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Sri Shani Astothara Satanaamavali
  1. Om Shanaishcharaaya Namah
  2. Om Shaantaaya Namah
  3. Om Sarvaabheeshtapradaayine Namah
  4. Om Sharanyaaya Namah
  5. Om Varenyaaya Namah
  6. Om Sarveshaaya Namah
  7. Om Saumyaaya Namah
  8. Om Suravandyaaya Namah
  9. Om Suralokavihaarine Namah
  10. Om Sukhaasanopavishtaaya Namah ||10||
  11. Om Sundaraaya  Namah
  12. Om Ghanaroopaaya Namah
  13. Om Ghanaabharanadhaarine Namah
  14. Om Ghanasaaravilepanaaya Namah
  15. Om Khadyotaaya Namah
  16. Om Mandaaya Namah
  17. Om Mandacheshtaaya Namah
  18. Om Vairaagyadaaya  Namah
  19. Om Veeraaya Namah
  20. Om Veetarogabhayaaya Namah ||20||
  21. Om Vipatparampareshaaya Namah
  22. Om Vishvavandyaaya Namah
  23. Om Gridhravaahaaya Namah
  24. Om Goodhaaya Namah
  25. Om Koormaangaaya Namah
  26. Om Kuroopine Namah
  27. Om Kutsitaaya Namah
  28. Om Gunaadhyaaya Namah
  29. Om Gocharaaya Namah
  30. Om Avidyaamoolanaashaaya Namah ||30||
  31. Om Vidyaavidyaasvaroopine Namah
  32. Om Aayushyakaaranaaya Namah
  33. Om Aapaduddhartre Namah
  34. Om Vishnubhaktaaya Namah
  35. Om Vashine Namah
  36. Om Vividhaagamavedine Namah
  37. Om Vidhistutyaaya Namah
  38. Om Mahaaneeyagunaatmane Namah
  39. Om Martyapaavanapaadaaya Namah
  40. Om Maheshaaya Namah ||40||
  41. Om Chhaayaaputraaya Namah
  42. Om Sharvaaya Namah
  43. Om Sharatooneeradhaarine Namah
  44. Om Charasthirasvabhaavaaya Namah
  45. Om Chanchalaaya Namah
  46. Om Neelavarnaaya Namah
  47. Om Nityaaya Namah
  48. Om Neelaanjananibhaaya Namah
  49. Om Neelaambaravibhooshaaya  Namah
  50. Om Nishchalaaya Namah ||50||
  51. Om Vedyaaya Namah
  52. Om Vidhiroopaaya Namah
  53. Om Virodhaadhaarabhoomaye Namah
  54. Om Vedaaspadasvabhaavaaya Namah
  55. Om Vajradehaaya Namah
  56. Om Vandyaaya Namah
  57. Om Viroopaakshaaya Namah
  58. Om Varishthaaya Namah
  59. Om Garishthaaya Namah
  60. Om Vajraankushadharaaya Namah ||60||
  61. Om Varadaaya Namah
  62. Om Abhayahastaaya Namah
  63. Om Vaamanaaya Namah
  64. Om Jyeshthapatnee Sametaaya Namah
  65. Om Shreshthaaya Namah
  66. Om Amitabhooshine Namah
  67. Om Kashtaughanaashakaaya Namah
  68. Om Aaryapushtidaaya Namah
  69. Om Stutyaaya Namah
  70. Om Stotragamyaaya Namah ||70||
  71. Om Bhaktivashyaaya Namah
  72. Om Bhaanave Namah
  73. Om Bhaanuputraaya Namah
  74. Om Bhavyaaya Namah
  75. Om Paavanaaya Namah
  76. Om Dhanurmandala Samsthaaya Namah
  77. Om Dhanadaaya Namah
  78. Om Dhanushmate Namah
  79. Om Tanuprakaasha Dehaaya Namah
  80. Om Taamasaaya Namah ||80||
  81. Om Asheshajana Vandyaaya Namah
  82. Om Visheshaphaladaayine Namah
  83. Om Vasheekritajaneshaaya Namah
  84. Om Pasoonaampataye Namah
  85. Om Khecharaaya Namah
  86. Om Khageshaaya Namah
  87. Om Ghananeelaambaraaya Namah
  88. Om Kaathinyamaanasaaya Namah
  89. Om Aaryaganastutyaaya Namah
  90. Om Neelachchhatraaya Namah ||90||
  91. Om Nityaaya Namah
  92. Om Nirgunaaya Namah
  93. Om Gunaatmane Namah
  94. Om Niraamayaaya Namah
  95. Om Nindyaaya Namah
  96. Om Vandaneeyaaya Namah
  97. Om Dheeraaya Namah
  98. Om Divyadehaaya Namah
  99. Om Deenaarti Haranaaya Namah
  100. Om Dainyanaashakaraaya Namah ||100||
  101. Om Aaryajanaganyaaya Namah
  102. Om Krooraaya Namah
  103. Om Kroora Cheshtaaya Namah
  104. Om Kaamakrodhakaraaya Namah
  105. Om Kalatraputrashatrutvakaaranaaya Namah
  106. Om Pariposhitabhaktaaya Namah
  107. Om Parabheetiharaaya Namah
  108. Om Bhaktasangha Manobheeshta Phaladaaya Namah ||108||

|| Iti Shree Shani Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali Sampoornam ||

Meaning

Shani Ashtottara Shatanamavali is the list of 108 names of Shani, the graha of the planet Saturn, spoken one at a time with Om in front and namah at the end. It opens Om Shanaishcharaya Namah, Om Shantaya Namah. Saturday is his weekday, and in most households the names are taken up then, in front of a sesame-oil lamp.

Significance

The name Shanaishchara itself means the slow one: shanaih, slowly, and chara, moving. Saturn sits roughly two and a half years in each rashi and needs about thirty years to finish the zodiac, which is why jyotisha reads him as the graha of long consequences rather than sudden ones. Read the names and something becomes obvious. Shanta, the calm one. Sarvabhishtaprada, giver of all that is wished for. Sharanya, one worth taking refuge in. The list does not address a tormentor; it addresses someone who can be appealed to. His parentage runs through it too, as Chhayasuta and Suryaputra, the son of Chhaya and of the sun, and brother to Yama. A namavali is a list rather than a narrative stotra, so it does not usually carry a long phala-shruti of its own; the sankalpa spoken at the start of the puja is what holds the intent. Tradition holds that these names are kept up through sade-sati and ashtama Shani. No text says the transit is cancelled. What tradition asks for is the steadiness to meet it.

How and when to chant

Saturday, after the morning bath, or at dusk in pradosha kala. Light the lamp with sesame oil. Black sesame, urad dal, and black or dark blue cloth are the usual offerings. One round of 108 is enough; those doing archana place a few sesame seeds or a flower at each name. Shani Trayodashi, a trayodashi that falls on a Saturday, and Shani Amavasya draw larger recitation. Shani Jayanti moves by region, kept on the Vaishakha amavasya in some places and the Jyeshtha amavasya in others, so follow your own panchanga. Setting a sesame-oil lamp at the foot of an ashwattha tree on Saturday evening is common across Karnataka, and in most Karnataka temples Shani is approached at the navagraha sannidhi rather than at a separate shrine.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Shani Ashtottara Shatanamavali?
It is the set of 108 names of Shani, arranged for recitation one name at a time with Om at the start and namah at the end. It begins Om Shanaishcharaya Namah, Om Shantaya Namah. A namavali is used for archana, where a flower or a pinch of sesame is offered at each name.
Which day should Shani Ashtottara be recited?
Saturday, which is Shanivara and his own weekday. Morning after the bath or dusk in pradosha kala are both common. Families who keep it daily usually do a short version on other days and the full 108 on Saturday. Shani Trayodashi and Shani Amavasya draw a longer sitting.
Does reciting it remove sade-sati?
No text promises that. Sade-sati is the roughly seven and a half years Shani spends transiting the twelfth, first and second rashis from your janma rashi, and jyotisha treats it as a stretch to be lived through, not deleted. Tradition holds that recitation, oil offerings and charity help you meet it steadily. Chart questions belong with a jyotishi.
What is offered while chanting the Shani namavali?
A lamp lit with sesame oil is the one offering almost every household keeps. Beyond that, black sesame seeds, urad dal, black or dark blue cloth, and dark flowers are usual. For archana, a few sesame seeds go down at each of the 108 names. Nothing here is compulsory; the lamp and the names are the core.
Can women and children recite Shani Ashtottara at home?
Yes. A namavali is a list of names framed with Om and namah, not a mantra that requires initiation, so anyone in the house can say it. Children normally pick it up by repeating each name after an elder. If you are new, go slowly in Kannada or Sanskrit and let the pronunciation settle over a few weeks.
How is the namavali different from Dasharatha Shani Stotra?
The namavali is a plain list of 108 names used for archana. The Dasharatha Shani Stotra is a narrative hymn in which King Dasharatha praises Shani, with continuous verses rather than separate names. Many families recite the stotra first and then do archana with the namavali; either one alone is also complete.
Do I need a priest to do Shani archana at home?
Not for the namavali. A lamp, a clean place and the 108 names are enough for home recitation. A purohit is called when the family wants a formal Shani homa, navagraha shanti or a temple archana with sankalpa in the family name. Those are separate rituals, not requirements for reciting the names.
What does the name Shanaishchara mean?
Shanaih means slowly and chara means one who moves, so Shanaishchara is the slow mover. The name is literal. Saturn takes about two and a half years to cross a single rashi and roughly thirty years to go around the zodiac, the slowest of the visible grahas, and tradition reads his effects the same way.

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