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Sri Chandi Ashtottara Shatanamavali

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Sri Chandi Ashtottara Shatanamavali

Sri Chandi Ashtottara Shatanamavali

  1. Om Maheshvaryai Namah
  2. Om Mahaadevyai Namah
  3. Om Jayantyai Namah
  4. Om Sarvamangalaayai Namah
  5. Om Lajjaayai Namah
  6. Om Bhagavatyai Namah
  7. Om Vandyaayai Namah
  8. Om Bhavaanyai Namah
  9. Om Paapanaashinyai Namah
  10. Om Chandikaayai Namah
  11. Om Kaalaraatryai Namah
  12. Om Bhadrakaalyai Namah
  13. Om Aparaajitaayai Namah
  14. Om Mahaavidyaayai Namah
  15. Om Mahaamedhaayai Namah
  16. Om Mahaamaayaayai Namah
  17. Om Mahaabalaayai Namah
  18. Om Kaatyaayanyai Namah
  19. Om Jayaayai Namah
  20. Om Durgaayai Namah
  21. Om Mandaaravanavaasinyai Namah
  22. Om Aaryaayai Namah
  23. Om Girisutaayai Namah
  24. Om Dhaatryai Namah,
  25. Om Mahishaasuraghaatinyai Namah
  26. Om Siddhiyai Namah
  27. Om Buddhidaayai Namah
  28. Om Nityaayai Namah
  29. Om Varadaayai Namah
  30. Om Varavarninyai Namah
  31. Om Ambikaayai Namah
  32. Om Sukhadaayai Namah
  33. Om Saumyaayai Namah
  34. Om Jaganmaatre Namah
  35. Om Shivapriyaayai Namah
  36. Om Bhaktasantaapasamharyai Namah
  37. Om Sarvakaamaprapoorinyai Namah
  38. Om Jagatkaryai Namah
  39. Om Jagaddhaatryai Namah
  40. Om Jagatpaalanatatparaayai Namah
  41. Om Avyaktaayai Namah
  42. Om Vyaktaroopaayai Namah
  43. Om Bheemaayai Namah
  44. Om Tripurasundaryai Namah
  45. Om Aparnaayai Namah
  46. Om Lalitaayai Namah
  47. Om Vidyaayai Namah
  48. Om Poornachandra Nibhaananaayai Namah
  49. Om Chaamundaayai Namah
  50. Om Chaturaayai Namah
  51. Om Chandraayai Namah
  52. Om Gunatrayavibhaaginyai Namah
  53. Om Herambajananyai Namah
  54. Om Kaalyai Namah
  55. Om Trigunaayai Namah
  56. Om Yashodharaayai Namah
  57. Om Umaayai Namah
  58. Om Kalashahastaayai Namah
  59. Om Daityadarpanighaadivyai Namah
  60. Om Buddye Namah
  61. Om Kaantyai Namah
  62. Om Kshamaayai Namah
  63. Om Shaantyai Namah
  64. Om Pushtyai Namah
  65. Om Tushtyai Namah
  66. Om Dhrityai Namah
  67. Om Matyai Namah
  68. Om Varaayudhadhagaayai Namah
  69. Om Dheeraayai Namah
  70. Om Gauryai Namah
  71. Om Shaakambharyai Namah
  72. Om Shivaayai Namah
  73. Om Ashtasiddhi Pradaayai Namah
  74. Om Vaamaayai Namah
  75. Om Shivavaamaangavaasinyai Namah
  76. Om Dharmadaayai Namah
  77. Om Dhanadaayai; Shreedaayai Namah
  78. Om Kaamadaayai Namah
  79. Om Mokshadaayai Namah
  80. Om Aparaayai Namah
  81. Om Chitsvaroopaayai Namah
  82. Om Chidaanandaayai Namah
  83. Om Jayashriyai Namah
  84. Om Jayadaayinyai Namah
  85. Om Sarvamangala Maangalyaayai Namah
  86. Om Jagatraya Hitaishinyai Namah
  87. Om Sharvaanyai Namah
  88. Om Parvaatyai Namah
  89. Om Dhanyaayai Namah
  90. Om Skandamaatre Namah
  91. Om Akhileshvaryai Namah
  92. Om Prasannaartiharaayai Namah
  93. Om Devyai Namah
  94. Om Subhagaayai Namah
  95. Om Kaamaroopinyai Namah
  96. Om Niraakaaraayai Namah
  97. Om Saakaaraayai Namah
  98. Om Mahaakaalyai Namah
  99. Om Sureshvaryai Namah
  100. Om Sharvaayai Namah
  101. Om Shraddhaayai Namah
  102. Om Dhruvaayai Namah
  103. Om Krityaayai Namah
  104. Om Mridhaanyai Namah
  105. Om Bhaktavatsalaayai Namah
  106. Om Sarvashakti Samaayukaayai Namah
  107. Om Sharanyaayai Namah
  108. Om Satyakaamadaayai Namah

|| Iti Shree Chandee Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali Samaaptam||

Meaning

Sri Chandi Ashtottara Shatanamavali is the archana list of a hundred and eight names of Chandika, the Devi of the Devi Mahatmya. It opens Om Maheshvaryai namah, Om Mahadevyai namah, Om Jayantyai namah. Households use it on Navaratri days and priests use it for kumkuma archana at the close of a Chandi Patha, when the seven hundred verses have been read and the names are offered one by one.

Significance

The third name is the clue to the whole list. Jayanti is the first word of the verse every reader of the Saptashati knows - jayanti mangala kali bhadrakali kapalini, durga kshama shiva dhatri svaha svadha namostu te - and the namavali keeps walking through that same vocabulary. Read in order, the names work as a compressed index of the three charitas of the Devi Mahatmya, which the Markandeya Purana carries: the Devi who wakes Vishnu against Madhu and Kaitabha, the Devi who takes Mahishasura on the field, the Devi who sends Kali out against Shumbha and Nishumbha. Chandi means the wrathful one, and the text is candid that this wrath is roused only when the asuras have already refused every other answer. Tradition holds that the archana done at the end of a Saptashati reading completes it; the namavali itself makes no promise in its own words.

How and when to chant

Navaratri, and within it Ashtami and Navami, is when the Chandi archana is most often done; otherwise Tuesday and Friday. Morning after bath is the usual hour. A full Saptashati parayana is not a casual undertaking - the tradition has you make a sankalpa and read the Devi Kavacha, Argala Stotra and Kilaka Stotra before the first chapter, and many households take nine days over it, one charita or a set of chapters a day. The ashtottara is the lighter door into the same worship: light a lamp, and offer kumkuma or red flowers at each of the 108 names. Where a Chandi Homa is performed, it is done by a priest with a proper sankalpa and is not something to attempt from a printed book.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Chandi, and is she different from Durga?
Chandi or Chandika is the name the Devi Mahatmya uses most often for the goddess who fights Mahishasura and Shumbha-Nishumbha. Durga is another name for the same Devi in the same text. So they are not two goddesses; Chandi names her anger, Durga names her as the one hard to reach and hard to cross.
Where does the Chandi Ashtottara come from?
The names belong to the Devi Mahatmya tradition - the seven hundred verses inside the Markandeya Purana that are read as the Durga Saptashati. The namavali itself is an archana list drawn from that vocabulary and printed in puja handbooks; it is not a chapter of the Purana.
Should I read the Durga Saptashati before the ashtottara?
Only if you intend to. The ashtottara stands on its own for a daily lamp. When a full Saptashati parayana is done, the order is sankalpa, then Devi Kavacha, Argala and Kilaka, then the chapters, and the kumkuma archana with the 108 names at the end.
Is a Chandi Homa necessary?
No. Chandi Homa is a large ritual done by priests with a sankalpa, prescribed offerings and a full parayana, usually for a temple or a family occasion. A householder who wants Chandika's worship at home does the archana with the 108 names and a ghee lamp, and that is complete in itself.
Which days are best for Chandi archana?
Navaratri above all, with Ashtami and Navami as the peak days, and Chaitra Navaratri in the spring. Through the rest of the year Tuesday and Friday are her weekdays. Morning after bath is the common hour, though there is no rule against an evening lamp.
Can women recite the Chandi Ashtottara?
Yes, and in most Kannada households it is women who keep the Devi archana going. A namavali carries no gender restriction. The kumkuma archana of the Devi during Navaratri, along with the haldi-kumkuma given to visiting women, is largely a women's observance in Karnataka.
How long does one recitation take?
About eight to twelve minutes if you pause to offer kumkuma at each name, a little less if you only recite. A full Durga Saptashati reading is a different matter - roughly three hours at a steady pace, which is why most households spread it over the nine nights.
What is the meaning of the opening name Maheshvari?
Maheshvari is the shakti of Maheshvara, Shiva, and one of the Saptamatrikas the Devi Mahatmya brings onto the field against Shumbha and Nishumbha. Beginning the list with her sets Chandika in that company at once, before the fiercer names arrive later in the sequence.

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