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Lalitha Ashtottara Shatanamavali

Sri Lalitha Ashtottara Shatanamavali

  1. Om Shivaayai Namah
  2. Om Bhavaanyai Namah
  3. Om Kalyaanyai Namah
  4. Om Gauryai Namah
  5. Om Shreekaalyai Namah
  6. Om Shiva Priyaayai Namah
  7. Om Kaatyaayanyai Namah
  8. Om Mahaadevyai Namah
  9. Om Durgaayai Namah
  10. Om Aaryaayai Namah
  11. Om Chandikaayai Namah
  12. Om Bhavaayai Namah
  13. Om Chandrachoodaayai Namah
  14. Om Chandramukhyai Namah
  15. Om Chandramandalavaasinyai Namah
  16. Om Chandrahaasakaraayai Namah
  17. Om Chandrahaasinyai Namah
  18. Om Chandrakotibhaasaayai Namah
  19. Om Chidroopaayai Namah
  20. Om Chitkalaayai Namah
  21. Om Nityaayai Namah
  22. Om Nirmalaayai Namah
  23. Om Nishkalaayai Namah
  24. Om Kalaayai Namah
  25. Om Bhavyaayai Namah
  26. Om Bhavapriyaayai Namah
  27. Om Bhavyaroopinyai Namah
  28. Om Kalabhaashinyai Namah
  29. Om Kavipriyaayai Namah
  30. Om Kaamakalaayai Namah
  31. Om Kaamadaayinyai Namah
  32. Om Kaamaroopinyai Namah
  33. Om Kaarunyasaagaraayai Namah
  34. Om Kaalyai Namah
  35. Om Samsaaraarnavataarikaayai Namah
  36. Om Doorvaabhaayai Namah
  37. Om Dushtabhayadaayai Namah
  38. Om Durjayaayai Namah
  39. Om Duritaapahaarinyai Namah
  40. Om Lalitaayai Namah
  41. Om Raajyadaayinyai Namah
  42. Om Siddhaayai Namah
  43. Om Siddheshyai Namah
  44. Om Siddhidaayinyai Namah
  45. Om Sharadaatryai Namah
  46. Om Shaantyai Namah
  47. Om Avyaktaayai Namah
  48. Om Shankhakundala Manditaayai Namah
  49. Om Shaaradaayai Namah
  50. Om Shaankaryai Namah
  51. Om Saadhvyai Namah
  52. Om Shyaamalaayai Namah
  53. Om Komalaakrityai Namah
  54. Om Pushpinyai Namah
  55. Om Pushpabaanaayai Namah
  56. Om Ambaayai Namah
  57. Om Kamalaayai Namah
  58. Om Kamalaasanaayai Namah
  59. Om Panchabaanastutaayai Namah
  60. Om Panchavarnaroopaayai Namah
  61. Om Sarveshvaryai Namah
  62. Om Panchamyai Namah
  63. Om Paramaayai Namah
  64. Om Lakshmai Namah
  65. Om Paavanyai Namah
  66. Om Paapahaarinyai Namah
  67. Om Sarvajnyaayai Namah
  68. Om Vrishabhaaroodhaayai Namah
  69. Om Sarvalokaikashankaryai Namah
  70. Om Sarvasvatantraayai Namah
  71. Om Sarveshyai Namah
  72. Om Sarvamangalakaarinyai Namah
  73. Om Niravadyaayai Namah
  74. Om Neeradaabhaayai Namah
  75. Om Nirmalaayai Namah
  76. Om Nishchayaatmikaayai Namah
  77. Om Nirmadaayai Namah
  78. Om Niyataachaaraayai Namah
  79. Om Nishkaamaayai Namah
  80. Om Nigamaalayaayai Namah
  81. Om Anaadibodhaayai Namah
  82. Om Brahmaanyai Namah
  83. Om Kaumaaryai Namah
  84. Om Gururoopinyai Namah
  85. Om Vaishnavyai Namah
  86. Om Samayaachaaraayai Namah
  87. Om Kaulinyai Namah
  88. Om Kuladevataayai Namah
  89. Om Saamagaanapriyaayai Namah
  90. Om Sarvavedaroopaayai Namah
  91. Om Sarasvatyai Namah
  92. Om Antaryaaga Priyaanandaayai Namah
  93. Om Bahiryaaga Varaarchitaayai Namah
  94. Om Veenaagaana Rasaanandaayai Namah
  95. Om Ardhaanmeelitalochanaayai Namah
  96. Om Divyachandananaagdhaangyai Namah
  97. Om Sarvasaamraajya Roopinyai Namah
  98. Om Tarangee Kritaapaanga Veekshaarakshita Sajjanaayai Namah
  99. Om Sudhaapaanasamudvela Helaa Mohita Dhoorjatyai Namah
  100. Om Matangamuni Sampoojyaayai Namah
  101. Om Matangakula Bhooshanaayai Namah
  102. Om Makutaangada Manjeera Mekhalaadaama Bhooshitaayai Namah
  103. Om Oormikaakinkineeratna Kankanaadi Parishkritaayai Namah
  104. Om Mallikaa Maalatee Kunda Mandaaraanchita Mastakaayai Namah
  105. Om Taamboola Kabalodanchatka Polatala Shobhinyai Namah
  106. Om Trimoorti Roopaayai Namah
  107. Om Trailokya Sumohana Tanu Prabhaayai Namah
  108. Om Shree Machchhakraadhi Nagaree Saamraajya Shree Svaroopinyai Namah

|| Iti Shree Lalita Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali Samaaptam ||

Meaning

One hundred and eight names of Lalita Tripurasundari, opening Om Shivaayai Namah, Om Bhavaanyai Namah, Om Kalyaanyai Namah. This is the Lalita Ashtottara, not the Lalita Sahasranama — the two are constantly mistaken for each other. Both name the same goddess; this one is short enough to be used for a Friday archana at home, which is how most people meet it.

Significance

Three names in, the list has said what it is doing. Shiva in the feminine, Bhavani, Kalyani: she is named first by her relation to Shiva and only later as Tripurasundari, Kameshwari, Rajarajeshwari — the goddess of Srividya, worshipped through the Sri Chakra and the fifteen-syllabled mantra. That is the background this text sits against, and it explains why the archana is offered to a yantra as often as to an image. Tradition holds that the full Srividya practice needs initiation from a guru; the ashtottara does not, and that is the point of having it. In Karnataka the Srividya line runs through Shringeri, where Shankara is held to have installed the Sri Chakra before Sharadamba, and through Kollur Mookambika. Kumkuma is the offering, red the colour, Friday the day.

How and when to chant

Friday, morning after a bath or at the evening lamp, facing east. Red flowers and kumkuma at each name; some do the whole archana with kumkuma alone, which is the usual practice before a Sri Chakra. Naivedya is simple — payasa, or jaggery and coconut. During Sharada Navaratri it is offered daily through the nine nights, and on the Friday and the Ashtami of that fortnight most of all. If you keep a Sri Chakra at home, the names are said facing it; if not, an image or a kumkuma-marked plate serves. Those who have taken initiation add their mantra japa after; those who have not, stop at the names.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between the Lalita Ashtottara and the Lalita Sahasranama?
The count and the setting. The Sahasranama has a thousand names and comes from the Brahmanda Purana, taught by Hayagriva to Agastya; it takes half an hour or more. The Ashtottara has a hundred and eight and is meant for a household archana with an offering at each name. Same goddess, different scale.
Is the Lalita Trishati a third text?
Yes. The Trishati has three hundred names, built on the fifteen syllables of the panchadashi mantra, twenty names to each syllable. So there are three: a hundred and eight, three hundred, and a thousand. The Trishati is the one most closely tied to formal Srividya practice and initiation.
Do I need initiation to recite the Lalita Ashtottara?
No. Initiation is required in the tradition for the panchadashi and shodashi mantras and for formal Sri Chakra worship, not for reciting names. The ashtottara is recited freely at home. If you want the mantra practice behind it, that is when a guru is sought.
Which day should the archana be done?
Friday, morning or evening. Sharada Navaratri is her season, particularly the Ashtami. Some keep it on the Pournami as well, since the full moon is associated with Tripurasundari. Outside those, any Friday through the year is the settled household practice.
What is offered during the archana?
Kumkuma above all, and red flowers. Before a Sri Chakra the whole archana is often done with kumkuma alone, a pinch at each name. Naivedya stays simple: payasa, or jaggery with coconut. Red cloth under the image or yantra is common but not required.
Is Lalita the same as Rajarajeshwari and Kameshwari?
Yes, all names of the same goddess within this list. Tripurasundari is her most formal title, Rajarajeshwari and Kameshwari are among the hundred and eight. Karnataka temples to Rajarajeshwari and the goddess at Kollur Mookambika are worshipped within this same Srividya frame.
Can it be recited alongside the Sahasranama?
It commonly is. The usual household order is the ashtottara for the daily or weekly archana and the Sahasranama on Fridays, Navaratri or a Pournami when there is time to sit. Doing both in one sitting is fine; the ashtottara is usually said last, with the offerings.

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