krishnaashtottara108-namesnamavali

ශ්රීකෘෂ්ණ අෂ්ටෝත්තර ශතනාමාවලී

Krishna Ashtottara Shatanamavali in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 108× repetitions·🕐 Morning or evening; especially on Janmashtami, Ekadashi and Wednesdays·📜 Brahmanda Purana (as spoken by Vayu)

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Origin & Story

Brahmanda Purana (as spoken by Vayu) · Traditional (Puranic) · Classical

This garland of the 108 names of Lord Krishna is traditionally drawn from the Brahmanda Mahapurana. The names move through his miraculous birth to Devaki and Vasudeva in Mathura's prison, his upbringing among the cowherds of Gokula and Vrindavana, his slaying of the demons sent by Kamsa, the lifting of Govardhana, the subduing of Kaliya, his deeds in the Mahabharata as Parthasarathi, and finally his glory as Narayana and the Supreme Brahman (Paratpara).

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that even a child, like Prahlada in faith, who lovingly recites the 108 names of Krishna draws the Lord as surely as the cowherds of Vrindavana drew him with their love; for Krishna himself declares in the Gita that he is ever near to those who remember him with devotion.

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ශ්රීකෘෂ්ණාය නමඃ කමලානාථාය නමඃ වාසුදේවාය නමඃ සනාතනාය නමඃ වසුදේවාත්මජාය නමඃ පුණ්යාය නමඃ ලීලාමානුෂවිග්රහාය නමඃ ශ්රීවත්සකෞස්තුභධරාය නමඃ යශෝදාවත්සලාය නමඃ හරයේ නමඃ චතුර්භුජාත්තචක්රාසිගදාශඞ්ඛාම්බුජායුධාය නමඃ දේවකීනන්දනාය නමඃ ශ්රීශාය නමඃ නන්දගෝපප්රියාත්මජාය නමඃ යමුනාවේගසංහාරිණේ නමඃ බලභද්රප්රියානුජාය නමඃ පූතනාජීවිතහරාය නමඃ ශකටාසුරභඤ්ජනාය නමඃ නන්දව්රජජනානන්දිනේ නමඃ සච්චිදානන්දවිග්රහාය නමඃ නවනීතවිලිප්තාඞ්ගාය නමඃ නවනීතනටාය නමඃ අනඝාය නමඃ නවනීතනවාහාරාය නමඃ මුචුකුන්දප්රසාදකාය නමඃ ෂෝඩශස්ත්රීසහස්රේශාය නමඃ ත්රිභඞ්ගීමධුරාකෘතයේ නමඃ ශුකවාගමෘතාබ්ධීන්දවේ නමඃ ගෝවින්දාය නමඃ යෝගිනාං පතයේ නමඃ වත්සවාටචරාය නමඃ අනන්තාය නමඃ ධේනුකාසුරමර්දනාය නමඃ තෘණීකෘතතෘණාවර්තාය නමඃ යමලාර්ජුනභඤ්ජනාය නමඃ උත්තාලතාලභේත්රේ නමඃ තමාලශ්යාමලාකෘතයේ නමඃ ගෝපගෝපීශ්වරාය නමඃ යෝගිනේ නමඃ කෝටිසූර්යසමප්රභාය නමඃ ඉලාපතයේ නමඃ පරස්මෛ ජ්යෝතිෂේ නමඃ යාදවේන්ද්රාය නමඃ යදූද්වහාය නමඃ වනමාලිනේ නමඃ පීතවාසසේ නමඃ පාරිජාතාපහාරකාය නමඃ ගෝවර්ධනාචලෝද්ධර්ත්රේ නමඃ ගෝපාලාය නමඃ සර්වපාලකාය නමඃ අජාය නමඃ නිරඤ්ජනාය නමඃ කාමජනකාය නමඃ කඤ්ජලෝචනාය නමඃ මධුඝ්නේ නමඃ මථුරානාථාය නමඃ ද්වාරකානායකාය නමඃ බලිනේ නමඃ බෘන්දාවනාන්තසඤ්චාරිණේ නමඃ තුලසීදාමභූෂණාය නමඃ ස්යමන්තකමණේර්හර්ත්රේ නමඃ නරනාරායණාත්මකාය නමඃ කුබ්ජාකෘෂ්ණාම්බරධරාය නමඃ මායිනේ නමඃ පරමපූරුෂාය නමඃ මුෂ්ටිකාසුරචාණූරමල්ලයුද්ධවිශාරදාය නමඃ සංසාරවෛරිණේ නමඃ කංසාරයේ නමඃ මුරාරයේ නමඃ නරකාන්තකාය නමඃ අනාදිබ්රහ්මචාරිණේ නමඃ කෘෂ්ණාව්යසනකර්ෂකාය නමඃ ශිශුපාලශිරශ්ඡේත්රේ නමඃ දුර්යෝධනකුලාන්තකාය නමඃ විදුරාක්රූරවරදාය නමඃ විශ්වරූපප්රදර්ශකාය නමඃ සත්යවාචේ නමඃ සත්යසඞ්කල්පාය නමඃ සත්යභාමාරතාය නමඃ ජයිනේ නමඃ සුභද්රාපූර්වජාය නමඃ විෂ්ණවේ නමඃ භීෂ්මමුක්තිප්රදායකාය නමඃ ජගද්ගුරවේ නමඃ ජගන්නාථාය නමඃ වේණුනාදවිශාරදාය නමඃ වෘෂභාසුරවිධ්වංසිනේ නමඃ බාණාසුරකරාන්තකාය නමඃ යුධිෂ්ඨිරප්රතිෂ්ඨාත්රේ නමඃ බර්හිබර්හාවතංසකාය නමඃ පාර්ථසාරථයේ නමඃ අව්යක්තාය නමඃ ගීතාමෘතමහෝදධයේ නමඃ කාලීයඵණිමාණික්යරඤ්ජිතශ්රීපදාම්බුජාය නමඃ දාමෝදරාය නමඃ යජ්ඤභෝක්ත්රේ නමඃ දානවේන්ද්රවිනාශකාය නමඃ නාරායණාය නමඃ පරබ්රහ්මණේ නමඃ පන්නගාශනවාහනාය නමඃ ජලක්රීඩාසමාසක්තගෝපීවස්ත්රාපහාරකාය නමඃ පුණ්යශ්ලෝකාය නමඃ තීර්ථපාදාය නමඃ වේදවේද්යාය නමඃ දයානිධයේ නමඃ සර්වතීර්ථාත්මකාය නමඃ සර්වග්රහරූපිණේ නමඃ පරාත්පරාය නමඃ

śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ kamalānāthāya namaḥ vāsudevāya namaḥ sanātanāya namaḥ vasudevātmajāya namaḥ puṇyāya namaḥ līlāmānuṣavigrahāya namaḥ śrīvatsakaustubhadharāya namaḥ yaśodāvatsalāya namaḥ haraye namaḥ caturbhujāttacakrāsigadāśaṅkhāmbujāyudhāya namaḥ devakīnandanāya namaḥ śrīśāya namaḥ nandagopapriyātmajāya namaḥ yamunāvegasaṃhāriṇe namaḥ balabhadrapriyānujāya namaḥ pūtanājīvitaharāya namaḥ śakaṭāsurabhañjanāya namaḥ nandavrajajanānandine namaḥ saccidānandavigrahāya namaḥ navanītaviliptāṅgāya namaḥ navanītanaṭāya namaḥ anaghāya namaḥ navanītanavāhārāya namaḥ mucukundaprasādakāya namaḥ ṣoḍaśastrīsahasreśāya namaḥ tribhaṅgīmadhurākṛtaye namaḥ śukavāgamṛtābdhīndave namaḥ govindāya namaḥ yogināṃ pataye namaḥ vatsavāṭacarāya namaḥ anantāya namaḥ dhenukāsuramardanāya namaḥ tṛṇīkṛtatṛṇāvartāya namaḥ yamalārjunabhañjanāya namaḥ uttālatālabhetre namaḥ tamālaśyāmalākṛtaye namaḥ gopagopīśvarāya namaḥ yogine namaḥ koṭisūryasamaprabhāya namaḥ ilāpataye namaḥ parasmai jyotiṣe namaḥ yādavendrāya namaḥ yadūdvahāya namaḥ vanamāline namaḥ pītavāsase namaḥ pārijātāpahārakāya namaḥ govardhanācaloddhartre namaḥ gopālāya namaḥ sarvapālakāya namaḥ ajāya namaḥ nirañjanāya namaḥ kāmajanakāya namaḥ kañjalocanāya namaḥ madhughne namaḥ mathurānāthāya namaḥ dvārakānāyakāya namaḥ baline namaḥ bṛndāvanāntasañcāriṇe namaḥ tulasīdāmabhūṣaṇāya namaḥ syamantakamaṇerhartre namaḥ naranārāyaṇātmakāya namaḥ kubjākṛṣṇāmbaradharāya namaḥ māyine namaḥ paramapūruṣāya namaḥ muṣṭikāsuracāṇūramallayuddhaviśāradāya namaḥ saṃsāravairiṇe namaḥ kaṃsāraye namaḥ murāraye namaḥ narakāntakāya namaḥ anādibrahmacāriṇe namaḥ kṛṣṇāvyasanakarṣakāya namaḥ śiśupālaśiraśchetre namaḥ duryodhanakulāntakāya namaḥ vidurākrūravaradāya namaḥ viśvarūpapradarśakāya namaḥ satyavāce namaḥ satyasaṅkalpāya namaḥ satyabhāmāratāya namaḥ jayine namaḥ subhadrāpūrvajāya namaḥ viṣṇave namaḥ bhīṣmamuktipradāyakāya namaḥ jagadgurave namaḥ jagannāthāya namaḥ veṇunādaviśāradāya namaḥ vṛṣabhāsuravidhvaṃsine namaḥ bāṇāsurakarāntakāya namaḥ yudhiṣṭhirapratiṣṭhātre namaḥ barhibarhāvataṃsakāya namaḥ pārthasārathaye namaḥ avyaktāya namaḥ gītāmṛtamahodadhaye namaḥ kālīyaphaṇimāṇikyarañjitaśrīpadāmbujāya namaḥ dāmodarāya namaḥ yajñabhoktre namaḥ dānavendravināśakāya namaḥ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ parabrahmaṇe namaḥ pannagāśanavāhanāya namaḥ jalakrīḍāsamāsaktagopīvastrāpahārakāya namaḥ puṇyaślokāya namaḥ tīrthapādāya namaḥ vedavedyāya namaḥ dayānidhaye namaḥ sarvatīrthātmakāya namaḥ sarvagraharūpiṇe namaḥ parātparāya namaḥ

Meaning:The Sri Krishna Ashtottara Shatanamavali is the sacred garland of the 108 names of Lord Krishna, the eighth avatara of Vishnu and the Supreme Person (Purushottama). Each name — recited with 'Om' before it and 'namaha' after it — celebrates a quality, pastime or victory of the Lord: the darling of Yashoda and Devaki, the cowherd of Vrindavana who lifted Govardhana and danced upon Kaliya, the slayer of Putana, Kamsa and Narakasura, the charioteer of Arjuna who gave the Bhagavad Gita, and the Supreme Brahman beyond the beyond. Chanting all 108 with devotion, offering a tulsi leaf or flower at each name, draws his grace, love and protection.

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ශ්රීකෘෂ්ණාය නමඃ🔊śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥSalutations to Sri Krishna, the all-attractive dark-hued Lord

කමලානාථාය නමඃ🔊kamalānāthāya namaḥto the Lord of Kamala (Lakshmi), the lotus-goddess

වාසුදේවාය නමඃ🔊vāsudevāya namaḥto Vasudeva, the indwelling Lord present in all beings

සනාතනාය නමඃ🔊sanātanāya namaḥto the eternal, ever-existing one (Sanatana)

වසුදේවාත්මජාය නමඃ🔊vasudevātmajāya namaḥto the son born of Vasudeva

පුණ්යාය නමඃ🔊puṇyāya namaḥto the supremely meritorious and purifying one (Punya)

ලීලාමානුෂවිග්රහාය නමඃ🔊līlāmānuṣavigrahāya namaḥto one who takes a human form purely as divine play (lila)

ශ්රීවත්සකෞස්තුභධරාය නමඃ🔊śrīvatsakaustubhadharāya namaḥto the wearer of the Shrivatsa mark and the Kaustubha gem

යශෝදාවත්සලාය නමඃ🔊yaśodāvatsalāya namaḥto the beloved darling of Yashoda

හරයේ නමඃ🔊haraye namaḥto Hari, who removes sorrows and sins

චතුර්භුජාත්තචක්රාසිගදාශඞ්ඛාම්බුජායුධාය නමඃ🔊caturbhujāttacakrāsigadāśaṅkhāmbujāyudhāya namaḥto the four-armed Lord bearing the discus, sword, mace, conch and lotus

දේවකීනන්දනාය නමඃ🔊devakīnandanāya namaḥto Devaki-nandana, the delight of Devaki

ශ්රීශාය නමඃ🔊śrīśāya namaḥto Shrisha, the Lord of Shri (Lakshmi)

නන්දගෝපප්රියාත්මජාය නමඃ🔊nandagopapriyātmajāya namaḥto the beloved son of the cowherd Nanda

යමුනාවේගසංහාරිණේ නමඃ🔊yamunāvegasaṃhāriṇe namaḥto one who subdued the force (current) of the Yamuna

බලභද්රප්රියානුජාය නමඃ🔊balabhadrapriyānujāya namaḥto the dear younger brother of Balabhadra (Balarama)

Benefits of Chanting Krishna Ashtottara Shatanamavali

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Chanting the 108 names of Krishna invokes his grace, love and personal protection.

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Each name is a meditation on a divine pastime (lila); reciting all 108 purifies the heart and deepens bhakti.

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Traditionally offered as an archana — one name at a time with a tulsi leaf or flower at the Lord's feet.

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Removes obstacles, fears and the bondage of samsara, of which Krishna is called the foe (Samsara-Vairi).

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Most auspicious on Janmashtami, Ekadashi and Wednesdays; suitable for daily recitation with faith.

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Cultivates the sweet, loving devotion (madhurya bhakti) for which Krishna worship is renowned.

How to Chant Krishna Ashtottara Shatanamavali

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Best TimeMorning or evening; especially on Janmashtami, Ekadashi and Wednesdays

Bathe and sit before an image or deity of Sri Krishna. Recite each of the 108 names beginning with 'Om' (ॐ) and ending with 'namaha' (नमः), offering a tulsi leaf, a flower or a pinch of kumkum at the Lord's feet for each name (archana). The complete garland of 108 names may be chanted daily, and especially during Janmashtami, on Ekadashi and on Wednesdays. It is often preceded by lighting a lamp and offering makhan-mishri (butter and sugar) as naivedya.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Krishna 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 sacred garland of the 108 names of Lord Krishna, the eighth avatara of Vishnu, traditionally drawn from the Brahmanda Purana. Each name, chanted with 'Om' before and 'namaha' after, praises a quality, pastime or victory of the Lord and is offered as an archana with tulsi or flowers.

'Ashtottara-shata' means 'one hundred and eight' (108) and 'namavali' means 'a garland of names'. So it is the garland of the 108 names of Sri Krishna, each a name of praise and meditation.

It may be chanted daily, morning or evening, and is considered especially powerful on Janmashtami (Krishna's appearance day), on Ekadashi, and on Wednesdays, which are sacred to Krishna.

Sit before an image of Krishna and recite each name with 'Om' and 'namaha', placing a tulsi leaf or a flower at the Lord's feet for every name, so that the full set of 108 forms a garland of devotion offered in one sitting.