ayyappasabarimaladharmashastahariharaputra

ශ්රී අය්යප්ප අෂ්ටෝත්තරශතනාමාවලී

Sri Ayyappa Ashtottara Shatanamavali in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 108× repetitions·🕐 During the Mandala-Makaravilakku season (mid-November to mid-January), on Saturdays, and daily during the 41-day vratam; early morning after bath·📜 Traditional Shasta / Ayyappa devotional liturgy (South Indian temple tradition)

Read in your language / script

हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Traditional Shasta / Ayyappa devotional liturgy (South Indian temple tradition) · Traditional (composer unknown) · Traditional

The Ashtottara Shatanamavali of Lord Ayyappa belongs to the temple liturgy of Dharma-Shasta worship, centred on the famous hill-shrine of Sabarimala in Kerala. Ayyappa is venerated as Hariharaputra, born of the union of Vishnu's Mohini form and Shiva, embodying the harmony of the Vaishnava and Shaiva traditions — a theme reflected in names such as Mahashaiva, Vaishnava and Vishnupujaka. The 108 names are recited as archana, each name offered with a flower at the deity's feet, and form a central part of the devotions undertaken by pilgrims during the rigorous 41-day vratam that precedes the journey to Sabarimala.

✦ As told in scripture

Devotees of Sabarimala recount that Lord Ayyappa, hailed in these names as Rogahantre (destroyer of disease) and Samsara-tapa-vichchhetre (severer of worldly torment), grants safe passage and fulfilment to those who complete the arduous 41-day vratam and the forest pilgrimage with the 108 names on their lips, his protecting grace as Trilokarakshaka shielding them on the way.

0all time

The Mantra

Tap any line — or the ▶ button — to hear it recited

ඕං මහාශාස්ත්රේ නමඃ. ඕං මහාදේවාය නමඃ. ඕං මහාදේවසුතාය නමඃ. ඕං අව්යයාය නමඃ. ඕං ලෝකකර්ත්රේ නමඃ. ඕං ලෝකභර්ත්රේ නමඃ. ඕං ලෝකහර්ත්රේ නමඃ. ඕං පරාත්පරාය නමඃ. ඕං ත්රිලෝකරක්ෂකාය නමඃ. ඕං ධන්විනේ නමඃ. ඕං තපස්විනේ නමඃ. ඕං භූතසෛනිකාය නමඃ. ඕං මන්ත්රවේදිනේ නමඃ. ඕං මහාවේදිනේ නමඃ. ඕං මාරුතාය නමඃ. ඕං ජගදීශ්වරාය නමඃ. ඕං ලෝකාධ්යක්ෂාය නමඃ. ඕං අග්රණ්යේ නමඃ. ඕං ශ්රීමතේ නමඃ. ඕං අප්රමේයපරාක්රමාය නමඃ. ඕං සිංහාරූඪාය නමඃ. ඕං ගජාරූඪාය නමඃ. ඕං හයාරූඪාය නමඃ. ඕං මහේශ්වරාය නමඃ. ඕං නානාශස්ත්රධරාය නමඃ. ඕං අනර්ඝාය නමඃ. ඕං නානාවිද්යාවිශාරදාය නමඃ. ඕං නානාරූපධරාය නමඃ. ඕං වීරාය නමඃ. ඕං නානාප්රාණිනිවේශිතාය නමඃ. ඕං භූතේශාය නමඃ. ඕං භූතිදාය නමඃ. ඕං භෘත්යාය නමඃ. ඕං භුජඞ්ගාභරණෝජ්ජ්වලාය නමඃ. ඕං ඉක්ෂුධන්විනේ නමඃ. ඕං පුෂ්පබාණාය නමඃ. ඕං මහාරූපාය නමඃ. ඕං මහාප්රභවේ නමඃ. ඕං මායාදේවීසුතාය නමඃ. ඕං මාන්යාය නමඃ. ඕං මහනීයාය නමඃ. ඕං මහාගුණාය නමඃ. ඕං මහාශෛවාය නමඃ. ඕං මහාරුද්රාය නමඃ. ඕං වෛෂ්ණවාය නමඃ. ඕං විෂ්ණුපූජකාය නමඃ. ඕං විඝ්නේශාය නමඃ. ඕං වීරභද්රේශාය නමඃ. ඕං භෛරවාය නමඃ. ඕං ෂණ්මුඛප්රියාය නමඃ. ඕං මේරුශෘඞ්ගසමාසීනාය නමඃ. ඕං මුනිසඞ්ඝනිෂේවිතාය නමඃ. ඕං දේවාය නමඃ. ඕං භද්රාය නමඃ. ඕං ජගන්නාථාය නමඃ. ඕං ගණනාථාය නමඃ. ඕං ගණේශ්වරාය නමඃ. ඕං මහායෝගිනේ නමඃ. ඕං මහාමායිනේ නමඃ. ඕං මහාජ්ඤානිනේ නමඃ. ඕං මහාස්ථිරාය නමඃ. ඕං දේවශාස්ත්රේ නමඃ. ඕං භූතශාස්ත්රේ නමඃ. ඕං භීමහාසපරාක්රමාය නමඃ. ඕං නාගහාරාය නමඃ. ඕං නාගකේශාය නමඃ. ඕං ව්යෝමකේශාය නමඃ. ඕං සනාතනාය නමඃ. ඕං සගුණාය නමඃ. ඕං නිර්ගුණාය නමඃ. ඕං නිත්යාය නමඃ. ඕං නිත්යතෘප්තාය නමඃ. ඕං නිරාශ්රයාය නමඃ. ඕං ලෝකාශ්රයාය නමඃ. ඕං ගණාධීශාය නමඃ. ඕං චතුඃෂෂ්ටිකලාමයාය නමඃ. ඕං ඍග්යජුඃසාමාථර්වාත්මනේ නමඃ. ඕං මල්ලකාසුරභඤ්ජනාය නමඃ. ඕං ත්රිමූර්තයේ නමඃ. ඕං දෛත්යමථනාය නමඃ. ඕං ප්රකෘතයේ නමඃ. ඕං පුරුෂෝත්තමාය නමඃ. ඕං කාලජ්ඤානිනේ නමඃ. ඕං මහාජ්ඤානිනේ නමඃ. ඕං කාමදාය නමඃ. ඕං කමලේක්ෂණාය නමඃ. ඕං කල්පවෘක්ෂාය නමඃ. ඕං මහාවෘක්ෂාය නමඃ. ඕං විද්යාවෘක්ෂාය නමඃ. ඕං විභූතිදාය නමඃ. ඕං සංසාරතාපවිච්ඡේත්ත්රේ නමඃ. ඕං පශුලෝකභයඞ්කරාය නමඃ. ඕං රෝගහන්ත්රේ නමඃ. ඕං ප්රාණදාත්රේ නමඃ. ඕං පරගර්වවිභඤ්ජනාය නමඃ. ඕං සර්වශාස්ත්රාර්ථතත්ත්වජ්ඤාය නමඃ. ඕං නීතිමතේ නමඃ. ඕං පාපභඤ්ජනාය නමඃ. ඕං පුෂ්කලාපූර්ණාසංයුක්තාය නමඃ. ඕං පරමාත්මනේ නමඃ. ඕං සතාං ගතයේ නමඃ. ඕං අනන්තාදිත්යසඞ්කාශාය නමඃ. ඕං සුබ්රහ්මණ්යානුජාය නමඃ. ඕං බලිනේ නමඃ. ඕං භක්තානුකම්පිනේ නමඃ. ඕං දේවේශාය නමඃ. ඕං භගවතේ නමඃ. ඕං භක්තවත්සලාය නමඃ.

Om Mahashastre Namah Om Mahadevaya Namah Om Mahadevasutaya Namah Om Avyayaya Namah Om Lokakartre Namah Om Lokabhartre Namah Om Lokahartre Namah Om Paratparaya Namah Om Trilokarakshakaya Namah Om Dhanvine Namah Om Tapasvine Namah Om Bhutasainikaya Namah Om Mantravedine Namah Om Mahavedine Namah Om Marutaya Namah Om Jagadishvaraya Namah Om Lokadhyakshaya Namah Om Agranye Namah Om Shrimate Namah Om Aprameyaparakramaya Namah Om Simharudhaya Namah Om Gajarudhaya Namah Om Hayarudhaya Namah Om Maheshvaraya Namah Om Nanashastradharaya Namah Om Anarghaya Namah Om Nanavidyavisharadaya Namah Om Nanarupadharaya Namah Om Viraya Namah Om Nanapraniniveshitaya Namah Om Bhuteshaya Namah Om Bhutidaya Namah Om Bhrityaya Namah Om Bhujangabharanojjvalaya Namah Om Ikshudhanvine Namah Om Pushpabanaya Namah Om Maharupaya Namah Om Mahaprabhave Namah Om Mayadevisutaya Namah Om Manyaya Namah Om Mahaniyaya Namah Om Mahagunaya Namah Om Mahashaivaya Namah Om Maharudraya Namah Om Vaishnavaya Namah Om Vishnupujakaya Namah Om Vighneshaya Namah Om Virabhadreshaya Namah Om Bhairavaya Namah Om Shanmukhapriyaya Namah Om Merushringasamasinaya Namah Om Munisanghanishevitaya Namah Om Devaya Namah Om Bhadraya Namah Om Jagannathaya Namah Om Gananathaya Namah Om Ganeshvaraya Namah Om Mahayogine Namah Om Mahamayine Namah Om Mahajnanine Namah Om Mahasthiraya Namah Om Devashastre Namah Om Bhutashastre Namah Om Bhimahasaparakramaya Namah Om Nagaharaya Namah Om Nagakeshaya Namah Om Vyomakeshaya Namah Om Sanatanaya Namah Om Sagunaya Namah Om Nirgunaya Namah Om Nityaya Namah Om Nityatriptaya Namah Om Nirashrayaya Namah Om Lokashrayaya Namah Om Ganadhishaya Namah Om Chatuhshashtikalamayaya Namah Om Rigyajuhsamatharvatmane Namah Om Mallakasurabhanjanaya Namah Om Trimurtaye Namah Om Daityamathanaya Namah Om Prakritaye Namah Om Purushottamaya Namah Om Kalajnanine Namah Om Mahajnanine Namah Om Kamadaya Namah Om Kamalekshanaya Namah Om Kalpavrikshaya Namah Om Mahavrikshaya Namah Om Vidyavrikshaya Namah Om Vibhutidaya Namah Om Samsaratapavichchhettre Namah Om Pashulokabhayankaraya Namah Om Rogahantre Namah Om Pranadatre Namah Om Paragarvavibhanjanaya Namah Om Sarvashastrarthatattvajnaya Namah Om Nitimate Namah Om Papabhanjanaya Namah Om Pushkalapurnasamyuktaya Namah Om Paramatmane Namah Om Satam Gataye Namah Om Anantadityasankashaya Namah Om Subrahmanyanujaya Namah Om Baline Namah Om Bhaktanukampine Namah Om Deveshaya Namah Om Bhagavate Namah Om Bhaktavatsalaya Namah

Meaning:This is the Ashtottara Shatanamavali — the litany of the 108 names of Lord Ayyappa (Dharma-Shasta, Hariharaputra). Each name is offered with 'Om' before it and 'Namah' (salutations) after it. Beginning with 'Salutations to the Great Shasta' and ending with 'Salutations to the one full of love for his devotees,' the names hail him as the son of Shiva (Mahadeva) and of Mohini (Maya-Devi), the protector of the three worlds, the lord seated on Mount Meru, the soul of the four Vedas, both with and beyond attributes, the destroyer of disease and of the torments of worldly life, the younger brother of Subrahmanya, and the ever-compassionate refuge of his devotees.

Word-by-Word Meaning

Click any word to hear its pronunciation

ඕං මහාශාස්ත්රේ නමඃ🔊Om Mahashastre NamahSalutations to the Great Shasta (the supreme Dharma-Shasta, Ayyappa)

ඕං මහාදේවසුතාය නමඃ🔊Om Mahadevasutaya NamahSalutations to the son of Mahadeva (Shiva)

ඕං ලෝකකර්ත්රේ නමඃ🔊Om Lokakartre NamahSalutations to the creator of the worlds

ඕං පරාත්පරාය නමඃ🔊Om Paratparaya NamahSalutations to the one higher than the highest

ඕං ත්රිලෝකරක්ෂකාය නමඃ🔊Om Trilokarakshakaya NamahSalutations to the protector of the three worlds

ඕං භූතසෛනිකාය නමඃ🔊Om Bhutasainikaya NamahSalutations to the one with an army of spirit-hosts

ඕං හයාරූඪාය නමඃ🔊Om Hayarudhaya NamahSalutations to the one mounted on a horse

ඕං ඉක්ෂුධන්විනේ නමඃ🔊Om Ikshudhanvine NamahSalutations to the one with a bow of sugarcane

ඕං පුෂ්පබාණාය නමඃ🔊Om Pushpabanaya NamahSalutations to the one with flower-arrows

ඕං මායාදේවීසුතාය නමඃ🔊Om Mayadevisutaya NamahSalutations to the son of Maya-Devi (Mohini, Vishnu's form)

ඕං මහාශෛවාය නමඃ🔊Om Mahashaivaya NamahSalutations to the great devotee of Shiva (Shaiva)

ඕං වෛෂ්ණවාය නමඃ🔊Om Vaishnavaya NamahSalutations to the one who is also a Vaishnava (devotee of Vishnu)

ඕං ෂණ්මුඛප්රියාය නමඃ🔊Om Shanmukhapriyaya NamahSalutations to the one dear to Shanmukha (Karthikeya)

ඕං මේරුශෘඞ්ගසමාසීනාය නමඃ🔊Om Merushringasamasinaya NamahSalutations to the one seated on the peak of Mount Meru

ඕං සගුණාය නමඃ🔊Om Sagunaya NamahSalutations to the one with form and attributes (Saguna)

ඕං නිර්ගුණාය නමඃ🔊Om Nirgunaya NamahSalutations to the one beyond all attributes (Nirguna)

ඕං ඍග්යජුඃසාමාථර්වාත්මනේ නමඃ🔊Om Rigyajuhsamatharvatmane NamahSalutations to the one who is the very soul of the four Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama, Atharva)

ඕං සංසාරතාපවිච්ඡේත්ත්රේ නමඃ🔊Om Samsaratapavichchhettre NamahSalutations to the one who severs the torments of worldly existence

ඕං රෝගහන්ත්රේ නමඃ🔊Om Rogahantre NamahSalutations to the destroyer of disease

ඕං සුබ්රහ්මණ්යානුජාය නමඃ🔊Om Subrahmanyanujaya NamahSalutations to the younger brother of Subrahmanya (Karthikeya)

ඕං භක්තවත්සලාය නමඃ🔊Om Bhaktavatsalaya NamahSalutations to the one full of loving affection for his devotees

Benefits of Chanting Sri Ayyappa Ashtottara Shatanamavali

✦

Invokes the full protective grace of Lord Ayyappa, protector of the three worlds

✦

Each of the 108 names meditates on a distinct divine quality, making for complete worship

✦

Recited during the 41-day Mandala vratam and Sabarimala pilgrimage for the deity's blessings

✦

Believed to destroy disease (Rogahantre) and the torments of worldly life (Samsara-tapa-vichchhetre)

✦

Used for flower archana (offering each name with a flower or tulsi leaf at the Lord's feet)

✦

Removes obstacles and inner enemies, granting courage for the difficult pilgrimage

✦

Brings the grace of one who unites the powers of both Vishnu and Shiva (Hariharaputra)

How to Chant Sri Ayyappa Ashtottara Shatanamavali

Repetitions108times

Best TimeDuring the Mandala-Makaravilakku season (mid-November to mid-January), on Saturdays, and daily during the 41-day vratam; early morning after bath

After bathing and wearing the irumudi or simply with a pure mind, recite the 108 names with devotion. For archana, offer a flower, tulsi leaf or a little sandal paste at the feet of the deity with each name, beginning each with 'Om' and ending with 'Namah.' Pilgrims observing the 41-day vratam recite it daily. It is customary to begin with a prostration chanting 'Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa.'

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Sri Ayyappa Ashtottara Shatanamavali written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It is a 'garland of 108 names' (ashtottara-shatanamavali) of Lord Ayyappa. Each line offers one of his 108 sacred names, prefixed with 'Om' and followed by 'Namah' (salutations), describing his divine forms, powers and grace.

According to tradition, Ayyappa was born of Hari (Vishnu in the enchanting form of Mohini) and Hara (Shiva), and is therefore called Hariharaputra — the son of both. The namavali reflects this by calling him both Mahashaiva and Vaishnava, uniting the two great streams of devotion.

They are recited especially during the Mandala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season and throughout the 41-day vratam (penance) that devotees undertake before going to Sabarimala. Saturdays and the early morning hours after a bath are considered especially auspicious.

It is commonly used for archana — offering a flower, a tulsi leaf or a pinch of sandal paste at the deity's feet with each of the 108 names. Reciting it once is itself a complete act of worship, often preceded and followed by the chant 'Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa.'