dattatreyadattaashtottara108-names

දත්තාත්රේය අෂ්ටෝත්තර ශතනාමාවලී

Dattatreya Ashtottara Shatanamavali in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 108× repetitions·🕐 Thursdays (Guruvar) and Datta Jayanti (full moon of Margashirsha); morning·📜 Traditional (Datta Sampradaya; sanskritdocuments.org)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Traditional (Datta Sampradaya; sanskritdocuments.org) · Traditional · Classical

Lord Dattatreya was born as the son of the sage Atri and his supremely chaste wife Anasuya, when Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, won over by Anasuya's virtue, granted themselves to her as her child — hence 'Datta' ('the given') 'Atreya' ('son of Atri'). He is the foremost Avadhuta and the Adi Guru of the Datta Sampradaya, ever wandering, ever free, the lord of yoga and dharma. This garland of his 108 names is recited within that tradition to invoke the grace of the Guru and the wisdom of the liberated.

✦ As told in scripture

It is told that Dattatreya, the eternal Avadhuta, still wanders the earth bathing at Kashi, dining at Kolhapur and resting upon the Sahyadri hills, appearing in many guises to those who long for him; and devotees of the Datta Sampradaya hold that the sincere recitation of his 108 names swiftly draws the unfailing grace of the Guru in times of deepest distress.

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The Mantra

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ශ්රීදත්තාය නමඃ දේවදත්තාය නමඃ බ්රහ්මදත්තාය නමඃ විෂ්ණුදත්තාය නමඃ ශිවදත්තාය නමඃ අත්රිදත්තාය නමඃ ආත්රේයාය නමඃ අත්රිවරදාය නමඃ අනුසූයාය නමඃ අනසූයාසූනවේ නමඃ අවධූතාය නමඃ ධර්මාය නමඃ ධර්මපරායණාය නමඃ ධර්මපතයේ නමඃ සිද්ධාය නමඃ සිද්ධිදාය නමඃ සිද්ධිපතයේ නමඃ සිද්ධසේවිතාය නමඃ ගුරවේ නමඃ ගුරුගම්යාය නමඃ ගුරෝර්ගුරුතරාය නමඃ ගරිෂ්ඨාය නමඃ වරිෂ්ඨාය නමඃ මහිෂ්ඨාය නමඃ මහාත්මනේ නමඃ යෝගාය නමඃ යෝගගම්යාය නමඃ යෝගීදේශකරාය නමඃ යෝගරතයේ නමඃ යෝගීශාය නමඃ යෝගාධීශාය නමඃ යෝගපරායණාය නමඃ යෝගිධ්යේයාඞ්ඝ්රිපඞ්කජාය නමඃ දිගම්බරාය නමඃ දිව්යාම්බරාය නමඃ පීතාම්බරාය නමඃ ශ්වේතාම්බරාය නමඃ චිත්රාම්බරාය නමඃ බාලාය නමඃ බාලවීර්යාය නමඃ කුමාරාය නමඃ කිශෝරාය නමඃ කන්දර්පමෝහනාය නමඃ අර්ධාඞ්ගාලිඞ්ගිතාඞ්ගනාය නමඃ සුරාගාය නමඃ විරාගාය නමඃ වීතරාගාය නමඃ අමෘතවර්ෂිණේ නමඃ උග්රාය නමඃ අනුග්රරූපාය නමඃ ස්ථවිරාය නමඃ ස්ථවීයසේ නමඃ ශාන්තාය නමඃ අඝෝරාය නමඃ ගූඪාය නමඃ ඌර්ධ්වරේතසේ නමඃ ඒකවක්ත්රාය නමඃ අනේකවක්ත්රාය නමඃ ද්විනේත්රාය නමඃ ත්රිනේත්රාය නමඃ ද්විභුජාය නමඃ ෂඩ්භුජාය නමඃ අක්ෂමාලිනේ නමඃ කමණ්ඩලුධාරිණේ නමඃ ශූලිනේ නමඃ ඩමරුධාරිණේ නමඃ ශඞ්ඛිනේ නමඃ ගදිනේ නමඃ මුනයේ නමඃ මෞලිනේ නමඃ විරූපාය නමඃ ස්වරූපාය නමඃ සහස්රශිරසේ නමඃ සහස්රාක්ෂාය නමඃ සහස්රබාහවේ නමඃ සහස්රායුධාය නමඃ සහස්රපාදාය නමඃ සහස්රපද්මාර්චිතාය නමඃ පද්මහස්තාය නමඃ පද්මපාදාය නමඃ පද්මනාභාය නමඃ පද්මමාලිනේ නමඃ පද්මගර්භාරුණාක්ෂාය නමඃ පද්මකිඤ්ජල්කවර්චසේ නමඃ ජ්ඤානිනේ නමඃ ජ්ඤානගම්යාය නමඃ ජ්ඤානවිජ්ඤානමූර්තයේ නමඃ ධ්යානිනේ නමඃ ධ්යානනිෂ්ඨාය නමඃ ධ්යානස්තිමිතමූර්තයේ නමඃ ධූලිධූසරිතාඞ්ගාය නමඃ චන්දනලිප්තමූර්තයේ නමඃ භස්මෝද්ධූලිතදේහාය නමඃ දිව්යගන්ධානුලේපිනේ නමඃ ප්රසන්නාය නමඃ ප්රමත්තාය නමඃ ප්රකෘෂ්ටාර්ථප්රදාය නමඃ අෂ්ටෛශ්වර්යප්රදාය නමඃ වරදාය නමඃ වරීයසේ නමඃ බ්රහ්මණේ නමඃ බ්රහ්මරූපාය නමඃ විෂ්ණවේ නමඃ විශ්වරූපිණේ නමඃ ශඞ්කරාය නමඃ ආත්මනේ නමඃ අන්තරාත්මනේ නමඃ පරමාත්මනේ නමඃ

śrīdattāya namaḥ devadattāya namaḥ brahmadattāya namaḥ viṣṇudattāya namaḥ śivadattāya namaḥ atridattāya namaḥ ātreyāya namaḥ atrivaradāya namaḥ anusūyāya namaḥ anasūyāsūnave namaḥ avadhūtāya namaḥ dharmāya namaḥ dharmaparāyaṇāya namaḥ dharmapataye namaḥ siddhāya namaḥ siddhidāya namaḥ siddhipataye namaḥ siddhasevitāya namaḥ gurave namaḥ gurugamyāya namaḥ gurorgurutarāya namaḥ gariṣṭhāya namaḥ variṣṭhāya namaḥ mahiṣṭhāya namaḥ mahātmane namaḥ yogāya namaḥ yogagamyāya namaḥ yogīdeśakarāya namaḥ yogarataye namaḥ yogīśāya namaḥ yogādhīśāya namaḥ yogaparāyaṇāya namaḥ yogidhyeyāṅghripaṅkajāya namaḥ digambarāya namaḥ divyāmbarāya namaḥ pītāmbarāya namaḥ śvetāmbarāya namaḥ citrāmbarāya namaḥ bālāya namaḥ bālavīryāya namaḥ kumārāya namaḥ kiśorāya namaḥ kandarpamohanāya namaḥ ardhāṅgāliṅgitāṅganāya namaḥ surāgāya namaḥ virāgāya namaḥ vītarāgāya namaḥ amṛtavarṣiṇe namaḥ ugrāya namaḥ anugrarūpāya namaḥ sthavirāya namaḥ sthavīyase namaḥ śāntāya namaḥ aghorāya namaḥ gūḍhāya namaḥ ūrdhvaretase namaḥ ekavaktrāya namaḥ anekavaktrāya namaḥ dvinetrāya namaḥ trinetrāya namaḥ dvibhujāya namaḥ ṣaḍbhujāya namaḥ akṣamāline namaḥ kamaṇḍaludhāriṇe namaḥ śūline namaḥ ḍamarudhāriṇe namaḥ śaṅkhine namaḥ gadine namaḥ munaye namaḥ mauline namaḥ virūpāya namaḥ svarūpāya namaḥ sahasraśirase namaḥ sahasrākṣāya namaḥ sahasrabāhave namaḥ sahasrāyudhāya namaḥ sahasrapādāya namaḥ sahasrapadmārcitāya namaḥ padmahastāya namaḥ padmapādāya namaḥ padmanābhāya namaḥ padmamāline namaḥ padmagarbhāruṇākṣāya namaḥ padmakiñjalkavarcase namaḥ jñānine namaḥ jñānagamyāya namaḥ jñānavijñānamūrtaye namaḥ dhyānine namaḥ dhyānaniṣṭhāya namaḥ dhyānastimitamūrtaye namaḥ dhūlidhūsaritāṅgāya namaḥ candanaliptamūrtaye namaḥ bhasmoddhūlitadehāya namaḥ divyagandhānulepine namaḥ prasannāya namaḥ pramattāya namaḥ prakṛṣṭārthapradāya namaḥ aṣṭaiśvaryapradāya namaḥ varadāya namaḥ varīyase namaḥ brahmaṇe namaḥ brahmarūpāya namaḥ viṣṇave namaḥ viśvarūpiṇe namaḥ śaṅkarāya namaḥ ātmane namaḥ antarātmane namaḥ paramātmane namaḥ

Meaning:The Dattatreya Ashtottara Shatanamavali is the garland of the 108 names of Lord Dattatreya, the son of the sage Atri and the chaste Anasuya, in whom the Trimurti — Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva — are united in a single form. He is the supreme Avadhuta and the Guru of gurus, the lord of yoga and of dharma. The names move through his divine birth, his many sacred forms (one-faced and many-faced, two-armed and six-armed bearing conch, discus, trident, rosary, water-pot and drum), and his nature as the bestower of knowledge, perfection (siddhi) and liberation. Recited with 'Om' and 'namaha', the litany grants wisdom, the grace of the Guru, the removal of obstacles and inner peace.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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ශ්රීදත්තාය නමඃ🔊śrīdattāya namaḥSalutations to Sri Datta, the Lord 'given' (granted) to sage Atri and Anasuya

දේවදත්තාය නමඃ🔊devadattāya namaḥto Devadatta, the one given by / to the gods

බ්රහ්මදත්තාය නමඃ🔊brahmadattāya namaḥto Brahmadatta, given by Brahma

විෂ්ණුදත්තාය නමඃ🔊viṣṇudattāya namaḥto Vishnudatta, given by Vishnu

ශිවදත්තාය නමඃ🔊śivadattāya namaḥto Shivadatta, given by Shiva

අත්රිදත්තාය නමඃ🔊atridattāya namaḥto Atridatta, the one given to (the sage) Atri

ආත්රේයාය නමඃ🔊ātreyāya namaḥto Atreya, the descendant of Atri

අත්රිවරදාය නමඃ🔊atrivaradāya namaḥto one who granted a boon to Atri (Atrivarada)

අනුසූයාය නමඃ🔊anusūyāya namaḥto one related to (born through the grace upon) Anasuya

අනසූයාසූනවේ නමඃ🔊anasūyāsūnave namaḥto Anasuyasunu, the son of Anasuya

අවධූතාය නමඃ🔊avadhūtāya namaḥto the Avadhuta, the liberated ascetic free of all bonds

ධර්මාය නමඃ🔊dharmāya namaḥto Dharma, righteousness embodied

ධර්මපරායණාය නමඃ🔊dharmaparāyaṇāya namaḥto one wholly devoted to dharma (Dharmaparayana)

ධර්මපතයේ නමඃ🔊dharmapataye namaḥto the lord of dharma (Dharmapati)

සිද්ධාය නමඃ🔊siddhāya namaḥto the perfected one (Siddha)

සිද්ධිදාය නමඃ🔊siddhidāya namaḥto the giver of perfection and accomplishment (Siddhida)

Benefits of Chanting Dattatreya Ashtottara Shatanamavali

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Chanting the 108 names of Dattatreya invokes the grace of the Guru of gurus and bestows true wisdom.

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As the union of the Trimurti, his names grant creation's strength, sustenance and the dissolution of ego.

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Each name is offered as an archana for spiritual progress, detachment (vairagya) and inner peace.

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Removes obstacles, fears and difficulties and is revered for relief in times of acute distress.

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Bestows mastery in yoga and meditation, for Dattatreya is the lord of yoga (Yogiraja).

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Most auspicious on Thursdays and Datta Jayanti; suitable for daily recitation with devotion.

How to Chant Dattatreya Ashtottara Shatanamavali

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Best TimeThursdays (Guruvar) and Datta Jayanti (full moon of Margashirsha); morning

Bathe and sit before an image of Lord Dattatreya, ideally after lighting a lamp and incense. Recite each of the 108 names beginning with 'Om' (ॐ) and ending with 'namaha' (नमः), offering a flower or a bilva/tulsi leaf for each name (archana). Thursday, the day of the Guru, and Datta Jayanti are most auspicious. The litany is often recited together with the Dattatreya Stotram and meditation upon the Guru, with deep faith and a settled, quiet mind.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Dattatreya 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 the garland of the 108 names of Lord Dattatreya, the son of Atri and Anasuya in whom Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are united. Each name is chanted with 'Om' before and 'namaha' after, and is offered as an archana for wisdom, the Guru's grace and inner peace.

Dattatreya is revered as the Adi Guru and the supreme Avadhuta — a fully liberated being beyond all rules and bonds. Famously he spoke of having learned from twenty-four teachers in nature, showing that the whole world becomes a guru to the awakened; hence he is honoured as the Guru of gurus and the lord of yoga.

'Datta' means 'given'. The sage Atri and his chaste wife Anasuya performed great penance, and Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, pleased with them, gave themselves as their son — hence 'Datta-atreya', 'the given one, the son of Atri'. The opening names (Devadatta, Brahmadatta, Vishnudatta, Shivadatta) recall this.

Thursday (Guruvar), the day of the Guru, and Datta Jayanti — the full-moon day of the month of Margashirsha — are the most auspicious. It may also be recited daily, ideally in the morning, with a calm and devoted mind.