shanishanaishcharaashtottara108-names

ශනෛශ්චර අෂ්ටෝත්තර ශතනාමාවලී

Shani (Shanaishchara) Ashtottara Shatanamavali in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 108× repetitions·🕐 Saturdays, especially in the evening; Shani Jayanti and during Shani transits·📜 Traditional (Navagraha / Puranic tradition)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Traditional (Navagraha / Puranic tradition) · Traditional · Classical

Shani, the son of Surya (the Sun) and his shadow-consort Chhaya, is the slowest-moving of the grahas and the appointed judge of the fruits of human action. This garland of his 108 names is recited within the Navagraha worship to propitiate him. By naming him not only as the stern Shanaishchara but as Shanta, Saumya, Sharanya and the giver of all desires, the litany appeals to his hidden compassion, asking that the karma he metes out be tempered with grace.

✦ As told in scripture

It is told that King Dasharatha once propitiated Shani with hymns of praise and so averted a famine threatening his kingdom, and that Shani, pleased, blessed all who would sincerely recite his names; thus devotees hold that the heartfelt chanting of his 108 names can lighten even the heaviest karmic burden of the Sade-Sati.

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The Mantra

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ශනෛශ්චරාය නමඃ ශාන්තාය නමඃ සර්වාභීෂ්ටප්රදායිනේ නමඃ ශරණ්යාය නමඃ වරේණ්යාය නමඃ සර්වේශාය නමඃ සෞම්යාය නමඃ සුරවන්ද්යාය නමඃ සුරලෝකවිහාරිණේ නමඃ සුඛාසනෝපවිෂ්ටාය නමඃ සුන්දරාය නමඃ ඝනාය නමඃ ඝනරූපාය නමඃ ඝනාභරණධාරිණේ නමඃ ඝනසාරවිලේපාය නමඃ ඛද්යෝතාය නමඃ මන්දාය නමඃ මන්දචේෂ්ටාය නමඃ මහනීයගුණාත්මනේ නමඃ මර්ත්යපාවනපාදාය නමඃ මහේශාය නමඃ ඡායාපුත්රාය නමඃ ශර්වාය නමඃ ශරතූණීරධාරිණේ නමඃ චරස්ථිරස්වභාවාය නමඃ චඤ්චලාය නමඃ නීලවර්ණාය නමඃ නිත්යාය නමඃ නීලාඤ්ජනනිභාය නමඃ නීලාම්බරවිභූෂාය නමඃ නිශ්චලාය නමඃ වේද්යාය නමඃ විධිරූපාය නමඃ විරෝධාධාරභූමයේ නමඃ භේදාස්පදස්වභාවාය නමඃ වජ්රදේහාය නමඃ වෛරාග්යදාය නමඃ වීරාය නමඃ වීතරෝගභයාය නමඃ විපත්පරම්පරේශාය නමඃ විශ්වවන්ද්යාය නමඃ ගෘධ්නවාහාය නමඃ ගූඪාය නමඃ කූර්මාඞ්ගාය නමඃ කුරූපිණේ නමඃ කුත්සිතාය නමඃ ගුණාඪ්යාය නමඃ ගෝචරාය නමඃ අවිද්යාමූලනාශාය නමඃ විද්යා(අ)විද්යාස්වරූපිණේ නමඃ ආයුෂ්යකාරණාය නමඃ ආපදුද්ධර්ත්රේ නමඃ විෂ්ණුභක්තාය නමඃ වශිනේ නමඃ විවිධාගමවේදිනේ නමඃ විධිස්තුත්යාය නමඃ වන්ද්යාය නමඃ විරූපාක්ෂාය නමඃ වරිෂ්ඨාය නමඃ ගරිෂ්ඨාය නමඃ වජ්රාඞ්කුශධරාය නමඃ වරදා(අ)භයහස්තාය නමඃ වාමනාය නමඃ ජ්යේෂ්ඨාපත්නීසමේතාය නමඃ ශ්රේෂ්ඨාය නමඃ මිතභාෂිණේ නමඃ කෂ්ටෞඝනාශකර්යාය නමඃ පුෂ්ටිදාය නමඃ ස්තුත්යාය නමඃ ස්තෝත්රගම්යාය නමඃ භක්තිවශ්යාය නමඃ භානවේ නමඃ භානුපුත්රාය නමඃ භව්යාය නමඃ පාවනාය නමඃ ධනුර්මණ්ඩලසංස්ථාය නමඃ ධනදාය නමඃ ධනුෂ්මතේ නමඃ තනුප්රකාශදේහාය නමඃ තාමසාය නමඃ අශේෂජනවන්ද්යාය නමඃ විශේෂඵලදායිනේ නමඃ වශීකෘතජනේශාය නමඃ පශූනාං පතයේ නමඃ ඛේචරාය නමඃ ඛගේශාය නමඃ ඝනනීලාම්බරාය නමඃ කාඨින්යමානසාය නමඃ ආර්යගණස්තුත්යාය නමඃ නීලච්ඡත්රාය නමඃ නිත්යාය නමඃ නිර්ගුණාය නමඃ ගුණාත්මනේ නමඃ නිරාමයාය නමඃ නින්ද්යාය නමඃ වන්දනීයාය නමඃ ධීරාය නමඃ දිව්යදේහාය නමඃ දීනාර්තිහරණාය නමඃ දෛන්යනාශකරාය නමඃ ආර්යජනගණ්යාය නමඃ ක්රූරාය නමඃ ක්රූරචේෂ්ටාය නමඃ කාමක්රෝධකරාය නමඃ කලත්රපුත්රශත්රුත්වකාරණාය නමඃ පරිපෝෂිතභක්තාය නමඃ පරභීතිහරාය නමඃ භක්තසඞ්ඝමනෝ(අ)භීෂ්ටඵලදාය නමඃ

śanaiścarāya namaḥ śāntāya namaḥ sarvābhīṣṭapradāyine namaḥ śaraṇyāya namaḥ vareṇyāya namaḥ sarveśāya namaḥ saumyāya namaḥ suravandyāya namaḥ suralokavihāriṇe namaḥ sukhāsanopaviṣṭāya namaḥ sundarāya namaḥ ghanāya namaḥ ghanarūpāya namaḥ ghanābharaṇadhāriṇe namaḥ ghanasāravilepāya namaḥ khadyotāya namaḥ mandāya namaḥ mandaceṣṭāya namaḥ mahanīyaguṇātmane namaḥ martyapāvanapādāya namaḥ maheśāya namaḥ chāyāputrāya namaḥ śarvāya namaḥ śaratūṇīradhāriṇe namaḥ carasthirasvabhāvāya namaḥ cañcalāya namaḥ nīlavarṇāya namaḥ nityāya namaḥ nīlāñjananibhāya namaḥ nīlāmbaravibhūṣāya namaḥ niścalāya namaḥ vedyāya namaḥ vidhirūpāya namaḥ virodhādhārabhūmaye namaḥ bhedāspadasvabhāvāya namaḥ vajradehāya namaḥ vairāgyadāya namaḥ vīrāya namaḥ vītarogabhayāya namaḥ vipatparampareśāya namaḥ viśvavandyāya namaḥ gṛdhnavāhāya namaḥ gūḍhāya namaḥ kūrmāṅgāya namaḥ kurūpiṇe namaḥ kutsitāya namaḥ guṇāḍhyāya namaḥ gocarāya namaḥ avidyāmūlanāśāya namaḥ vidyā'vidyāsvarūpiṇe namaḥ āyuṣyakāraṇāya namaḥ āpaduddhartre namaḥ viṣṇubhaktāya namaḥ vaśine namaḥ vividhāgamavedine namaḥ vidhistutyāya namaḥ vandyāya namaḥ virūpākṣāya namaḥ variṣṭhāya namaḥ gariṣṭhāya namaḥ vajrāṅkuśadharāya namaḥ varadā'bhayahastāya namaḥ vāmanāya namaḥ jyeṣṭhāpatnīsametāya namaḥ śreṣṭhāya namaḥ mitabhāṣiṇe namaḥ kaṣṭaughanāśakaryāya namaḥ puṣṭidāya namaḥ stutyāya namaḥ stotragamyāya namaḥ bhaktivaśyāya namaḥ bhānave namaḥ bhānuputrāya namaḥ bhavyāya namaḥ pāvanāya namaḥ dhanurmaṇḍalasaṃsthāya namaḥ dhanadāya namaḥ dhanuṣmate namaḥ tanuprakāśadehāya namaḥ tāmasāya namaḥ aśeṣajanavandyāya namaḥ viśeṣaphaladāyine namaḥ vaśīkṛtajaneśāya namaḥ paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ khecarāya namaḥ khageśāya namaḥ ghananīlāmbarāya namaḥ kāṭhinyamānasāya namaḥ āryagaṇastutyāya namaḥ nīlacchatrāya namaḥ nityāya namaḥ nirguṇāya namaḥ guṇātmane namaḥ nirāmayāya namaḥ nindyāya namaḥ vandanīyāya namaḥ dhīrāya namaḥ divyadehāya namaḥ dīnārtiharaṇāya namaḥ dainyanāśakarāya namaḥ āryajanagaṇyāya namaḥ krūrāya namaḥ krūraceṣṭāya namaḥ kāmakrodhakarāya namaḥ kalatraputraśatrutvakāraṇāya namaḥ paripoṣitabhaktāya namaḥ parabhītiharāya namaḥ bhaktasaṅghamano'bhīṣṭaphaladāya namaḥ

Meaning:The Shani Ashtottara Shatanamavali is the garland of the 108 names of Shanaishchara, the slow-moving planet Saturn, son of Surya and Chhaya and the great dispenser of karmic justice. Though feared as the stern bestower of the fruits of action, the names reveal his true nature as Shanta (the peaceful), Saumya (the gentle), Sharanya (the refuge of the surrendered) and Sarvabhishtaprada (the giver of every desire). Recited with 'Om' and 'namaha', especially on Saturdays, the litany pacifies the afflictions of Shani (Sade-Sati, dhaiyya and the Shani dasha) and turns his gaze into grace.

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ශනෛශ්චරාය නමඃ🔊śanaiścarāya namaḥSalutations to Shanaishchara, the slow-moving one (Saturn)

ශාන්තාය නමඃ🔊śāntāya namaḥto the calm and peaceful one (Shanta)

සර්වාභීෂ්ටප්රදායිනේ නමඃ🔊sarvābhīṣṭapradāyine namaḥto the giver of all that is desired (Sarvabhishtapradayin)

ශරණ්යාය නමඃ🔊śaraṇyāya namaḥto the refuge of those who seek him (Sharanya)

වරේණ්යාය නමඃ🔊vareṇyāya namaḥto the most excellent and choice-worthy one (Varenya)

සර්වේශාය නමඃ🔊sarveśāya namaḥto the lord of all (Sarvesha)

සෞම්යාය නමඃ🔊saumyāya namaḥto the gentle and benign one (Saumya)

සුරවන්ද්යාය නමඃ🔊suravandyāya namaḥto one worshipped by the gods (Suravandya)

සුරලෝකවිහාරිණේ නමඃ🔊suralokavihāriṇe namaḥto one who moves through the realms of the gods (Suralokavihari)

සුඛාසනෝපවිෂ්ටාය නමඃ🔊sukhāsanopaviṣṭāya namaḥto one seated comfortably and at ease (Sukhasanopavishta)

සුන්දරාය නමඃ🔊sundarāya namaḥto the beautiful one (Sundara)

ඝනාය නමඃ🔊ghanāya namaḥto the dense, dark cloud-hued one (Ghana)

ඝනරූපාය නමඃ🔊ghanarūpāya namaḥto one whose form is like a dark cloud (Ghanarupa)

ඝනාභරණධාරිණේ නමඃ🔊ghanābharaṇadhāriṇe namaḥto one who wears cloud-dark ornaments (Ghanabharanadharin)

ඝනසාරවිලේපාය නමඃ🔊ghanasāravilepāya namaḥto one anointed with camphor (ghanasara) paste

ඛද්යෝතාය නමඃ🔊khadyotāya namaḥto the firefly-radiant one / the shining one (Khadyota)

Benefits of Chanting Shani (Shanaishchara) Ashtottara Shatanamavali

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Chanting the 108 names of Shani invokes his grace and softens the rigours of his karmic justice.

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Traditionally recited to mitigate the difficulties of Sade-Sati, Dhaiyya and the Shani Mahadasha.

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Each name is offered as an archana with sesame (til), blue/black flowers or a mustard-oil lamp.

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Cultivates patience, discipline, humility and steadiness — the very virtues Shani teaches.

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Most powerful on Saturdays and during Shani Jayanti and Shani transits; suitable for daily recitation.

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Grants protection from accidents, chronic troubles, enmity and the fear born of adversity.

How to Chant Shani (Shanaishchara) Ashtottara Shatanamavali

Repetitions108times

Best TimeSaturdays, especially in the evening; Shani Jayanti and during Shani transits

Bathe and sit facing west before an image of Shani Bhagavan, ideally after lighting a lamp of sesame or mustard oil. Recite each of the 108 names beginning with 'Om' (ॐ) and ending with 'namaha' (नमः), offering black sesame seeds, blue or black flowers, or a drop of oil for each name (archana). Saturdays are most auspicious. Many devotees also offer the litany at a Shani or Navagraha shrine and donate sesame, black cloth or iron to the needy afterwards.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Shani (Shanaishchara) 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 Shani (Shanaishchara), the planet Saturn and the dispenser of the fruits of karma. Each name is chanted with 'Om' before and 'namaha' after, and is offered as an archana, especially on Saturdays, to invoke Shani's grace.

Yes. Devotees traditionally recite the Shani Ashtottara during Sade-Sati, Dhaiyya and the Shani Mahadasha to soften their trials, develop the patience and discipline Shani teaches, and turn his stern gaze into grace.

Common offerings are black sesame seeds (til), blue or black flowers, and a lamp of sesame or mustard oil. One offering is made at the feet of Shani for each of the 108 names.

Saturday, the day ruled by Shani, is the most auspicious, especially in the evening. Shani Jayanti and periods of Shani transit are also highly favourable.