Listen and chant along
Play the video and follow the stotra text below.
Sri Suktha Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Hiranyavarnaayai Namah
2. Om Hiranyai Namah
3. Om Suvarnarajatasrajaayai Namah
4. Om Chandraayai Namah
5. Om Hiranyayyai Namah
6. Om Lakshme Namah
7. Om Anapagaaminyai Namah
8. Om Ashvapoorvaayai Namah
9. Om Radhamadhyaayai Namah
10. Om Hastinaadhaprabodhinyai Namah
11. Om Shriyai Namah
12. Om Devyai Namah
13. Om Hiranyapraakaaraayai Namah
14. Om Aardraayai Namah
15. Om Jvalantyai Namah
16. Om Triptaayai Namah
17. Om Tarpayanyai Namah
18. Om Padmesthitaayai Namah
19. Om Padmavarnaayai Namah
20. Om Prabhaasaayai Namah
21. Om Yashasaajvalantyai Namah
22. Om Devajushtaayai Namah
23. Om Udaaraayai Namah
24. Om Padmanemyai Namah
25. Om Aadityavarnaayai Namah
26. Om Bilvanilayaayai Namah
27. Om Keertipradaayai Namah
28. Om Buddhipradaayai Namah
29. Om Gandhadvaaraayai Namah
30. Om Duraadharshaayai Namah
31. Om Nityapushtaayai Namah
32. Om Kareeshinyai Namah
33. Om Sarvabhootaanaameeshvaryai Namah
34. Om Manasaaakootyai Namah
35. Om Vaachassatyaayai Namah
36. Om Kardamamaatre Namah
37. Om Padmamaalinyai Namah
38. Om Chikleetamaatre Namah
39. Om Pushkarinyai Namah
40. Om Nityaayai Namah
41. Om Pushtai Namah
42. Om Suvarnaayai Namah
43. Om Hemamaalinyai Namah
44. Om Sooryaayai Namah
45. Om Yah Karanyai Namah
46. Om Yashtai Namah
47. Om Pingalaayai Namah
48. Om Chandraayai Namah
49. Om Sarvasampratpadaayai Namah
50. Om Padmapriyaayai Namah
51. Om Padminyai Namah
52. Om Padmahastaayai Namah
53. Om Padmaalayaayai Namah
54. Om Padmadalaayataakshye Namah
55. Om Vishva Priyaayai Namah
56. Om Vishnumanonukoolaayai Namah
57. Om Mahaadevyai Namah
58. Om Vishnupatyai Namah
59. Om Padmaalayaayai Namah
60. Om Padmakaraayai Namah
61. Om Prasannavadanaayai Namah
62. Om Saubhaagyadaayai Namah
63. Om Bhaagyadaayai Namah
64. Om Abhayapradaayai Namah
65. Om Naanaavidhamaniganabhooshitaayai Namah
66. Om Bhaktaabheeshtaphalapradaayai Namah
67. Om Vishvaroopadarshinyai Namah
68. Om Harihara Brahmadisevitaayai Namah
69. Om Paarshvepankajashankhayai Namah
70. Om Padmanidhibhiryuktaayai Namah
71. Om Dhavalataraamshukayai Namah
72. Om Gandhamaalyashobhaayai Namah
73. Om Harivallabhaayai Namah
74. Om Ksheerasamudraraajatanayaayai Namah
75. Om Shreerangadhaameshvaryai Namah
76. Om Daaseebhootasamastadevavanitaayai Namah
77. Om Lokaikadeepaankuraayai Namah
78. Om Shreemanmandakataakshalabdhaayai Namah
79. Om Vibhavat Brahmendragangaadharaayai Namah
80. Om Trailokyakutumbinyai Namah
81. Om Sarasijaayai Namah
82. Om Mukundapriyaayai Namah
83. Om Kamalaayai Namah
84. Om Shree Vishnuhritkamalavaasinyai Namah
85. Om Vishva Maatre Namah
86. Om Kamalakomala Adegarbhagauryai Namah
87. Om Namataamsharanyaayai Namah
88. Om Vishnuvakshasthalasthitaayai Namah
89. Om Garudavaahanaayai Namah
90. Om Sheshashaayinyai Namah
91. Om Aprameyavaibhavaayai Namah
92. Om Lokaikeshvaryai Namah
93. Om Lokanathadayitaayai Namah
94. Om Daantaayai Namah
95. Om Ramaayai Namah
96. Om Mangaladevataayai Namah
97. Om Aakaaratrayasampannaayai Namah
98. Om Aravindanivaasinyai Namah
99. Om Asheshajagadeeshitryai Namah
100. Om Varadavallabhaayai Namah
101. Om Bhagavatyai Namah
102. Om Shree Devyai Namah
103. Om Nityaanapaayinyai Namah
104. Om Viravyaayai Namah
105. Om Devadevadivyamahishyai Namah
106. Om Akhilajaganmaatre Namah
107. Om Asmanaatre Namah
108. Om Shree Mahaalakshmeenye Namah
Iti Shree Sookta Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
Names drawn from a Vedic hymn
The Sri Suktam is the hymn to Lakshmi found in the khila (supplementary) portion of the Rigveda. This namavali takes its phrases one by one, adds Om and namah, and turns them into 108 names suited to archana. For someone who knows the Sri Suktam, chanting these names feels like hearing the hymn again in a slower, offering form.
The first group: words of the Sri Suktam
The opening verse pictures a goddess of golden colour wearing garlands of gold and silver, bright as the moon. That gives Hiranyavarnayai, Suvarnarajatasrajayai and Chandrayai. The third verse shows her seated in the middle of a chariot led by horses and roused by the trumpeting of elephants, which becomes Ashvapurvayai, Rathamadhyayai and Hastinadaprabodhinyai. Names like Bilvanilayayai, Gandhadvarayai and Karishinyai follow. Kardama and Chiklita, called her sons near the end of the hymn, explain the names Kardamamatre and Chiklitamatre.
The second group: lotus names and dhyana verses
The middle run of Padmapriyayai, Padmahastayai, Padmalayayai, Padmadalayatakshyai and Vishnumanonukulayai comes from the verses usually chanted after the main hymn. Dhavalataramshukayai and Gandhamalyashobhayai describe her in white silk with sandal paste and garlands. The last section follows the dhyana verse Lakshmim kshirasamudra rajatanayam, giving Kshirasamudrarajatanayayai, Srirangadhameshvaryai and Mukundapriyayai, and then remembers her as Varadavallabha, consort of Varadaraja. The list closes with Sri Mahalakshmyai namah.
It is most often used on Fridays, on Varalakshmi Vratam and at Deepavali, right after the Sri Suktam itself.
Frequently asked questions
How is the Sri Suktha Ashtottara Shatanamavali connected to the Sri Suktam?
Who are Kardama and Chiklita in the Sri Suktha namavali names Kardamamatre and Chiklitamatre?
Do any names in the Sri Suktha Ashtottara come from outside the Sri Suktam?
How is the Sri Suktha Ashtottara different from the usual Lakshmi Ashtottara?
When is the Sri Suktha Ashtottara Shatanamavali used in worship?
Comments
Please login to leave a comment
Loading comments...