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Sri Surya Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Arunaaya Namah
2. Om Sharanyaaya Namah
3. Om Karunaarasasindhave Namah
4. Om Asamaanabalaaya Namah
5. Om Aartarakshakaaya Namah
6. Om Aadityaaya Namah
7. Om Aadibhootaaya Namah
8. Om Akhilaagamavedine Namah
9. Om Achyutaaya Namah
10. Om Akhilajnyaaya Namah
11. Om Anantaaya Namah
12. Om Inaaya Namah
13. Om Vishvaroopaaya Namah
14. Om Ijyaaya Namah
15. Om Indraaya Namah
16. Om Bhaanave Namah
17. Om Indiraamandiraaptaaya Namah
18. Om Vandaneeyaaya Namah
19. Om Eeshaaya Namah
20. Om Suprasannaaya Namah
21. Om Susheelaaya Namah
22. Om Suvarchase Namah
23. Om Vasupradaaya Namah
24. Om Vasave Namah
25. Om Vaasudevaaya Namah
26. Om Ujjvalaaya Namah
27. Om Ugraroopaaya Namah
28. Om Oordhvagaaya Namah
29. Om Vivasvate Namah
30. Om Udyatkiranajaalaaya Namah
31. Om Hrisheekeshaaya Namah
32. Om Oorjasvalaaya Namah
33. Om Veeraaya Namah
34. Om Nirjaraaya Namah
35. Om Jayaaya Namah
36. Om Oorudvayaabhaavaroopayuktasaarathaye Namah
37. Om Rishivandyaaya Namah
38. Om Rugghantre Namah
39. Om Rikshachakracharaaya Namah
40. Om Rijusvabhaavachittaaya Namah
41. Om Nityastutyaaya Namah
42. Om Rikaaramaatrikaavarnaroopaaya Namah
43. Om Ujjvalatejase Namah
44. Om Rikshaadhinaathamitraaya Namah
45. Om Pushkaraakshaaya Namah
46. Om Luptadantaaya Namah
47. Om Shaantaaya Namah
48. Om Kaantidaaya Namah
49. Om Ghanaaya Namah
50. Om Kanatkanakabhooshaaya Namah
51. Om Khadyotaaya Namah
52. Om Loonitaakhiladaityaaya Namah
53. Om Satyaanandasvaroopine Namah
54. Om Apavargapradaaya Namah
55. Om Aartasharanyaaya Namah
56. Om Ekaakine Namah
57. Om Bhagavate Namah
58. Om Srishtisthityantakaarine Namah
59. Om Gunaatmane Namah
60. Om Ghrinibhrite Namah
61. Om Brihate Namah
62. Om Brahmane Namah
63. Om Aishvaryadaaya Namah
64. Om Sharvaaya Namah
65. Om Haridashvaaya Namah
66. Om Shauraye Namah
67. Om Dashadiksamprakaashaaya Namah
68. Om Bhaktavashyaaya Namah
69. Om Ojaskaraaya Namah
70. Om Jayine Namah
71. Om Jagadaanandahetave Namah
72. Om Janmamrityujaraavyaadhivarjitaaya Namah
73. Om Uchchasthaana Samaaroodharathasthaaya Namah
74. Om Asuraaraye Namah
75. Om Kamaneeyakaraaya Namah
76. Om Abjavallabhaaya Namah
77. Om Antarbahih Prakaashaaya Namah
78. Om Achintyaaya Namah
79. Om Aatmaroopine Namah
80. Om Achyutaaya Namah
81. Om Amareshaaya Namah
82. Om Parasmai Jyotishe Namah
83. Om Ahaskaraaya Namah
84. Om Ravaye Namah
85. Om Haraye Namah
86. Om Paramaatmane Namah
87. Om Tarunaaya Namah
88. Om Varenyaaya Namah
89. Om Grahaanaampataye Namah
90. Om Bhaaskaraaya Namah
91. Om Aadimadhyaantarahitaaya Namah
92. Om Saukhyapradaaya Namah
93. Om Sakalajagataampataye Namah
94. Om Sooryaaya Namah
95. Om Kavaye Namah
96. Om Naaraayanaaya Namah
97. Om Pareshaaya Namah
98. Om Tejoroopaaya Namah
99. Om Shreem Hiranyagarbhaaya Namah
100. Om Hreem Sampatkaraaya Namah
101. Om Aim Ishtaarthadaaya Namah
102. Om Anuprasannaaya Namah
103. Om Shreemate Namah
104. Om Shreyase namah
105. Om Bhaktakotisaukhyapradaayine Namah
106. Om Nikhilaagamavedyaaya Namah
107. Om Nityaanandaaya Namah
108. Om Sooryaaya Namah
Iti Soorya Ashtottarashatanaamaavalih
Meaning
One hundred and eight names of Surya, used for archana. It does not begin with Surya at all — the first name is Om Arunaaya Namah, Aruna, the red that comes before the disc clears the horizon. From there the list runs through the god as refuge, as ocean of compassion, as the one whose strength has no equal, and keeps going: light, healer, witness, timekeeper, the eye of the world.
Significance
Of the nine grahas, Surya is the one you can actually see every morning, and the worship reflects that — this namavali belongs to sunrise, not to a shrine in the dark. It is recited for Surya-related affliction in a chart, but far more often for the plain things the tradition associates with the Sun: eyesight, skin, bone strength, steadiness of the father, and the confidence to stand in front of people. Tradition holds that naming Surya 108 times at dawn, water in hand, clears the sluggishness of the body and the fog of the mind. The namavali itself makes no promise of wealth or cure; the phala talk around it comes from later ritual manuals, and it is worth keeping the two apart.
How and when to chant
Sunday is the day, and sunrise the hour. The common form is to stand facing east after a bath, pour arghya from a copper vessel in a thin stream so the light breaks through the falling water, then sit and do the archana — one red flower or a pinch of akshate at each name. Red hibiscus, red sandal paste and jaggery are the usual offerings. The one day it is done at full scale in Karnataka is Ratha Saptami, in Magha, when people bathe at dawn with arka (ekka) leaves placed on the head and shoulders and chant Surya's names before the sun is high. Some households keep the namavali for every Sunday, others attach it to a Surya Namaskara count.
Frequently asked questions
How many names does the Sri Surya Ashtottara Shatanamavali have, and where does it begin and end?
Why do the Surya Ashtottara names seem to follow the alphabet?
What do the names Haridashvaya and Urudvayabhavarupayuktasarathaye mean in the Surya namavali?
Why do three names near the end of the Surya Ashtottara carry the syllables Shrim, Hrim and Aim?
When is the Surya Ashtottara Shatanamavali usually chanted?
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