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Tulasi Devi Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Shree Tulaseedevyai Namah
2. Om Shree Sukhyai- Shree Bhadraayai Namah
3. Om Shree Manojnyana Pallavayai Namah
4. Om Purandarasateepoojyaayai Namah
5. Om Punyadaayai Namah
6. Om Punyaroopinyai Namah
7. Om Jnyaanavijnyaanajananyai Namah
8. Om Tattvajnyaanapriyaayai Namah
9. Om Jaanakiduhkhashamanyai Namah
10. Om Janaardhanapriyaayai Namah
11. Om Sarvakalmashasamharyai Namah
12. Om Smarakotisamaprabhaayai Namah
13. Om Paanchaalipoojyacharanaayai Namah
14. Om Paapaaranyadavaanalaayai Namah
15. Om Kaamitaartha Pradaayai Namah
16. Om Gaureeshaaradaasamsevitaayai Namah
17. Om Vandaarujanamandaaraayai Namah
18. Om Nilampaabharanasaktayai Namah
19. Om Lakshmeechandrasahodaryai Namah
20. Om Sanakaadimunidhyeyaayai Namah
21. Om Krishnaanandajanitryai Namah
22. Om Chidaanandasvaroopinyai Namah
23. Om Naaraayanyai Namah
24. Om Satyaroopaayai Namah
25. Om Maayaateetaayai Namah
26. Om Maheshvaryai Namah
27. Om Vadanachchavinirdhootaraakaa Namah
28. Om Poornanishaakaraayai Namah
29. Om Rochanaapankatilakala Namah
30. Om Sannitalabhaasuraayai Namah
31. Om Shubhapradaayai Namah
32. Om Shuddhaayai,- Pallavoshtyai Namah
33. Om Padmamukhyai Namah
34. Om Pullapadmadalaikshanaayai Namah
35. Om Chaampeyakalikaakaaranaasaa Namah
36. Om Dandaviraajitaayai Namah
37. Om Mandasmitaayai Namah
38. Om Manjulaangyai Namah
39. Om Maadhavapriyaabhaaminyai Namah
40. Om Maanikyakankaladharaayai Namah
41. Om Manikundalamanditaayai Namah
42. Om Indrasampatkaryai Namah
43. Om Shaktyai Namah
44. Om Indragopaneebhaamshukaayai Namah
45. Om Ksheeraabditanayaayai Namah
46. Om Ksheerasaagarasanksheevaayai Namah
47. Om Shaantikaantigunopetaayai Namah
48. Om Brindaanugunasampatryai Namah
49. Om Pootaatmikaayai Namah
50. Om Pootanaadisvaroopinyai Namah
51. Om Yogadhyeyaayai Namah
52. Om Yogaanandapadaayai Namah
53. Om Chaturvargapradaaya Namah
54. Om Chaaturvarnayikapaavanaayai Namah
55. Om Trilokajananyai Namah
56. Om Grahamedhisamaaraadhyaayai Namah
57. Om Sadaanaanganapaavanaayai Namah
58. Om Muneendrahridayaavaasaayai Namah
59. Om Moolaprakritisanjnyikaayai Namah
60. Om Brahmaroopinyai Namah
61. Om Paranjyotishyai Namah
62. Om Avaajanasagocharaayai Namah
63. Om Panchabhootaatmikaayai Namah
64. Om Panchakalaatmikaayai Namah
65. Om Yogaayai Namah
66. Om Achyutaayai Namah
67. Om Yajnyaroopinyai Namah
68. Om Samsaaraduhkhashamanyai Namah
69. Om Srishti Sthityantakaarinyai Namah
70. Om Sarvaprapanchanirmaatryai Namah
71. Om Vaishnavyai Namah
72. Om Madhurasvaroopaayai Namah
73. Om Nitareeshvaraayai Namah
74. Om Nirgunaayai,- Nityaayai Namah
75. Om Niraatankaayai Namah
76. Om Deenajanapaalanatatparaayai Namah
77. Om Ranatkinkinikaajaalaratna Namah
78. Om Kaancheelasatkataayai Namah
79. Om Chalanmanjeeracharanaayai Namah
80. Om Chaturaanasevitaayai Namah
81. Om Ahoraatrikaarinyai Namah
82. Om Muktaahaarabharaakraantaayai Namah
83. Om Mudrikaaratnabhaasuraayai Namah
84. Om Siddipradaayai Namah
85. Om Amalaayai,- Kamalaayai Namah
86. Om Lokasundaryai Namah
87. Om Hemakumbhakuchadvayaayai Namah
88. Om Lasitakumbhachadvayaayai Namah
89. Om Chanchalaayai,- Lakshmye Namah
90. Om Shreekrishnapriyaayai Namah
91. Om Raamapriyaayai Namah
92. Om Vishnupriyaayai Namah
93. Om Shaankaryai Namah
94. Om Shivashankaryai Namah
95. Om Tulasyai Namah
96. Om Kundakutmalaradanaayai Namah
97. Om Pakvabimboshyai Namah
98. Om Sharashchandrikaayai Namah
99. Om Chaampeyanaasikaayai Mahaa
100. Om Kambusundaragalaayai Namah
101. Om Tatillataangyai Namah
102. Om Mattabandhurakuntalaayai Namah
103. Om Nakshatranibhaanakhaayai Namah
104. Om Rambhaanibhoruyugmaayai Namah
105. Om Saikatashronyai Namah
106. Om Madakantheeravamadhyaayai Namah
107. Om Keeravaanyai Namah
108. Om Shree Mahaa Tulaseedevyai Namah
Iti Shree Tulasee Devee Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
One hundred and eight names of Tulasi Devi, beginning Om Shree Tulaseedevyai Namah. Unlike most archanas this one is offered to a living plant, usually the one standing in the tulasi katte in the courtyard. Karnataka households use it at the evening lamp, on Kartika days, and above all at Tulasi Vivaha on Utthana Dwadashi.
Significance
The plant is treated as the goddess herself, not as her symbol, and everything in the practice follows from that. She is watered in the morning and given a lamp in the evening; she is circumambulated; her leaves go into Vishnu's naivedya and into the mouth of the dying with a few drops of Ganga water. The customs of restraint are as telling as the offerings — leaves are not plucked on Ekadashi, nor after dark, nor by someone who has not bathed, and many will not pluck on a Sunday. Tulasi is offered to Vishnu and withheld from Ganesha. Tradition holds that she was a woman, Vrinda, before she was a plant, and the tellings of how that happened differ enough that it is better to say so than to choose one. At Tulasi Vivaha on Kartika Shukla Dwadashi, the katte is whitewashed and drawn on with rangoli, sugarcane and amla branches are tied at its corners, and she is married to Krishna in the form of a salagrama — a wedding the family conducts in its own courtyard.
How and when to chant
Evening, at the lamp, is the daily time; the morning water can come with it. Stand before the katte, say the names one by one, offering akshate or a flower at each — not tulasi leaves, which are hers. Kartika is her month, and the lamps in the katte niche are lit through it. On Utthana Dwadashi, the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of Kartika, the courtyard is prepared from the afternoon, the marriage is done after dusk with the salagrama, and the archana comes before the offering of avalakki and fruit. Women of the house circumambulate the katte an odd number of times, usually three or seven.
Frequently asked questions
Why do Sita and Draupadi appear in the Tulasi Ashtottara Shatanamavali?
Which names in the Tulasi Devi Ashtottara fit the courtyard tulasi plant?
How is the Tulasi Ashtottara used at Tulasi Vivaha?
How does the Tulasi Ashtottara link Tulasi with Vishnu and Lakshmi?
When is the Tulasi Devi Ashtottara Shatanamavali read each day?
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