Lord Ayyappa

śrī ayyappa aṣṭottara śata nāmāvali

(Shri Ayyappa Ashtottara Shatanamavali in English (IAST))

Traditional

This sacred text is a collection of one hundred and eight names dedicated to Lord Ayyappa, the divine embodiment of the union between Lord Shiva and Mohini. Revered primarily in South India, especially at the Sabarimala temple, this stotra serves as a powerful meditative tool for devotees seeking spiritual growth and inner peace. By chanting these divine epithets, practitioners invoke the grace of the Dharmasasta, believed to cleanse the mind of ego, grant protection, and provide the focus necessary to overcome life's obstacles and achieve ultimate liberation.

oṃ mahāśāstre namaḥ |
oṃ mahādevāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahādevasutāya namaḥ |
oṃ avyayāya namaḥ |
oṃ lokakartre namaḥ |
oṃ lokabhartre namaḥ |
oṃ lokahartre namaḥ |
oṃ parātparāya namaḥ |
oṃ trilokarakṣakāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhanvine namaḥ (10)
oṃ tapasvine namaḥ |
oṃ bhūtasainikāya namaḥ |
oṃ mantravedine namaḥ |
oṃ mahāvedine namaḥ |
oṃ mārutāya namaḥ |
oṃ jagadīśvarāya namaḥ |
oṃ lokādhyakṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ agragaṇyāya namaḥ |
oṃ śrīmate namaḥ |
oṃ aprameyaparākramāya namaḥ (20)
oṃ siṃhārūḍhāya namaḥ |
oṃ gajārūḍhāya namaḥ |
oṃ hayārūḍhāya namaḥ |
oṃ maheśvarāya namaḥ |
oṃ nānāśāstradharāya namaḥ |
oṃ anaghāya namaḥ |
oṃ nānāvidyā viśāradāya namaḥ |
oṃ nānārūpadharāya namaḥ |
oṃ vīrāya namaḥ |
oṃ nānāprāṇiniṣevitāya namaḥ (30)
oṃ bhūteśāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhūtidāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhṛtyāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhujaṅgābharaṇojvalāya namaḥ |
oṃ ikṣudhanvine namaḥ |
oṃ puṣpabāṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahārūpāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāprabhave namaḥ |
oṃ māyādevīsutāya namaḥ |
oṃ mānyāya namaḥ (40)
oṃ mahanīyāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāguṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāśaivāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahārudrāya namaḥ |
oṃ vaiṣṇavāya namaḥ |
oṃ viṣṇupūjakāya namaḥ |
oṃ vighneśāya namaḥ |
oṃ vīrabhadreśāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhairavāya namaḥ |
oṃ ṣaṇmukhapriyāya namaḥ (50)
oṃ meruśṛṅgasamāsīnāya namaḥ |
oṃ munisaṅghaniṣevitāya namaḥ |
oṃ devāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhadrāya namaḥ |
oṃ jagannāthāya namaḥ |
oṃ gaṇanāthāya nāmaḥ |
oṃ gaṇeśvarāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāyogine namaḥ |
oṃ mahāmāyine namaḥ |
oṃ mahājñānine namaḥ (60)
oṃ mahāsthirāya namaḥ |
oṃ devaśāstre namaḥ |
oṃ bhūtaśāstre namaḥ |
oṃ bhīmahāsaparākramāya namaḥ |
oṃ nāgahārāya namaḥ |
oṃ nāgakeśāya namaḥ |
oṃ vyomakeśāya namaḥ |
oṃ sanātanāya namaḥ |
oṃ saguṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ nirguṇāya namaḥ (70)
oṃ nityāya namaḥ |
oṃ nityatṛptāya namaḥ |
oṃ nirāśrayāya namaḥ |
oṃ lokāśrayāya namaḥ |
oṃ gaṇādhīśāya namaḥ |
oṃ catuḥṣaṣṭikalāmayāya namaḥ |
oṃ ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvātmane namaḥ |
oṃ mallakāsurabhañjanāya namaḥ |
oṃ trimūrtaye namaḥ |
oṃ daityamathanāya namaḥ (80)
oṃ prakṛtaye namaḥ |
oṃ puruṣottamāya namaḥ |
oṃ kālajñānine namaḥ |
oṃ mahājñānine namaḥ |
oṃ kāmadāya namaḥ |
oṃ kamalekṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ kalpavṛkṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahāvṛkṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ vidyāvṛkṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ vibhūtidāya namaḥ (90)
oṃ saṃsāratāpavicchetre namaḥ |
oṃ paśulokabhayaṅkarāya namaḥ |
oṃ rogahantre namaḥ |
oṃ prāṇadātre namaḥ |
oṃ paragarvavibhañjanāya namaḥ |
oṃ sarvaśāstrārtha tatvajñāya namaḥ |
oṃ nītimate namaḥ |
oṃ pāpabhañjanāya namaḥ |
oṃ puṣkalāpūrṇāsaṃyuktāya namaḥ |
oṃ paramātmane namaḥ (100)
oṃ satāṅgataye namaḥ |
oṃ anantādityasaṅkāśāya namaḥ |
oṃ subrahmaṇyānujāya namaḥ |
oṃ baline namaḥ |
oṃ bhaktānukampine namaḥ |
oṃ deveśāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhagavate namaḥ |
oṃ bhaktavatsalāya namaḥ (108)

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