Dakshinamurti Ashtottara Shatanamavali
दक्षिणामूर्ति अष्टोत्तर शतनामावली
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The Dakshinamurti Ashtottara Shatanamavali is a traditional garland of the 108 names of Dakshinamurti. The 108 names of Lord Dakshinamurti, the south-facing form of Shiva as the supreme teacher (guru) who imparts knowledge in silence — each recited with “Om” and “namaḥ”, invoked for wisdom and learning.
✦ As told in scripture
It is said that to offer the 108 names of Dakshinamurti with a sincere and devoted heart — a flower at each name — is to draw the lasting grace of the divine, which never forsakes those who lovingly call upon it.
The Mantra
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ॐ ओङ्कारोद्यानकोकिलाय नमः ॐ ओङ्कारनीडशुकराजे नमः ॐ ओङ्कारारण्यकुञ्जराय नमः ॐ नगराज सुताजानतये नमः ॐ नगराजनिजालयाय नमः ॐ नवमाणिक्यमालाढ्याय नमः ॐ नवचन्द्रशिखामणये नमः ॐ नन्दिताशेषमौनीन्द्राय नमः ॐ नन्दीशादिमदेशिकाय नमः ॐ मोहानलसुधाधाराय नमः ॐ मोहाम्बुजसुधाकराय नमः ॐ मोहान्धकारतरणये नमः ॐ मोहोत्पलनभोमणये नमः ॐ भक्तज्ञानाब्धिशीतांशवे नमः ॐ भक्तज्ञानतृणानलाय नमः ॐ भक्ताम्भोजसहस्रांशवे नमः ॐ भक्तकेकिघनाघनाय नमः ॐ भक्तकैरवराकेन्दवे नमः ॐ भक्तकोकदिवाकराय नमः ॐ गजाननादिसम्पूज्याय नमः ॐ गजचर्मोज्ज्वलाकृतये नमः ॐ गङ्गाधवलदिव्याङ्गाय नमः ॐ गङ्गाभङ्गलसज्जटाय नमः ॐ गगनाम्बरसंवीताय नमः ॐ गगनामुक्तमूर्धजाय नमः ॐ वदनाब्जजितश्रिये नमः ॐ वदनेन्दुस्फुरद्दिशाय नमः ॐ वरदानैकनिपुणाय नमः ॐ वरवीणोज्ज्वलत्कराय नमः ॐ वनवाससमुल्लासिने नमः ॐ वनलीलैकलोलुपाय नमः ॐ तेजः पुञ्जघनाकाराय नमः ॐ तेजसामविभासकाय नमः ॐ विधेयानां तेजःप्रदाय नमः ॐ तेजोमयनिजाश्रमाय नमः ॐ दमितानङ्गसङ्ग्रामाय नमः ॐ दरहासोज्ज्वलन्मुखाय नमः ॐ दयारस सुधासिन्धवे नमः ॐ दरिद्रधनशेवधये नमः ॐ क्षीरेन्दुस्फटिकाकाराय नमः ॐ क्षितीन्द्रमकुटोज्ज्वलाय नमः ॐ क्षीरोपहाररसिकाय नमः ॐ क्षिप्रैश्वर्यफलप्रदाय नमः ॐ नानाभरणमुक्ताङ्गाय नमः ॐ नारीसम्मोहनाकृतये नमः ॐ नादब्रह्मरसास्वादिने नमः ॐ नागभूषणभूषिताय नमः ॐ मूर्तिनिन्दितकन्दर्पाय नमः ॐ मूर्तामूर्तजगद्वपुषे नमः ॐ मूकाज्ञानतमोभानवे नमः ॐ मूर्तिमत्कल्पपादपाय नमः ॐ तरुणादित्यसङ्कशाय नमः ॐ तन्त्रीवादनतत्पराय नमः ॐ तरुमूलैकनिलयाय नमः ॐ तप्तजाम्बूनदप्रभाय नमः ॐ तत्त्वपुस्तोल्लसत्पाणये नमः ॐ तपनोडुपलोचनाय नमः ॐ यमसन्नुतसङ्कीर्तये नमः ॐ यमसंयमसंयुताय नमः ॐ यतिरूपधराय नमः ॐ मौनमुनीन्द्रोपास्यविग्रहाय नमः ॐ मन्दारहाररुचिराय नमः ॐ मदनायुतसुन्दराय नमः ॐ मन्दस्मितलसद्वक्त्राय नमः ॐ मधुराधरपल्लवाय नमः ॐ मञ्जीरमञ्जुपादाब्जाय नमः ॐ मणिपट्टोलसत्कटये नमः ॐ हस्ताङ्कुरितचिन्मुद्राय नमः ॐ हंसयोगपटूत्तमाय नमः ॐ हंसजप्याक्षमालाढ्याय नमः ॐ हंसेन्द्राराध्यपादुकाय नमः ॐ मेरुशृङ्गसमुल्लासिने नमः ॐ मेघश्याममनोहराय नमः ॐ मेघाङ्कुरालवालाग्र्याय नमः ॐ मेधापक्वफलमाय नमः ॐ धार्मिकान्तकृतावासाय नमः ॐ धर्ममार्गप्रवर्तकाय नमः ॐ धामत्रयनिजारामाय नमः ॐ धरोत्तमहारथाय नमः ॐ प्रबोधोदारदीपश्रिये नमः ॐ प्रकाशितजगत्त्रयाय नमः ॐ प्रज्ञाचन्द्रशिलाचन्द्राय नमः ॐ प्रज्ञामणिलसत्कराय नमः ॐ ज्ञानिहृद्भासमानात्मने नमः ॐ ज्ञातॄणामविदूरगाय नमः ॐ ज्ञानायादृतदिव्याङ्गाय नमः ॐ ज्ञातिजातिकुलातिगाय नमः ॐ प्रपन्नपारिजाताग्र्याय नमः ॐ प्रणतार्त्यब्धिबाडबाय नमः ॐ भूतानां प्रमाणभूताय नमः ॐ प्रपञ्चहितकारकाय नमः ॐ यमिसत्तमसंसेव्याय नमः ॐ यक्षगेयात्मवैभवाय नमः ॐ यज्ञाधिदेवतामूर्तये नमः ॐ यजमानवपुर्धराय नमः ॐ छत्राधिपदिगीशाय नमः ॐ छत्रचामरसेविताय नमः ॐ छन्दः शास्त्रादिनिपुणाय नमः ॐ छलजात्यादिदूरगाय नमः ॐ स्वाभाविकसुखैकात्मने नमः ॐ स्वानुभूतिरसोदधये नमः ॐ स्वाराज्यसम्पदध्यक्षाय नमः ॐ स्वात्माराममहामतये नमः ॐ हाटकाभजटाजूटाय नमः ॐ हासोदस्तारिमण्डलाय नमः ॐ हालाहलोज्ज्वलगलाय नमः ॐ हारायितभुजङ्गमाय नमः
oṃ oṅkārodyānakokilāya namaḥ oṃ oṅkāranīḍaśukarāje namaḥ oṃ oṅkārāraṇyakuñjarāya namaḥ oṃ nagarāja sutājānataye namaḥ oṃ nagarājanijālayāya namaḥ oṃ navamāṇikyamālāḍhyāya namaḥ oṃ navacandraśikhāmaṇaye namaḥ oṃ nanditāśeṣamaunīndrāya namaḥ oṃ nandīśādimadeśikāya namaḥ oṃ mohānalasudhādhārāya namaḥ oṃ mohāmbujasudhākarāya namaḥ oṃ mohāndhakārataraṇaye namaḥ oṃ mohotpalanabhomaṇaye namaḥ oṃ bhaktajñānābdhiśītāṃśave namaḥ oṃ bhaktajñānatṛṇānalāya namaḥ oṃ bhaktāmbhojasahasrāṃśave namaḥ oṃ bhaktakekighanāghanāya namaḥ oṃ bhaktakairavarākendave namaḥ oṃ bhaktakokadivākarāya namaḥ oṃ gajānanādisampūjyāya namaḥ oṃ gajacarmojjvalākṛtaye namaḥ oṃ gaṅgādhavaladivyāṅgāya namaḥ oṃ gaṅgābhaṅgalasajjaṭāya namaḥ oṃ gaganāmbarasaṃvītāya namaḥ oṃ gaganāmuktamūrdhajāya namaḥ oṃ vadanābjajitaśriye namaḥ oṃ vadanendusphuraddiśāya namaḥ oṃ varadānaikanipuṇāya namaḥ oṃ varavīṇojjvalatkarāya namaḥ oṃ vanavāsasamullāsine namaḥ oṃ vanalīlaikalolupāya namaḥ oṃ tejaḥ puñjaghanākārāya namaḥ oṃ tejasāmavibhāsakāya namaḥ oṃ vidheyānāṃ tejaḥpradāya namaḥ oṃ tejomayanijāśramāya namaḥ oṃ damitānaṅgasaṅgrāmāya namaḥ oṃ darahāsojjvalanmukhāya namaḥ oṃ dayārasa sudhāsindhave namaḥ oṃ daridradhanaśevadhaye namaḥ oṃ kṣīrendusphaṭikākārāya namaḥ oṃ kṣitīndramakuṭojjvalāya namaḥ oṃ kṣīropahārarasikāya namaḥ oṃ kṣipraiśvaryaphalapradāya namaḥ oṃ nānābharaṇamuktāṅgāya namaḥ oṃ nārīsammohanākṛtaye namaḥ oṃ nādabrahmarasāsvādine namaḥ oṃ nāgabhūṣaṇabhūṣitāya namaḥ oṃ mūrtininditakandarpāya namaḥ oṃ mūrtāmūrtajagadvapuṣe namaḥ oṃ mūkājñānatamobhānave namaḥ oṃ mūrtimatkalpapādapāya namaḥ oṃ taruṇādityasaṅkaśāya namaḥ oṃ tantrīvādanatatparāya namaḥ oṃ tarumūlaikanilayāya namaḥ oṃ taptajāmbūnadaprabhāya namaḥ oṃ tattvapustollasatpāṇaye namaḥ oṃ tapanoḍupalocanāya namaḥ oṃ yamasannutasaṅkīrtaye namaḥ oṃ yamasaṃyamasaṃyutāya namaḥ oṃ yatirūpadharāya namaḥ oṃ maunamunīndropāsyavigrahāya namaḥ oṃ mandārahārarucirāya namaḥ oṃ madanāyutasundarāya namaḥ oṃ mandasmitalasadvaktrāya namaḥ oṃ madhurādharapallavāya namaḥ oṃ mañjīramañjupādābjāya namaḥ oṃ maṇipaṭṭolasatkaṭaye namaḥ oṃ hastāṅkuritacinmudrāya namaḥ oṃ haṃsayogapaṭūttamāya namaḥ oṃ haṃsajapyākṣamālāḍhyāya namaḥ oṃ haṃsendrārādhyapādukāya namaḥ oṃ meruśṛṅgasamullāsine namaḥ oṃ meghaśyāmamanoharāya namaḥ oṃ meghāṅkurālavālāgryāya namaḥ oṃ medhāpakvaphalamāya namaḥ oṃ dhārmikāntakṛtāvāsāya namaḥ oṃ dharmamārgapravartakāya namaḥ oṃ dhāmatrayanijārāmāya namaḥ oṃ dharottamahārathāya namaḥ oṃ prabodhodāradīpaśriye namaḥ oṃ prakāśitajagattrayāya namaḥ oṃ prajñācandraśilācandrāya namaḥ oṃ prajñāmaṇilasatkarāya namaḥ oṃ jñānihṛdbhāsamānātmane namaḥ oṃ jñātṝṇāmavidūragāya namaḥ oṃ jñānāyādṛtadivyāṅgāya namaḥ oṃ jñātijātikulātigāya namaḥ oṃ prapannapārijātāgryāya namaḥ oṃ praṇatārtyabdhibāḍabāya namaḥ oṃ bhūtānāṃ pramāṇabhūtāya namaḥ oṃ prapañcahitakārakāya namaḥ oṃ yamisattamasaṃsevyāya namaḥ oṃ yakṣageyātmavaibhavāya namaḥ oṃ yajñādhidevatāmūrtaye namaḥ oṃ yajamānavapurdharāya namaḥ oṃ chatrādhipadigīśāya namaḥ oṃ chatracāmarasevitāya namaḥ oṃ chandaḥ śāstrādinipuṇāya namaḥ oṃ chalajātyādidūragāya namaḥ oṃ svābhāvikasukhaikātmane namaḥ oṃ svānubhūtirasodadhaye namaḥ oṃ svārājyasampadadhyakṣāya namaḥ oṃ svātmārāmamahāmataye namaḥ oṃ hāṭakābhajaṭājūṭāya namaḥ oṃ hāsodastārimaṇḍalāya namaḥ oṃ hālāhalojjvalagalāya namaḥ oṃ hārāyitabhujaṅgamāya namaḥ
Meaning:The 108 names of Lord Dakshinamurti, the south-facing form of Shiva as the supreme teacher (guru) who imparts knowledge in silence — each recited with “Om” and “namaḥ”, invoked for wisdom and learning.
Benefits of Chanting Dakshinamurti Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Chanting the 108 names (Ashtottara Shatanamavali) of Dakshinamurti invokes the divine grace, blessings and protection of the deity.
Each name is a meditation on a sacred quality; reciting all 108 with devotion purifies the mind and fulfils sincere prayers.
Traditionally offered as an archana — one name at a time with a flower or kumkum — especially on Mondays.
Most auspicious during Maha Shivaratri and Shravan; suitable for daily recitation with faith.
How to Chant Dakshinamurti Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Bathe and sit facing east or north before an image of the deity. Recite each name beginning with “Om” (ॐ) and ending with “namaḥ” (नमः), offering a flower, tulsi leaf, bilva leaf or a pinch of kumkum at the Lord’s feet for each name (archana). The full garland of 108 names may be chanted daily, or especially on Mondays and during Maha Shivaratri and Shravan.
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