Lord Shiva

medhā dakṣiṇāmūrthi triśati nāmāvali

(Medha Dakshinamurti Trishati Namavali in English (IAST))

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The Medha Dakshinamurti Trishati Namavali is a sacred collection of three hundred divine names dedicated to Lord Dakshinamurti, the primordial Guru and embodiment of knowledge, music, and wisdom. This stotra invokes the silent teacher, Lord Shiva, in his form as the cosmic preceptor who dispels the darkness of ignorance through pure awareness. Devotees chant these names to enhance intellectual clarity, sharpen memory, and seek profound spiritual illumination. Regular recitation is believed to foster deep meditation, remove academic or cognitive obstacles, and align the seeker's mind with the supreme wisdom of the ultimate reality.

oṃ oṅkārarūpāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkāragṛhakarpūradīpakāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkāraśailapañcāsyāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkārasumahatpadāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkārapañjaraśukāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkārodyānakokilāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkāravanamāyūrāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkārakamalākarāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkārakūṭanilayāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkāratarupallavāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkāracakramadhyasthāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkāreśvarapūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ oṅkārapadasaṃvedyāya namaḥ |
oṃ nandīśāya namaḥ |
oṃ nandivāhanāya namaḥ |
oṃ nārāyaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ narādhārāya namaḥ |
oṃ nārīmānasamohanāya namaḥ |
oṃ nāndīśrāddhapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ nāṭyatatparāya namaḥ | 20
oṃ nāradapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ nānāśāstrarahasyajñāya namaḥ |
oṃ nadīpulinasaṃsthitāya namaḥ |
oṃ namrāya namaḥ |
oṃ namrapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ nāgabhūṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ mohinīpriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāmānyāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahādevāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahātāṇḍavapaṇḍitāya namaḥ |
oṃ mādhavāya namaḥ |
oṃ madhurālāpāya namaḥ |
oṃ mīnākṣīnāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ munaye namaḥ |
oṃ madhupuṣpapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ mānine namaḥ |
oṃ mānanīyāya namaḥ |
oṃ matipriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāyajñapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhaktāya namaḥ | 40
oṃ bhaktakalpamahātarave namaḥ |
oṃ bhūtidāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhagavate namaḥ |
oṃ bhaktavatsalāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhavabhairavāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhavābdhitaraṇopāyāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhāvavedyāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhavāpahāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhavānīvallabhāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhānave namaḥ |
oṃ bhūtibhūṣitavigrahāya namaḥ |
oṃ gaṇādhipāya namaḥ |
oṃ gaṇārādhyāya namaḥ |
oṃ gambhīrāya namaḥ |
oṃ gaṇabhṛte namaḥ |
oṃ gurave namaḥ |
oṃ gānapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ guṇādhārāya namaḥ |
oṃ gaurīmānasamohanāya namaḥ |
oṃ gopālapūjitāya namaḥ | 60
oṃ goptre namaḥ |
oṃ gaurāṅgāya namaḥ |
oṃ giriśāya namaḥ |
oṃ guhāya namaḥ |
oṃ variṣṭhāya namaḥ |
oṃ vīryavate namaḥ |
oṃ viduṣe namaḥ |
oṃ vidyādhārāya namaḥ |
oṃ vanapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ vasantapuṣparuciramālālaṅkṛtamūrdhajāya namaḥ |
oṃ vidvatpriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ vītihotrāya namaḥ |
oṃ viśvāmitravarapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ vākpataye namaḥ |
oṃ varadāya namaḥ |
oṃ vāyave namaḥ |
oṃ vārāhīhṛdayaṅgamāya namaḥ |
oṃ tejaḥpradāya namaḥ |
oṃ tantramayāya namaḥ |
oṃ tārakāsurasaṅghahṛte namaḥ | 80
oṃ tāṭakāntakasampūjyāya namaḥ |
oṃ tārakādhipabhūṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ traiyambakāya namaḥ |
oṃ trikālajñāya namaḥ |
oṃ tuṣārācalamandirāya namaḥ |
oṃ tapanāgniśaśāṅkākṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ tīrthāṭanaparāyaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ tripuṇḍravilasatphālaphalakāya namaḥ |
oṃ taruṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ tarave namaḥ |
oṃ dayālave namaḥ |
oṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ |
oṃ dānavāntakapūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ dāridryanāśakāya namaḥ |
oṃ dīnarakṣakāya namaḥ |
oṃ divyalocanāya namaḥ |
oṃ divyaratnasamākīrṇakaṇṭhābharaṇabhūṣitāya namaḥ |
oṃ duṣṭarākṣasadarpaghnāya namaḥ |
oṃ durārādhyāya namaḥ |
oṃ digambarāya namaḥ | 100
oṃ dikpālakasamārādhyacaraṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ dīnavallabhāya namaḥ |
oṃ dambhācāraharāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣiprakāriṇe namaḥ |
oṃ kṣatriyapūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣetrajñāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣāmarahitāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣaumāmbaravibhūṣitāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣetrapālārcitāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣemakāriṇe namaḥ |
oṃ kṣīropamākṛtaye namaḥ |
oṃ kṣīrābdhijāmanonāthapūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣayarogahṛte namaḥ |
oṃ kṣapākaradharāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣobhavarjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣitisaukhyadāya namaḥ |
oṃ nānārūpadharāya namaḥ |
oṃ nāmarahitāya namaḥ |
oṃ nādatatparāya namaḥ |
oṃ naranāthapriyāya namaḥ | 120
oṃ nagnāya namaḥ |
oṃ nānālokasamarcitāya namaḥ |
oṃ naukārūḍhāya namaḥ |
oṃ nadībhartre namaḥ |
oṃ nigamāśvāya namaḥ |
oṃ nirañjanāya namaḥ |
oṃ nānājinadharāya namaḥ |
oṃ nīlalohitāya namaḥ |
oṃ nityayauvanāya namaḥ |
oṃ mūlādhārādicakrasthāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahādevīmanoharāya namaḥ |
oṃ mādhavārcitapādābjāya namaḥ |
oṃ mākhyapuṣpārcanapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ manmathāntakarāya namaḥ |
oṃ mitramahāmaṇḍalasaṃsthitāya namaḥ |
oṃ mitrapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ mitradantaharāya namaḥ |
oṃ maṅgalavardhanāya namaḥ |
oṃ manmathānekadhikkārilāvaṇyāñcitavigrahāya namaḥ |
oṃ mitrendukṛtacakrāḍhyamedinīrathanāyakāya namaḥ | 140
oṃ madhuvairiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ mahābāṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ mandarācalamandirāya namaḥ |
oṃ tanvīsahāyāya namaḥ |
oṃ trailokyamohanāstrakalāmayāya namaḥ |
oṃ trikālajñānasampannāya namaḥ |
oṃ trikālajñānadāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ trayīnipuṇasaṃsevyāya namaḥ |
oṃ triśaktiparisevitāya namaḥ |
oṃ triṇetrāya namaḥ |
oṃ tīrthaphalakāya namaḥ |
oṃ tantramārgapravartakāya namaḥ |
oṃ tṛptipradāya namaḥ |
oṃ tantrayantramantratatparasevitāya namaḥ |
oṃ trayīśikhāmayāya namaḥ |
oṃ yakṣakinnarādyamarārcitāya namaḥ |
oṃ yamabādhāharāya namaḥ |
oṃ yajñanāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ yajñamūrtibhṛte namaḥ |
oṃ yajñeśāya namaḥ | 160
oṃ yajñakartre namaḥ |
oṃ yajñavighnavināśanāya namaḥ |
oṃ yajñakarmaphalādhyākṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ yajñabhoktre namaḥ |
oṃ yugāvahāya namaḥ |
oṃ yugādhīśāya namaḥ |
oṃ yadupatisevitāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahadāśrayāya namaḥ |
oṃ māṇikyakaṃṇakarāya namaḥ |
oṃ muktāhāravibhūṣitāya namaḥ |
oṃ maṇimañjīracaraṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ malayācalanāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ mṛtyuñjayāya namaḥ |
oṃ mṛttikarāya namaḥ |
oṃ muditāya namaḥ |
oṃ munisattamāya namaḥ |
oṃ mohinīnāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ māyāpatyai namaḥ |
oṃ mohanarūpadhṛte namaḥ |
oṃ haripriyāya namaḥ | 180
oṃ haviṣyāśāya namaḥ |
oṃ harimānasagocarāya namaḥ |
oṃ harāya namaḥ |
oṃ harṣapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ hālāhalabhojanatatparāya namaḥ |
oṃ haridhvajasamārādhyāya namaḥ |
oṃ haribrahmendrapūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ hārītavaradāya namaḥ |
oṃ hāsajitarākṣasasaṃhataye namaḥ |
oṃ hṛtpuṇḍarīkanilayāya namaḥ |
oṃ hatabhaktavipadgaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ meruśailakṛtāvāsāya namaḥ |
oṃ mantriṇīparisevitāya namaḥ |
oṃ mantrajñāya namaḥ |
oṃ mantratattvārthaparijñānine namaḥ |
oṃ madālasāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahādevīsamārādhyadivyapādukarañjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ mantrātmakāya namaḥ |
oṃ mantramayāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahālakṣmīsamarcitāya namaḥ | 200
oṃ mahābhūtamayāya namaḥ |
oṃ māyāpūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ madhurasvanāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhārādharopamagalāya namaḥ |
oṃ dharāsyandanasaṃsthitāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhruvasampūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhātrīnāthabhaktavarapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhyānagamyāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhyānaniṣṭhahṛtpadmāntarapūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ dharmādhīnāya namaḥ |
oṃ dharmaratāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhanadāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhanadapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhanādhyakṣārcanaprītāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhīravidvajjanāśrayāya namaḥ |
oṃ praṇavākṣaramadhyasthāya namaḥ |
oṃ prabhave namaḥ |
oṃ paurāṇikottamāya namaḥ |
oṃ padmālayāpatinutāya namaḥ |
oṃ parastrīvimukhapriyāya namaḥ | 220
oṃ pañcabrahmamayāya namaḥ |
oṃ pañcamukhāya namaḥ |
oṃ paramapāvanāya namaḥ |
oṃ pañcabāṇapramathanāya namaḥ |
oṃ purārātaye namaḥ |
oṃ parātparāya namaḥ |
oṃ purāṇanyāyamīmāṃsadharmaśāstrapravartakāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñānapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñānagamyāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñānatatparapūjitāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñānavedyāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñātihīnāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñeyamūrtisvarūpadhṛte namaḥ |
oṃ jñānadātre namaḥ |
oṃ jñānaśīlāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñānavairāgyasaṃyutāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñānamudrāñcitakarāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñātamantrakadambakāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñānavairāgyasampannavaradāya namaḥ |
oṃ prakṛtipriyāya namaḥ | 240
oṃ padmāsanasamārādhyāya namaḥ |
oṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ parasmai jyotiṣe namaḥ |
oṃ parasmai dhāmne namaḥ |
oṃ pradhānapuruṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ parasmai namaḥ |
oṃ prāvṛḍvivardhanāya namaḥ |
oṃ prāvṛṇṇidhaye namaḥ |
oṃ prāvṛṭkhageśvarāya namaḥ |
oṃ pinākapāṇaye namaḥ |
oṃ pakṣīndravāhanārādhyapādukāya namaḥ |
oṃ yajamānapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ yajñapataye namaḥ |
oṃ yajñaphalapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ yāgārādhyāya namaḥ |
oṃ yogagamyāya namaḥ |
oṃ yamapīḍāharāya namaḥ |
oṃ yataye namaḥ |
oṃ yātāyātādirahitāya namaḥ |
oṃ yatidharmaparāyaṇāya namaḥ | 260
oṃ yādonidhaye namaḥ |
oṃ yādavendrāya namaḥ |
oṃ yakṣakinnarasevitāya namaḥ |
oṃ chandomayāya namaḥ |
oṃ chatrapataye namaḥ |
oṃ chatrapālanatatparāya namaḥ |
oṃ chandaḥ śāstrādinipuṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ chāndogyaparipūritāya namaḥ |
oṃ chinnāpriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ chatrahastāya namaḥ |
oṃ chinnāmantrajapapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ chāyāpataye namaḥ |
oṃ chadmagāraye namaḥ |
oṃ chalajātyādidūragāya namaḥ |
oṃ chādyamānamahābhūtapañcakāya namaḥ |
oṃ svādu tatparāya namaḥ |
oṃ surārādhyāya namaḥ |
oṃ surapataye namaḥ |
oṃ sundarāya namaḥ |
oṃ sundarīpriyāya namaḥ | 280
oṃ sumukhāya namaḥ |
oṃ subhagāya namaḥ |
oṃ saumyāya namaḥ |
oṃ siddhamārgapravartakāya namaḥ |
oṃ sarvaśāstrarahasyajñāya namaḥ |
oṃ somāya namaḥ |
oṃ somavibhūṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ hāṭakābhajaṭājūṭāya namaḥ |
oṃ hāṭakāya namaḥ |
oṃ hāṭakapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ haridrākuṅkumopetadivyagandhapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ haraye namaḥ |
oṃ hāṭakābharaṇopetarudrākṣakṛtabhūṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ haihayeśāya namaḥ |
oṃ hataripave namaḥ |
oṃ harimānasatoṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ hayagrīvasamārādhyāya namaḥ |
oṃ hayagrīvavarapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ hārāyitamahābhaktasuranāthamahoharāya namaḥ |
oṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ | 300
iti śrī medhādakṣiṇāmūrti triśatī nāmāvaliḥ ||

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