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1. Om Vishnave Namah
2. Om Lakshmeepataye Namah
3. Om Krishnaaya Namah
4. Om Vaikunthaaya Namah
5. Om Garudadhvajaaya Namah
6. Om Parabrahmane Namah
7. Om Jagannaathaaya Namah
8. Om Vaasudevaaya Namah
9. Om Trivikramaaya Namah
10. Om Daityaantakaaya Namah
11. Om Madhuripave Namah
12. Om Taarkshyavaahanaaya Namah
13. Om Sanaatanaaya Namah
14. Om Naaraayanaaya Namah
15. Om Padmanaabhaaya Namah
16. Om Hrisheekeshaaya Namah
17. Om Sudhaapradaaya Namah
18. Om Maadhavaaya Namah
19. Om Pundareekaakshaaya Namah
20. Om Sthitikartre Namah
21. Om Paraatparaaya Namah
22. Om Vanamaaline Namah
23. Om Yajnyaroopaaya Namah
24. Om Chakrapaanaye Namah
25. Om Gadaadharaaya Namah
26. Om Upendraaya Namah
27. Om Keshavaaya Namah
28. Om Hamsaaya Namah
29. Om Samudramathanaaya Namah
30. Om Haraye Namah
31. Om Govindaaya Namah
32. Om Brahmajanakaaya Namah
33. Om Kaitabhaasuramardanaaya Namah
34. Om Shreedharaaya Namah
35. Om Kaamajanakaaya Namah
36. Om Sheshashaayine Namah
37. Om Chaturbhujaaya Namah
38. Om Paanchajanyadharaaya Namah
39. Om Shreemate Namah
40. Om Shaarngapaanaye Namah
41. Om Janaardanaaya Namah
42. Om Peetaambaradharaaya Namah
43. Om Devaaya Namah
44. Om Sooryachandravilochanaaya Namah
45. Om Matsyaroopaaya Namah
46. Om Koormatanave Namah
47. Om Krodharoopaaya Namah
48. Om Nrikesarine Namah
49. Om Vaamanaaya Namah
50. Om Bhaargavaaya Namah
51. Om Raamaaya Namah
52. Om Baline Namah
53. Om Kalkine Namah
54. Om Hayaananaaya Namah
55. Om Vishvambaraaya Namah
56. Om Shishumaaraaya Namah
57. Om Shreekaraaya Namah
58. Om Kapilaaya Namah
59. Om Dhruvaaya Namah
60. Om Dattaatreyaaya Namah
61. Om Achyutaaya Namah
62. Om Anantaaya Namah
63. Om Mukundaaya Namah
64. Om Dadhivaamanaaya Namah
65. Om Dhanvantaraaya Namah
66. Om Shreenivaasaaya Namah
67. Om Pradyumnaaya Namah
68. Om Purushottamaaya Namah
69. Om Shreevatsakaustubhadharaaya Namah
70. Om Muraaraataye Namah
71. Om Adhokshajaaya Namah
72. Om Rishabhaaya Namah
73. Om Mohineeroopadhaarine Namah
74. Om Sankarshanaaya Namah
75. Om Prithave Namah
76. Om Ksheeraabdhishaayine Namah
77. Om Bhootaatmane Namah
78. Om Aniruddhaaya Namah
79. Om Bhaktavatsalaaya Namah
80. Om Naraaya Namah
81. Om Gajendravaradaaya Namah
82. Om Tridhaamne Namah
83. Om Bhootabhaavanaaya Namah
84. Om Shvetadveepasuvaastavyaaya Namah
85. Om Sanakaadimunidhyeyaaya Namah
86. Om Bhagavate Namah
87. Om Shankarapriyaaya Namah
88. Om Neelakaantaaya Namah
89. Om Dharaakaantaaya Namah
90. Om Vedaatmane Namah
91. Om Baadaraayanaaya Namah
92. Om Bhaageeratheejanmabhoomipaadapadmaaya Namah
93. Om Sataam Prabhave Namah
94. Om Svabhuve Namah
95. Om Vibhave Namah
96. Om Ghanashyaamaaya Namah
97. Om Jagatkaaranaaya Namah
98. Om Avyayaaya Namah
99. Om Buddhaavataaraaya Namah
100. Om Shaantaatmane Namah
101. Om Leelaamaanushavigrahaaya Namah
102. Om Daamodaraaya Namah
103. Om Viraadroopaaya Namah
104. Om Bhootabhavyabhavatprabhave Namah
105. Om Aadidevaaya Namah
106. Om Devadevaaya Namah
107. Om Prahlaadaparipaalakaaya Namah
108. Om Shreemahaavishnave Namah
Iti Sri Vishnu Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
The Sri Vishnu Ashtottara Shatanamavali is a list of 108 names for archana, opening with Om Vishnave namah and Om Lakshmipataye namah and closing with Om Sri Mahavishnave namah. The text names no author or source and has no phala shruti. It is read with a tulasi leaf or flower offered at each name.
How the names are arranged
The first forty or so names describe Vishnu as worshippers picture him: Garudadhvaja with the eagle on his banner, Padmanabha with the lotus at his navel, Chakrapani and Gadadhara holding discus and mace, Sheshashayi resting on the serpent. Madhuripu and Kaitabhasura-mardana recall the killing of Madhu and Kaitabha, and Samudramathana (29) the churning of the ocean.
Names 45 to 53 give the ten avatars in sequence. The 47th is printed here as Krodharupa, but its place shows it should be read Kroda-rupa, the boar. After the ten, the list draws on the Bhagavata avatars: Hayanana, Kapila, Dhruva, Dattatreya, Dhanvantari, Rishabha, Mohini, Prithu and Badarayana. Buddha comes later, at 99.
The closing stretch turns to devotees and abodes. Gajendravarada (81) and Prahladaparipalaka (107) name two rescues, while Kshirabdhishayi and Shvetadvipa-suvastavya place him on the ocean of milk and in the white island.
When it is recited
Ekadashi, Saturdays and Vaikuntha Ekadashi are the usual days, often as a tulasi archana. On a working morning when the full Vishnu Sahasranamam will not fit, many families say these 108 names instead.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the Dashavatara names appear in the Sri Vishnu Ashtottara Shatanamavali?
Which name in the Vishnu Ashtottaram refers to the Varaha avatar?
Which avatars outside the ten appear in the Vishnu Ashtottara Shatanamavali?
How does the Vishnu Ashtottaram differ from the Vishnu Sahasranamam?
Which devotees are named in the Sri Vishnu Ashtottara Shatanamavali?
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