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Sri Vamana Ashtottara Shatanamavali
1. Om Vaamanaaya Namah
2. Om Vaarijaataakshaaya Namah
3. Om Varnine Namah
4. Om Vaasavasodaraaya Namah
5. Om Vaasudevaaya Namah
6. Om Vaavadookaaya Namah
7. Om Vaalakhilyasamaaya Namah
8. Om Varaaya Namah
9. Om Vedavaadine Namah
10. Om Vidyudaabhaaya Namah
11. Om Vritadandaaya Namah
12. Om Vrishaakapaye Namah
13. Om Vaarivaahasitachchhatraaya Namah
14. Om Vaaripoornakamandalave Namah
15. Om Valakshayajnyopaveetaaya Namah
16. Om Varakaupeenadhaarakaaya Namah
17. Om Vishuddhamaunjeerashanaaya Namah
18. Om Vidhritasphaatikasrajaaya Namah
19. Om Vritakrishnaajinakushaaya Namah
20. Om Vibhootichchhannavigrahaaya Namah
21. Om Varabhikshaapaatrakakshaaya Namah
22. Om Vaarijaarimukhaaya Namah
23. Om Vashine Namah
24. Om Vaarijaanghraye Namah
25. Om Vriddhasevine Namah
26. Om Vadanasmitachandrikaaya Namah
27. Om Valgubhaashine Namah
28. Om Vishvachittadhanasteyine Namah
29. Om Vishishtadhiye Namah
30. Om Vasantasadrishaaya Namah
31. Om Vahnishuddhaangaaya Namah
32. Om Vipulaprabhaaya Namah
33. Om Vishaaradaaya Namah
34. Om Vedamayaaya Namah
35. Om Vidvadardhijanaavritaaya Namah
36. Om Vitaanapaavanaaya Namah
37. Om Vishvavismayaaya Namah
38. Om Vinayaanvitaaya Namah
39. Om Vandaarujanamandaaraaya Namah
40. Om Vaishnavarkshavibhooshanaaya Namah
41. Om Vaamaakshimadanaaya Namah
42. Om Vidvannayanaambuja Bhaaskaraaya Namah
43. Om Vaarijaasanagaureeshavayasyaaya Namah
44. Om Vaasavapriyaaya Namah
45. Om Vairochanimakhaalankrite Namah
46. Om Vairochanivaneepakaaya Namah
47. Om Vairochaniyashassindhuchandramase Namah
48. Om Vairibaadabaaya Namah
49. Om Vaasavaarthasveekritaarthibhaavaaya Namah
50. Om Vaasitakaitavaaya Namah
51. Om Vairochanikaraambhojarasasiktapadaambujaaya Namah
52. Om Vairochanikaraabdhaaraapooritaanjalipankajaaya Namah
53. Om Viyatpatitamandaaraaya Namah
54. Om Vindhyaavalikritotsavaaya Namah
55. Om Vaishamyanairghrinyaheenaaya Namah
56. Om Vairochanikritapriyaaya Namah
57. Om Vidaaritaikakaavyaakshaaya Namah
58. Om Vaanchhitaajnghritrayakshitaye Namah
59. Om Vairochanimahaabhaagya Parinaamaaya Namah
60. Om Vishaadahrite Namah
61. Om Viyaddundubhinirghrishtabalivaakyapraharshitaaya Namah
62. Om Vairochanimahaapunyaahaaryatulyavivardhanaaya Namah
63. Om Vibudhadveshisantraasatulyavriddhavapushe Namah
64. Om Vibhave Namah
65. Om Vishvaatmane Namah
66. Om Vikramakraantalokaaya Namah
67. Om Vibudharanjanaaya Namah
68. Om Vasudhaamandalavyaapi Divyaikacharanaambujaaya Namah
69. Om Vidhaatrandavinirbhedidviteeyacharanaambujaaya Namah
70. Om Vigrahasthitalokaughaaya Namah
71. Om Viyadgangodayaanghrikaaya Namah
72. Om Varaayudhadharaaya Namah
73. Om Vandyaaya Namah
74. Om Vilasadbhooribhooshanaaya Namah
75. Om Vishvaksenaadyupavritaaya Namah
76. Om Vishvamohaabjanissvanaaya Namah
77. Om Vaastoshpatyaadidikpaalabaahave Namah
78. Om Vidhumayaashayaaya Namah
79. Om Virochanaakshaaya Namah
80. Om Vahnyaasyaaya Namah
81. Om Vishvahetvarshiguhyakaaya Namah
82. Om Vaardhikukshaye Namah
83. Om Varivaahakeshaaya Namah
84. Om Vakshasthsalendiraaya Namah
85. Om Vaayunaasaaya Namah
86. Om Vedakanthaaya Namah
87. Om Vaakchhandase Namah
88. Om Vidhichetanaaya Namah
89. Om Varunasthaanarasanaaya Namah
90. Om Vigrahasthacharaacharaaya Namah
91. Om Vibudharshiganapraanaaya Namah
92. Om Vibudhaarikatisthalaaya Namah
93. Om Vidhirudraadivinutaaya Namah
94. Om Virochanasutaanandaaya Namah
95. Om Vaaritaasurasandohaaya Namah
96. Om Vaardhigambheeramaanasaaya Namah
97. Om Virochanapitristotra Kritashaantaye Namah
98. Om Vrishapriyaaya Namah
99. Om Vindhyaavalipraananaadha Bhikshaadaayane Namah
100. Om Varapradaaya Namah
101. Om Vaasavatraakritasvargaaya Namah
102. Om Vairochanikritaatalaaya Namah
103. Om Vaasavashreelatopaghnaaya Namah
104. Om Vairochanikritaadaraaya Namah
105. Om Vibudhadrusumaapaangavaaritaashritakashmalaaya Namah
106. Om Vaarivaahopamaaya Namah
107. Om Vaaneebhooshanaaya Namah
108. Om Vaakpataye namah
Iti Shree Vaamana Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
A namavali built on one letter
Every one of the 108 names begins with a va-sound, from Om Vamanaya Namah to Om Vakpataye Namah. The names also follow the avatara story in order, so the list reads like the Vamana episode told in short phrases.
The boy at Bali's sacrifice
The opening names draw the young brahmachari. Varni marks him as a student, and Vasavasodara as Indra's younger brother, both being sons of Aditi. Then his outfit is listed piece by piece: the staff (Vritadanda), the full water pot, the white sacred thread, the loincloth, the munja grass girdle, the crystal rosary, the black-buck skin and the begging bowl. Valgubhashi, the sweet-spoken, and Vishvachittadhanasteyi, the one who steals everyone's heart, add to the picture.
Bali, Shukra and the three steps
The middle names keep returning to Vairochani, Bali the son of Virochana, and even name his wife Vindhyavali. Vidaritaikakavyakshaya recalls Shukracharya losing an eye, and Vanchitanghritrayakshiti the request for three steps of land. The first foot covers the earth, the second splits the cosmic egg, and the heavenly Ganga rises from it. One name says he was calmed by the praise of Virochana's father, Prahlada.
The cosmic form
The closing names describe Trivikrama's universal body: fire as his mouth, the ocean as his belly, wind as his breath, the Veda as his throat. Vasavatrakritasvarga says heaven was handed back to Indra. The list is chanted on Vamana Jayanti, Bhadrapada Shukla Dwadashi.
Frequently asked questions
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