkṣmāya namaḥ
539. oṃ vilakṣaṇāya namaḥ
540. oṃ ātmayonaye namaḥ
541. oṃ ayonaye namaḥ
542. oṃ saptajihvāya namaḥ
543. oṃ sahasrapade namaḥ
544. oṃ sanātanatamāya namaḥ
545. oṃ sragviṇe namaḥ
546. oṃ peśalāya namaḥ
547. oṃ javināṃ varāya namaḥ
548. oṃ śaktimate namaḥ
549. oṃ śaṃkhabhṛte namaḥ
550. oṃ nāthāya namaḥ
551. oṃ gadāpadmarathāṃgabhṛte namaḥ
552. oṃ nirīhāya namaḥ
553. oṃ nirvikalpāya namaḥ
554. oṃ cidrūpāya namaḥ
555. oṃ vītasādhvasāya namaḥ
556. oṃ śatānanāya namaḥ
557. oṃ sahasrākṣāya namaḥ
558. oṃ śatamūrtaye namaḥ
559. oṃ ghanaprabhāya namaḥ
560. oṃ hṛtpuṃḍarīkaśayanāya namaḥ
561. oṃ kaṭhināya namaḥ
562. oṃ dravāya namaḥ
563. oṃ ugrāya namaḥ
564. oṃ grahapataye namaḥ
565. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
566. oṃ samarthāya namaḥ
567. oṃ anarthanāśanāya namaḥ
568. oṃ adharmaśatrave namaḥ
569. oṃ rakṣoghnāya namaḥ
570. oṃ puruhūtāya namaḥ
571. oṃ puruṣṭutāya namaḥ
572. oṃ brahmagarbhāya namaḥ
573. oṃ bṛhadgarbhāya namaḥ
574. oṃ dharmadhenave namaḥ
575. oṃ dhanāgamāya namaḥ
576. oṃ hiraṇyagarbhāya namaḥ
577. oṃ jyotiṣmate namaḥ
578. oṃ sulalāṭāya namaḥ
579. oṃ suvikramāya namaḥ
580. oṃ śivapūjāratāya namaḥ
581. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
582. oṃ bhavānīpriyakṛte namaḥ
583. oṃ vaśine namaḥ
584. oṃ narāya namaḥ
585. oṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ
586. oṃ śyāmāya namaḥ
587. oṃ kapardine namaḥ
588. oṃ nīlalohitāya namaḥ
589. oṃ rudrāya namaḥ
590. oṃ paśupataye namaḥ
591. oṃ sthāṇave namaḥ
592. oṃ viśvāmitrāya namaḥ
593. oṃ dvijeśvarāya namaḥ
594. oṃ mātāmahāya namaḥ
595. oṃ mātariśvane namaḥ
596. oṃ viriṃcāya namaḥ
597. oṃ viṣṭaraśravase namaḥ
598. oṃ sarvabhūtānāmakṣobhyāya namaḥ
599. oṃ caṃḍāya namaḥ
600. oṃ satyaparākramāya namaḥ
601. oṃ vālakhilyāya namaḥ
602. oṃ mahākalpāya namaḥ
603. oṃ kalpavṛkṣāya namaḥ
604. oṃ kalādharāya namaḥ
605. oṃ nidāghāya namaḥ
606. oṃ tapanāya namaḥ
607. oṃ amoghāya namaḥ
608. oṃ ślakṣṇāya namaḥ
609. oṃ parabalāpahṛte namaḥ
610. oṃ kabaṃdhamathanāya namaḥ
611. oṃ divyāya namaḥ
612. oṃ kaṃbugrīvāya namaḥ
613. oṃ śivapriyāya namaḥ
614. oṃ śaṃkhāya namaḥ
615. oṃ anilāya namaḥ
616. oṃ suniṣpannāya namaḥ
617. oṃ sulabhāya namaḥ
618. oṃ śiśirātmakāya namaḥ
619. oṃ asaṃsṛṣṭāya namaḥ
620. oṃ atithaye namaḥ
621. oṃ śūrāya namaḥ
622. oṃ pramāthine namaḥ
623. oṃ pāpanāśakṛte namaḥ
624. oṃ vasuśravase namaḥ
625. oṃ kavyavāhāya namaḥ
626. oṃ prataptāya namaḥ
627. oṃ viśvabhojanāya namaḥ
628. oṃ rāmāya namaḥ
629. oṃ nīlotpalaśyāmāya namaḥ
630. oṃ jñānaskaṃdhāya namaḥ
631. oṃ mahādyutaye namaḥ
632. oṃ pavitrapādāya namaḥ
633. oṃ pāpāraye namaḥ
634. oṃ maṇipūrāya namaḥ
635. oṃ nabhogataye namaḥ
636. oṃ uttāraṇāya namaḥ
637. oṃ duṣkṛtighne namaḥ
638. oṃ durdharṣāya namaḥ
639. oṃ dussahāya namaḥ
640. oṃ abhayāya namaḥ
641. oṃ amṛteśāya namaḥ
642. oṃ amṛtavapuṣe namaḥ
643. oṃ dharmiṇe namaḥ
644. oṃ dharmāya namaḥ
645. oṃ kṛpākarāya namaḥ
646. oṃ bhargāya namaḥ
647. oṃ vivasvate namaḥ
648. oṃ ādityāya namaḥ
649. oṃ yogācāryāya namaḥ
650. oṃ divaspataye namaḥ
651. oṃ udārakīrtaye namaḥ
652. oṃ udyogine namaḥ
653. oṃ vāṅmayāya namaḥ
654. oṃ sadasanmayāya namaḥ
655. oṃ nakṣatramāline namaḥ
656. oṃ nākeśāya namaḥ
657. oṃ svādhiṣṭhānāya namaḥ
658. oṃ ṣaḍāśrayāya namaḥ
659. oṃ caturvargaphalāya namaḥ
660. oṃ varṇine namaḥ
661. oṃ śaktitrayaphalāya namaḥ
662. oṃ nidhaye namaḥ
663. oṃ nidhānagarbhāya namaḥ
664. oṃ nirvyājāya namaḥ
665. oṃ girīśāya namaḥ
666. oṃ vyālamardanāya namaḥ
667. oṃ śrīvallabhāya namaḥ
668. oṃ śivāraṃbhāya namaḥ
669. oṃ śāṃtaye namaḥ
670. oṃ bhadrāya namaḥ
671. oṃ samaṃjasāya namaḥ
672. oṃ bhūśayāya namaḥ
673. oṃ bhūtikṛte namaḥ
674. oṃ bhūtibhūṣaṇāya namaḥ
675. oṃ bhūtavāhanāya namaḥ
676. oṃ akāyāya namaḥ
677. oṃ bhaktakāyasthāya namaḥ
678. oṃ kālajñānine namaḥ
679. oṃ mahāvaṭave namaḥ
680. oṃ parārthavṛttaye namaḥ
681. oṃ acalāya namaḥ
682. oṃ viviktāya namaḥ
683. oṃ śrutisāgarāya namaḥ
684. oṃ svabhāvabhadrāya namaḥ
685. oṃ madhyasthāya namaḥ
686. oṃ saṃsārabhayanāśanāya namaḥ
687. oṃ vedyāya namaḥ
688. oṃ vaidyāya namaḥ
689. oṃ viyadgoptre namaḥ
690. oṃ sarvāmaramunīśvarāya namaḥ
691. oṃ sureṃdrāya namaḥ
692. oṃ karaṇāya namaḥ
693. oṃ karmaṇe namaḥ
694. oṃ karmakṛte namaḥ
695. oṃ karmiṇe namaḥ
696. oṃ adhokṣajāya namaḥ
697. oṃ dhyeyāya namaḥ
698. oṃ dhuryāya namaḥ
699. oṃ dharādhīśāya namaḥ
700. oṃ saṃkalpāya namaḥ
701. oṃ śarvarīpataye namaḥ
702. oṃ paramārthagurave namaḥ
703. oṃ vṛddhāya namaḥ
704. oṃ śucaye namaḥ
705. oṃ āśritavatsalāya namaḥ
706. oṃ viṣṇave namaḥ
707. oṃ jiṣṇave namaḥ
708. oṃ vibhave namaḥ
709. oṃ vaṃdyāya namaḥ
710. oṃ yajñeśāya namaḥ
711. oṃ yajñapālakāya namaḥ
712. oṃ prabhaviṣṇave namaḥ
713. oṃ grasiṣṇave namaḥ
714. oṃ lokātmane namaḥ
715. oṃ lokabhāvanāya namaḥ
716. oṃ keśavāya namaḥ
717. oṃ keśighne namaḥ
718. oṃ kāvyāya namaḥ
719. oṃ kavaye namaḥ
720. oṃ kāraṇakāraṇāya namaḥ
721. oṃ kālakartre namaḥ
722. oṃ kālaśeṣāya namaḥ
723. oṃ vāsudevāya namaḥ
724. oṃ puruṣṭutāya namaḥ
725. oṃ ādikartre namaḥ
726. oṃ varāhāya namaḥ
727. oṃ mādhavāya namaḥ
728. oṃ madhusūdanāya namaḥ
729. oṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ
730. oṃ narāya namaḥ
731. oṃ haṃsāya namaḥ
732. oṃ viṣvaksenāya namaḥ
733. oṃ janārdanāya namaḥ
734. oṃ viśvakartre namaḥ
735. oṃ mahāyajñāya namaḥ
736. oṃ jyotiṣmate namaḥ
737. oṃ puruṣottamāya namaḥ
738. oṃ vaikuṃṭhāya namaḥ
739. oṃ puṃḍarīkākṣāya namaḥ
740. oṃ kṛṣṇāya namaḥ
741. oṃ sūryāya namaḥ
742. oṃ surārcitāya namaḥ
743. oṃ nārasiṃhāya namaḥ
744. oṃ mahābhīmāya namaḥ
745. oṃ vakradaṃṣṭrāya namaḥ
746. oṃ nakhāyudhāya namaḥ
747. oṃ ādidevāya namaḥ
748. oṃ jagatkartre namaḥ
749. oṃ yogīśāya namaḥ
750. oṃ garuḍadhvajāya namaḥ
751. oṃ goviṃdāya namaḥ
752. oṃ gopataye namaḥ
753. oṃ goptre namaḥ
754. oṃ bhūpataye namaḥ
755. oṃ bhuvaneśvarāya namaḥ
756. oṃ padmanābhāya namaḥ
757. oṃ hṛṣīkeśāya namaḥ
758. oṃ dhātre namaḥ
759. oṃ dāmodarāya namaḥ
760. oṃ prabhave namaḥ
761. oṃ trivikramāya namaḥ
762. oṃ trilokeśāya namaḥ
763. oṃ brahmeśāya namaḥ
764. oṃ prītivardhanāya namaḥ
765. oṃ vāmanāya namaḥ
766. oṃ duṣṭadamanāya namaḥ
767. oṃ goviṃdāya namaḥ
768. oṃ gopavallabhāya namaḥ
769. oṃ bhaktapriyāya namaḥ
770. oṃ acyutāya namaḥ
771. oṃ satyāya namaḥ
772. oṃ satyakīrtaye namaḥ
773. oṃ dhṛtyai namaḥ
774. oṃ smṛtyai namaḥ
775. oṃ kāruṇyāya namaḥ
776. oṃ karuṇāya namaḥ
777. oṃ vyāsāya namaḥ
778. oṃ pāpaghne namaḥ
779. oṃ śāṃtivardhanāya namaḥ
780. oṃ saṃnyāsine namaḥ
781. oṃ śāstratattvajñāya namaḥ
782. oṃ maṃdarādriniketanāya namaḥ
783. oṃ badarīnilayāya namaḥ
784. oṃ śāṃtāya namaḥ
785. oṃ tapasvine namaḥ
786. oṃ vaidyutaprabhāya namaḥ
787. oṃ bhūtāvāsāya namaḥ
788. oṃ guhāvāsāya namaḥ
789. oṃ śrīnivāsāya namaḥ
790. oṃ śriyaḥ pataye namaḥ
791. oṃ tapovāsāya namaḥ
792. oṃ mudāvāsāya namaḥ
793. oṃ satyavāsāya namaḥ
794. oṃ sanātanāya namaḥ
795. oṃ puruṣāya namaḥ
796. oṃ puṣkarāya namaḥ
797. oṃ puṇyāya namaḥ
798. oṃ puṣkarākṣāya namaḥ
799. oṃ maheśvarāya namaḥ
800. oṃ pūrṇamūrtaye namaḥ
801. oṃ purāṇajñāya namaḥ
802. oṃ puṇyadāya namaḥ
803. oṃ puṇyavardhanāya namaḥ
804. oṃ śaṃkhine namaḥ
805. oṃ cakriṇe namaḥ
806. oṃ gadine namaḥ
807. oṃ śārṅgiṇe namaḥ
808. oṃ lāṃgaline namaḥ
809. oṃ musaline namaḥ
810. oṃ haline namaḥ
811. oṃ kirīṭine namaḥ
812. oṃ kuṃḍaline namaḥ
813. oṃ hāriṇe namaḥ
814. oṃ mekhaline namaḥ
815. oṃ kavacine namaḥ
816. oṃ dhvajine namaḥ
817. oṃ yoddhre namaḥ
818. oṃ jetre namaḥ
819. oṃ mahāvīryāya namaḥ
820. oṃ śatrujite namaḥ
821. oṃ śatrutāpanāya namaḥ
822. oṃ śāstre namaḥ
823. oṃ śāstrakarāya namaḥ
824. oṃ śāstrāya namaḥ
825. oṃ śaṃkarāya namaḥ
826. oṃ śaṃkarastutāya namaḥ
827. oṃ sārathaye namaḥ
828. oṃ sāttvikāya namaḥ
829. oṃ svāmine namaḥ
830. oṃ sāmavedapriyāya namaḥ
831. oṃ samāya namaḥ
832. oṃ pavanāya namaḥ
833. oṃ saṃhatāya namaḥ
834. oṃ śaktaye namaḥ
835. oṃ saṃpūrṇāṃgāya namaḥ
836. oṃ samṛddhimate namaḥ
837. oṃ svargadāya namaḥ
838. oṃ kāmadāya namaḥ
839. oṃ śrīdāya namaḥ
840. oṃ kīrtidāya namaḥ
841. oṃ akīrtināśanāya namaḥ
842. oṃ mokṣadāya namaḥ
843. oṃ puṃḍarīkākṣāya namaḥ
844. oṃ kṣīrābdhikṛtaketanāya namaḥ
845. oṃ sarvātmane namaḥ
846. oṃ sarvalokeśāya namaḥ
847. oṃ prerakāya namaḥ
848. oṃ pāpanāśanāya namaḥ
849. oṃ sarvavyāpine namaḥ
850. oṃ jagannāthāya namaḥ
851. oṃ sarvalokamaheśvarāya namaḥ
852. oṃ sargasthityaṃtakṛte namaḥ
853. oṃ devāya namaḥ
854. oṃ sarvalokasukhāvahāya namaḥ
855. oṃ akṣayyāya namaḥ
856. oṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ
857. oṃ anaṃtāya namaḥ
858. oṃ kṣayavṛddhivivarjitāya namaḥ
859. oṃ nirlepāya namaḥ
860. oṃ nirguṇāya namaḥ
861. oṃ sūkṣmāya namaḥ
862. oṃ nirvikārāya namaḥ
863. oṃ niraṃjanāya namaḥ
864. oṃ sarvopādhivinirmuktāya namaḥ
865. oṃ sattāmātravyavasthitāya namaḥ
866. oṃ adhikāriṇe namaḥ
867. oṃ vibhave namaḥ
868. oṃ nityāya namaḥ
869. oṃ paramātmane namaḥ
870. oṃ sanātanāya namaḥ
871. oṃ acalāya namaḥ
872. oṃ nirmalāya namaḥ
873. oṃ vyāpine namaḥ
874. oṃ nityatṛptāya namaḥ
875. oṃ nirāśrayāya namaḥ
876. oṃ śyāmāya namaḥ
877. oṃ yuvāyai [yūne] namaḥ
878. oṃ lohitākṣāya namaḥ
879. oṃ dīptāsyāya namaḥ
880. oṃ mitabhāṣaṇāya namaḥ
881. oṃ ājānubāhave namaḥ
882. oṃ sumukhāya namaḥ
883. oṃ siṃhaskaṃdhāya namaḥ
884. oṃ mahābhujāya namaḥ
885. oṃ satyavate namaḥ
886. oṃ guṇasaṃpannāya namaḥ
887. oṃ svayaṃtejase namaḥ
888. oṃ sudīptimate namaḥ
889. oṃ kālātmane namaḥ
890. oṃ bhagavate namaḥ
891. oṃ kālāya namaḥ
892. oṃ kālacakrapravartakāya namaḥ
893. oṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ
894. oṃ parasmai jyotiṣe namaḥ
895. oṃ paramātmane namaḥ
896. oṃ sanātanāya namaḥ
897. oṃ viśvasṛje namaḥ
898. oṃ viśvagoptre namaḥ
899. oṃ viśvabhoktre namaḥ
900. oṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ
901. oṃ viśveśvarāya namaḥ
902. oṃ viśvamūrtaye namaḥ
903. oṃ viśvātmane namaḥ
904. oṃ viśvabhāvanāya namaḥ
905. oṃ sarvabhūtasuhṛde namaḥ
906. oṃ śāṃtāya namaḥ
907. oṃ sarvabhūtānukaṃpanāya namaḥ
908. oṃ sarveśvareśvarāya namaḥ
909. oṃ sarvasmai namaḥ
910. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
911. oṃ āśritavatsalāya namaḥ
912. oṃ sarvagāya namaḥ
913. oṃ sarvabhūteśāya namaḥ
914. oṃ sarvabhūtāśayasthitāya namaḥ
915. oṃ abhyaṃtarasthāya namaḥ
916. oṃ tamasaśchettre namaḥ
917. oṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ
918. oṃ parasmai namaḥ
919. oṃ anādinidhanāya namaḥ
920. oṃ sraṣṭre namaḥ
921. oṃ prajāpatipataye namaḥ
922. oṃ haraye namaḥ
923. oṃ narasiṃhāya namaḥ
924. oṃ hṛṣīkeśāya namaḥ
925. oṃ sarvātmane namaḥ
926. oṃ sarvadṛśe namaḥ
927. oṃ vaśine namaḥ
928. oṃ jagatastasthuṣāya namaḥ
929. oṃ prabhave namaḥ
930. oṃ netre namaḥ
931. oṃ sanātanāya namaḥ
932. oṃ kartre namaḥ
933. oṃ dhātre namaḥ
934. oṃ vidhātre namaḥ
935. oṃ sarveṣāṃ prabhave namaḥ
936. oṃ īśvarāya namaḥ
937. oṃ sahasramūrtaye namaḥ
938. oṃ viśvātmane namaḥ
939. oṃ viṣṇave namaḥ
940. oṃ viśvadṛśe namaḥ
941. oṃ avyayāya namaḥ
942. oṃ purāṇapuruṣāya namaḥ
943. oṃ sraṣṭre namaḥ
944. oṃ sahasrākṣāya namaḥ
945. oṃ sahasrapade namaḥ
946. oṃ tattvāya namaḥ
947. oṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ
948. oṃ viṣṇave namaḥ
949. oṃ vāsudevāya namaḥ
950. oṃ sanātanāya namaḥ
951. oṃ paramātmane namaḥ
952. oṃ parasmai brahmaṇe namaḥ
953. oṃ saccidānaṃdavigrahāya namaḥ
954. oṃ parasmai jyotiṣe namaḥ
955. oṃ parasmai dhāmne namaḥ
956. oṃ parākāśāya namaḥ
957. oṃ parātparasmai namaḥ
958. oṃ acyutāya namaḥ
959. oṃ puruṣāya namaḥ
960. oṃ kṛṣṇāya namaḥ
961. oṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ
962. oṃ śivāya namaḥ
963. oṃ īśvarāya namaḥ
964. oṃ nityāya namaḥ
965. oṃ sarvagatāya namaḥ
966. oṃ sthāṇave namaḥ
967. oṃ ugrāya namaḥ
968. oṃ sākṣiṇe namaḥ
969. oṃ prajāpataye namaḥ
970. oṃ hiraṇyagarbhāya namaḥ
971. oṃ savitre namaḥ
972. oṃ lokakṛte namaḥ
973. oṃ lokabhṛte namaḥ
974. oṃ vibhave namaḥ
975. oṃ rāmāya namaḥ
976. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
977. oṃ mahāviṣṇave namaḥ
978. oṃ jiṣṇave namaḥ
979. oṃ devahitāvahāya namaḥ
980. oṃ tattvātmane namaḥ
981. oṃ tārakāya namaḥ
982. oṃ brahmaṇe namaḥ
983. oṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ
984. oṃ sarvasiddhidāya namaḥ
985. oṃ akāravācyāya namaḥ
986. oṃ bhagavate namaḥ
987. oṃ śriye namaḥ
988. oṃ bhūlīlāpataye namaḥ
989. oṃ puṃse namaḥ
990. oṃ sarvalokeśvarāya namaḥ
991. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
992. oṃ sarvajñāya namaḥ
993. oṃ sarvatomukhāya namaḥ
994. oṃ svāmine namaḥ
995. oṃ suśīlāya namaḥ
996. oṃ sulabhāya namaḥ
997. oṃ sarvajñāya namaḥ
998. oṃ sarvaśaktimate namaḥ
999. oṃ nityāya namaḥ
1000. oṃ saṃpūrṇakāmāya namaḥ
1001. oṃ naisargikasuhṛde namaḥ
1002. oṃ sukhine namaḥ
1003. oṃ kṛpāpīyūṣajaladhaye namaḥ
1004. oṃ sarvadehināṃ śaraṇyāya namaḥ
1005. oṃ śrīmate namaḥ
1006. oṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ
1007. oṃ svāmine namaḥ
1008. oṃ jagatāṃ pataye namaḥ
1009. oṃ īśvarāya namaḥ
1010. oṃ śrīśāya namaḥ
1011. oṃ bhūtānāṃ śaraṇyāya namaḥ
1012. oṃ saṃśritābhīṣṭadāyakāya namaḥ
1013. oṃ anaṃtāya namaḥ
1014. oṃ śrīpataye namaḥ
1015. oṃ rāmāya namaḥ
1016. oṃ guṇabhṛte namaḥ
1017. oṃ nirguṇāya namaḥ
1018. oṃ mahate namaḥ
iti śrī rāma sahasranāmāvaḷiḥ samaptham
Meaning
The Sri Rama Sahasranamavali gives a thousand names of Rama, each set as Om ... Namah for archana with tulasi, flowers or akshata. It begins Om Rajivalochanaya Namah, Om Shrimate Namah, Om Sri Ramaya Namah, Om Raghupungavaya Namah, so his lotus eyes are praised before his own name is spoken.
The Ramayana in single words
A large share of the names come straight from the story. Vishvamitrapriya recalls the young prince who guarded Vishvamitra's yajna. Kharadhvamsi points to the forest battle with Khara at Janasthana, Valimardana and Sugrivavarada to Kishkindha, and Vibhishanapratishthata to the crowning of Vibhishana in Lanka. Kausaleya, Lakshmanagraja and Janakipati place him beside his mother, his brother and his wife, and Hanumatprabhu names him as Hanuman's master.
Rama as Vishnu
Alongside these come names that belong to Vishnu in every age: Keshava, Purushottama, Pitavasas, and near the end Sheshashayi and Kshirabdhinilaya, the one who rests on Adisesha in the milk ocean. Chanuramardana, recalling the wrestler Krishna killed in Mathura, also appears. The list treats every avatara as one Lord, which is why parts of it read like a Vishnu sahasranama. Qualities fill the rest: Satyavrata, Jitakrodha, Dayakara, and Smitabhashi, the one who speaks with a smile.
When it is recited
The namavali is used most in Vasanta Navaratri and on Sri Rama Navami, at Sita Rama Kalyanam and on Punarvasu, the star of Rama's birth. The text does not name its author or source, and printed Rama Sahasranamas differ from one another in places.
Frequently asked questions
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