Sri Raghavendra Swamy Ashtottara Shatanamavali

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om svavaagdevataa saridbakta vimaleekartre namah'
om shree raaghavendraaya namah'
om sakalapradaatre namah'
om bhaktaughasambhedanadri'sht'ivajraaya namah'
om kshamaasurendraaya namah'
om haripaadanishevanaallabdha samastasampade namah'
om devasvabhaavaaya namah'
om divija drumaaya namah'
om isht'apradaatre namah'
om bhavya svaroopaaya namah'
om bhavaduh'khatoola sanghaagnicharyaaya namah'
om sukhadhairyashaaline namah'
om samastadusht'agrahanigraheshaaya namah'
om duratyayopaplavasindhu setave namah'
om nirastadoshaaya namah'
om niravadyadehaaya namah'
om pratyarthimookatva nidaanabhaashaaya namah'
om vidyatparijnyeyamahaavisheshaaya namah'
om vaagvaikharee nirjita bhavyasheshaaya namah'
om santaanasampatparishuddha bhakti vijnyaana vaaggehasupaat'avaadidaatre namah'
om shareerol'atdhasamastadoshahantre namah'
om shree gururaaghavendraaya namah'
om tiraskri'tasuranadeejala paadodaka mahimaavate namah'
om dustaapatrayanaashanaaya namah'
om mahaavandhyaasuputradaaya namah'
om vyangyasvangasamri'ddhidaaya namah'
om grahapaapahaaya namah'
om asahaayaaya namah'
om duritakaananadaava bhootasvabhakta darshanaaya namah'
om sarvatantrasvatantraaya namah'
om shreemadhvamatavardhanaaya namah'
om shreevijayendrakaraabjottha sudheendravaraputrakaaya namah'
om yatiraajaye gurave namah'
om bhayaapahaaya namah'
om jnyaanabhaktisuputraayuryashah' shreepunyavardhanaaya namah'
om prativaadijayasvaanta bheda chihnaardaraaya namah'
om sarvavidyaapraveenaaya namah'
om aparoksheekri'tashreeshaaya namah'
om apekshita pradaatre namah'
om dayaadaakshinya vairaagya vaakphaat'avamukhaankitaaya namah'
om shaapaanugrahashaktaaya namah'
om ajnyaanavismri'ti bhraanti sam'shayaa pa smri'tikshayadosha naashakaaya namah'
om asht'aadaksharaja pesht'aardha pradaatre namah'
om adhyaatmeeya samudbhava kaayajadoshahantre namah'
om sarvapunyaartha pradaatre namah'
om kaalatraya praardhanaakartre'hikaa mushmika sarvesht'apradaatre namah'
om agamyamahimne namah'
om mahaayashe namah' namah'
om madhyamatadugdhaabdichandraayanamah'
om anaghaaya namah'
om yadhaashakti pradakshinakri'tasarva yaatraa phaladaatre namah'
om shirodhaarana sarvateerdhasnaana phaladaatri' svabri'ndaavanagata jalaaya namah'
om namah'karana sarvaabheesht'hadaatre namah'
om sankeertana vedaadyardhajnyaanadaatre namah'
om sam'saaramagnajanoddaarakartre namah'
om kusht'haadiroganivartakaaya namah'
om andhadivyadri'sht'idaatre namah'
om ed'amookavaakpatitva pradaatre namah'
om poornaayuh'pradaatre namah'
om poornasampatrpadaatre namah'
om kukshigatasarvadoshaghnau namah'
om pangukhanjasameechaanaavayavadaatre namah'
om bhootapretapishaachaadipeed'aaghnenamah'
om deepasam'yojanajnyaanaputradaatre namah'
om bhavyajnyaanabhaktyaadivardhanaayanamah'
om sarvaabheesht'apradaaya namah'
om raajachoramahaavyaaghra sarpanakraadi peed'anaghne namah'
om svastotrapat'hane sht'aardhana samri'ddhidaaya namah'
om udyatpradyotanadharma koormaasana sthaaya namah'
om khadyakhadyotanadyotaprataapaaya namah'
om shreeraamamaanasaaya namah'
om dhri'takaashaayavasanaaya namah'
om tulaseehaaravakshase namah'
om dordand'avilasaddand'aka mand'ala viraajitaaya namah'
om abhayajnyaanamudraakshamaalaa sheelakaraambujaaya namah'
om yogeendravandyapaadaabjaaya namah'
om paapaadripaat'anavajraaya namah'
om kshamaasuraganaadheeshaaya namah'
om harisevaalabdhasarvasampade namah'
om tattva pradarshakaaya namah'
om isht'a pradaanakalpadrumaaya namah'
om shrutyarthabodhakaaya namah'
om bhavakri'te namah'
bahuvaadivijayine namah'
om punyavardhanapaadaabjaabhishekam' jalasanchayaaya namah'
om dyunadeetulyasadgunaaya namah'
om bhaktaughavidhvam'sakaranijamoorti pradarshakaaya namah'
om jagadurgave namah'
om kri'paanidhaye namah'
om sarvashaastra vishaaradaaya namah'
om nikhilendriyadoshaghne namah'
om asht'aaksharamanooditaaya namah'
om sarvasaukhyakri'te namah'
om mri'tapotapraanaadaatre namah'
om vedisthapurushojjeevine namah'
om vahnisthamaalikoddartre namah'
om samagrat'eekaavyaakhyaate namah'
om bhaat't'asangrahakri'te namah'
om sudhaaparimal'oddhartre namah'
om apasmaaraapaharte' namah'
om upanishatkhand'aarthakri'te namah'
om ri'gvyaakhyaananakri'daachaaryaaya namah'
om mantraalayanivaasine namah'
om nyaayamuktaavaleekartre namah'
om chandrikaavyaakhyaakartre namah'
om sutantradeepikaakartrenamah'
om geetaarthasangrahakri'te namah'
om raam' raaghavendraaya namah'
|| shree raaghavendraasht'ottara shatanaamaaval'i samaaptam' ||

Meaning

The namavali for Raghavendra Swamy, the Madhva saint whose Brindavana stands at Mantralayam on the Tungabhadra. Counted strictly, this recension has a hundred and nine entries. It opens om svavagdevata saridbhakta vimalikartre namah, then om shri raghavendraya namah, and after om gitartha-sangrahakrite namah it closes om ram raghavendraya namah. Thursday is his day.

Significance

Take the count first, since it is the thing a careful reader notices and most pages hide. A hundred and nine entries in a list called ashtottara is not an error so much as a counting convention. The closing entry carries the bija ram before the name, which reads like a concluding mantra rather than the hundred and eighth name, and printed books differ on whether the opening line belongs to the hundred and eight at all. Say the names; the arithmetic is not the practice.

The names themselves work almost as a bibliography. Gitartha-sangrahakrit, the one who made the summary of the Gita's meaning, points at a book he wrote. Others point at his commentaries and his teaching. This is a scholar being praised for scholarship, which is not how most namavalis operate.

He was born Venkatanatha, became a pontiff of the Madhva matha, and entered the Brindavana at Mantralayam, in Kurnool district across the river from Raichur, in 1671. Tradition holds that he entered it alive and that he would remain present there for seven hundred years, and the seva at Mantralayam is conducted on that understanding. The story told there is that Appannacharya, who arrived as it was happening, composed the Raghavendra Stotra on the spot and broke down before the last line, and that the line came from inside the Brindavana. Devotees will tell you this as a fact; it is what the tradition holds, and this page reports it that way.

One thing to be clear about. He is a saint and a guru, not a Puranic deity. That distinction matters in a Madhva setting and it does not lessen him.

How and when to chant

Thursday is the day, and many households do it in the evening after lighting the lamp. Keep flowers or tulasi to your right and offer one at each name, to his picture or to padukas if the family has them.

Raghavendra Aradhana falls in Shravana and runs three days, purva, madhya and uttara aradhana, with the middle day the main one. Mantralayam fills for it. Families who cannot travel keep the three days at home with the namavali, a reading, and feeding whoever comes.

The prasada most associated with him is mridika, earth from around the Brindavana, and angara. Devotees apply it to the forehead and keep a little at home. If you have been to Mantralayam you will have it; if not, there is nothing wrong with doing the archane without it.

Pradakshina of the Brindavana is done at Mantralayam, and those with a vow keep counting into the high numbers. At home, a Thursday bhajane with the Raghavendra Stotra and this namavali is the common shape. Nothing here needs a priest, and no initiation is required for a namavali.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does this namavali have 109 names?

Counting conventions differ. The closing entry carries the bija ram before the name, which reads more like a concluding mantra than a hundred and eighth name, and printed books disagree about whether the opening line is counted at all. The recitation is unaffected; only the arithmetic is in dispute.

Who was Raghavendra Swamy?

A Madhva scholar and pontiff, born Venkatanatha, who entered the Brindavana at Mantralayam in 1671. He wrote commentaries across the Madhva corpus, including a summary of the Gita's meaning that the namavali itself refers to. He is venerated as a guru and a saint, not as a Puranic deity.

Where is Mantralayam?

In Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, on the Tungabhadra, across the river from Raichur district in Karnataka. Most of the devotees who come are Kannada speakers. The Brindavana is the centre of the kshetra, and the daily seva there is conducted on the understanding that he remains present in it.

Which day should this be recited?

Thursday, and most households do it in the evening after the lamp is lit. Beyond the weekday, the three days of Aradhana in Shravana are the year's main occasion. Some families also keep the day of the week on which they first visited Mantralayam, which is a personal rather than a prescribed practice.

When is Raghavendra Aradhana?

In Shravana, over three days: purva aradhana, madhya aradhana and uttara aradhana, with the middle day the principal one. It marks his entering the Brindavana. Mantralayam fills for it, and households that cannot travel keep the three days at home with the namavali and feeding.

What are mridika and angara?

Mridika is earth taken from around the Brindavana at Mantralayam and angara is given alongside it. Devotees apply a little to the forehead and keep some at home in the pooja. Neither is required for the archane. If you have not been to Mantralayam, do the recitation without them.

Can people outside the Madhva tradition recite this?

Yes. Mantralayam draws people of every community, including many who are not Madhva and some who are not Hindu, and no one is asked their lineage at the Brindavana. A namavali needs no initiation. If you have a guru of your own, follow whatever they have told you first.

Is Raghavendra Swamy worshipped as a god?

He is venerated as a guru and a saint, which in the Madhva understanding is a different thing from a deity. Devotees approach him as one approaches a teacher who can intercede, not as the supreme being. Keeping that distinction is part of the tradition rather than a modern qualification of it.

Sri Raghavendra Swamy Ashtottara Shatanamavali

Meaning

Significance

How and when to chant

Frequently Asked Questions

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