Adi Shankara

śrī śaṅkarācārya aṣṭottara śata nāmāvali

(Shri Shankaracharya Ashtottara Shatanavali in English (IAST))

Traditional

This sacred text is a collection of one hundred and eight auspicious names dedicated to Adi Shankaracharya, the great Advaita philosopher and reformer. Chanting these names is considered a powerful way to invoke the wisdom, grace, and spiritual guidance of the Acharya. The stotra serves as a meditative practice that aligns the devotee with the non-dualistic principles taught by Shankara. Regular recitation is believed to sharpen the intellect, cultivate inner peace, and remove ignorance, helping the practitioner attain clarity and devotion on their spiritual journey toward self-realization and liberation.

dhyānam |
kailāsācala madhyasthaṃ kāmitābhīṣṭadāyakam |
brahmādiprārthanāprāptadivyamānuṣavigraham ||
bhaktānugrahaṇaikāntaśāntasvāntasamujjvalam |
saṃyajñaṃ saṃyamīndrāṇāṃ sārvabhaumaṃ jagadgurum ||
kiṅkarībhūtabhaktainaḥ paṅkajātaviśoṣaṇam |
dhyāyāmi śaṅkarācāryaṃ sarvalokaikaśaṅkaram ||
oṃ śrīśaṅkarācāryavaryāya namaḥ |
oṃ brahmānandapradāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ ajñānatimirādityāya namaḥ |
oṃ sujñānāmbudhicandramase namaḥ |
oṃ varṇāśramapratiṣṭhātre namaḥ |
oṃ śrīmate namaḥ |
oṃ muktipradāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ śiṣyopadeśaniratāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhaktābhīṣṭapradāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ sūkṣmatattvarahasyajñāya namaḥ || 10 ||
oṃ kāryākāryaprabodhakāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñānamudrāñcitakarāya namaḥ |
oṃ śiṣyahṛttāpahārakāya namaḥ |
oṃ parivrājāśramoddhartre namaḥ |
oṃ sarvatantrasvatantradhiye namaḥ |
oṃ advaitasthāpanācāryāya namaḥ |
oṃ sākṣācchaṅkararūpadhṛte namaḥ |
oṃ ṣaṇmatasthāpanācāryāya namaḥ |
oṃ trayīmārgaprakāśakāya namaḥ |
oṃ vedavedāntatattvajñāya namaḥ || 20 ||
oṃ durvādimatakhaṇḍanāya namaḥ |
oṃ vairāgyaniratāya namaḥ |
oṃ śāntāya namaḥ |
oṃ saṃsārārṇavatārakāya namaḥ |
oṃ prasannavadanāmbhojāya namaḥ |
oṃ paramārthaprakāśakāya namaḥ |
oṃ purāṇasmṛtisārajñāya namaḥ |
oṃ nityatṛptāya namaḥ |
oṃ mahate namaḥ |
oṃ śucaye namaḥ || 30 ||
oṃ nityānandāya namaḥ |
oṃ nirātaṅkāya namaḥ |
oṃ nissaṅgāya namaḥ |
oṃ nirmalātmakāya namaḥ |
oṃ nirmamāya namaḥ |
oṃ nirahaṅkārāya namaḥ |
oṃ viśvavandyapadāmbujāya namaḥ |
oṃ sattvapradhānāya namaḥ |
oṃ sadbhāvāya namaḥ |
oṃ saṅkhyātītaguṇojvalāya namaḥ || 40 ||
oṃ anaghāya namaḥ |
oṃ sārahṛdayāya namaḥ |
oṃ sudhiye namaḥ |
oṃ sārasvatapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ satyātmane namaḥ |
oṃ puṇyaśīlāya namaḥ |
oṃ sāṅkhyayogavicakṣaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ taporāśaye namaḥ |
oṃ mahātejase namaḥ |
oṃ guṇatrayavibhāgavide namaḥ || 50 ||
oṃ kalighnāya namaḥ |
oṃ kālakarmajñāya namaḥ |
oṃ tamoguṇanivārakāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhagavate namaḥ |
oṃ bhāratījetre namaḥ |
oṃ śāradāhvānapaṇḍitāya namaḥ |
oṃ dharmādharmavibhāgajñāya namaḥ |
oṃ lakṣyabhedapradarśakāya namaḥ |
oṃ nādabindukalābhijñāya namaḥ |
oṃ yogihṛtpadmabhāskarāya namaḥ || 60 ||
oṃ atīndriyajñānanidhaye namaḥ |
oṃ nityānityavivekavate namaḥ |
oṃ cidānandāya namaḥ |
oṃ cinmayātmane namaḥ |
oṃ parakāyapraveśakṛte namaḥ |
oṃ amānuṣacaritrāḍhyāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṣemadāyine namaḥ |
oṃ kṣamākarāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhavyāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhadrapradāya namaḥ || 70 ||
oṃ bhūrimahimne namaḥ |
oṃ viśvarañjakāya namaḥ |
oṃ svaprakāśāya namaḥ |
oṃ sadādhārāya namaḥ |
oṃ viśvabandhave namaḥ |
oṃ śubhodayāya namaḥ |
oṃ viśālakīrtaye namaḥ |
oṃ vāgīśāya namaḥ |
oṃ sarvalokahitotsukāya namaḥ |
oṃ kailāsayātrāsamprāptacandramauliprapūjakāya namaḥ || 80 ||
oṃ kāñcyāṃ śrīcakrarājākhyayantrasthāpanadīkṣitāya namaḥ |
oṃ śrīcakrātmakatāṭaṅkatoṣitāmbāmanorathāya namaḥ |
oṃ śrībrahmasūtropaniṣadbhāṣyādigranthakalpakāya namaḥ |
oṃ caturdikcaturāmnāya pratiṣṭhātre namaḥ |
oṃ mahāmataye namaḥ |
oṃ dvisaptatimatoccetre namaḥ |
oṃ sarvadigvijayaprabhave namaḥ |
oṃ kāṣāyavasanopetāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāya namaḥ |
oṃ jñānātmakaikadaṇḍāḍhyāya namaḥ || 90 ||
oṃ kamaṇḍalulasatkarāya namaḥ |
oṃ gurubhūmaṇḍalācāryāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhagavatpādasañjñakāya namaḥ |
oṃ vyāsasandarśanaprītāya namaḥ |
oṃ ṛṣyaśṛṅgapureśvarāya namaḥ |
oṃ saundaryalaharīmukhyabahustotravidhāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ catuṣṣaṣṭikalābhijñāya namaḥ |
oṃ brahmarākṣasamokṣadāya namaḥ |
oṃ śrīmanmaṇḍanamiśrākhyasvayambhūjayasannutāya namaḥ |
oṃ toṭakācāryasampūjyāya namaḥ || 100 ||
oṃ padmapādārcitāṅghrikāya namaḥ |
oṃ hastāmalakayogīndra brahmajñānapradāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ sureśvarākhyasacciṣyasannyāsāśramadāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ nṛsiṃhabhaktāya namaḥ |
oṃ sadratnagarbhaherambapūjakāya namaḥ |
oṃ vyākhyāsiṃhāsanādhīśāya namaḥ |
oṃ jagatpūjyāya namaḥ |
oṃ jagadgurave namaḥ || 108 ||

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