Dhanvantari Ashtottara Shatanamavali
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The Dhanvantari Ashtottara Shatanamavali is a traditional garland of the 108 names of Dhanvantari. The 108 names of Lord Dhanvantari — physician of the gods and avatar of Vishnu who arose from the ocean of milk bearing the pot of amrita, the deity of Ayurveda and healing — each chanted with “Om” and “namaḥ” for health, recovery and well-being, especially on Dhanteras.
✦ As told in scripture
It is said that to offer the 108 names of Dhanvantari with a sincere and devoted heart — a flower at each name — is to draw the lasting grace of the divine, which never forsakes those who lovingly call upon it.
The Mantra
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oṃ dhanvantaraye namaḥ oṃ sudhāpūrṇakalaśāḍhyakarāya namaḥ oṃ haraye namaḥ oṃ jarāmṛtitrastadevaprārthanāsādhakāya namaḥ oṃ prabhave namaḥ oṃ nirvikalpāya namaḥ oṃ nissamānāya namaḥ oṃ mandasmitamukhāmbujāya namaḥ oṃ āñjaneyaprāpitādraye namaḥ oṃ pārśvasthavinatāsutāya namaḥ oṃ nimagnamandaradharāya namaḥ oṃ kūrmarūpiṇe namaḥ oṃ bṛhattanave namaḥ oṃ nīlakuñcitakeśāntāya namaḥ oṃ paramādbhutarūpadhṛte namaḥ oṃ kaṭākṣavīkṣaṇāśvastavāsukaye namaḥ oṃ siṃhavikramāya namaḥ oṃ smartṛhṛdrogaharaṇāya namaḥ oṃ mahāviṣṇvaṃśasambhavāya namaḥ oṃ prekṣaṇīyotpalaśyāmāya namaḥ oṃ āyurvedādhidaivatāya namaḥ oṃ bheṣajagrahaṇānehassmaraṇīyapadāmbujāya namaḥ oṃ navayauvanasampannāya namaḥ oṃ kirīṭānvitamastakāya namaḥ oṃ nakrakuṇḍalasaṃśobhiśravaṇadvayaśaṣkulaye namaḥ oṃ dīrghapīvaradordaṇḍāya namaḥ oṃ kambugrīvāya namaḥ oṃ ambujekṣaṇāya namaḥ oṃ caturbhujāya namaḥ oṃ śaṅkhadharāya namaḥ oṃ cakrahastāya namaḥ oṃ varapradāya namaḥ oṃ sudhāpātre parilasadāmrapatralasatkarāya namaḥ oṃ śatapadyāḍhyahastāya namaḥ oṃ kastūrītilakāñcitāya namaḥ oṃ sukapolāya namaḥ oṃ sunāsāya namaḥ oṃ sundarabhrūlatāñcitāya namaḥ oṃ svaṅgulītalaśobhāḍhyāya namaḥ oṃ gūḍhajatrave namaḥ oṃ mahāhanave namaḥ oṃ divyāṅgadalasadbāhave namaḥ oṃ keyūrapariśobhitāya namaḥ oṃ vicitraratnakhacitavalayadvayaśobhitāya namaḥ oṃ samollasatsujātāṃsāya namaḥ oṃ aṅgulīyavibhūṣitāya namaḥ oṃ sudhāgandharasāsvādamiladbhṛṅgamanoharāya namaḥ oṃ lakṣmīsamarpitotphullakañjamālālasadgalāya namaḥ oṃ lakṣmīśobhitavakṣaskāya namaḥ oṃ vanamālāvirājitāya namaḥ oṃ navaratnamaṇīklṛptahāraśobhitakandharāya namaḥ oṃ hīranakṣatramālādiśobhārañjitadiṅmukhāya namaḥ oṃ virajo'mbarasaṃvītāya namaḥ oṃ viśālorase namaḥ oṃ pṛthuśravase namaḥ oṃ nimnanābhaye namaḥ oṃ sūkṣmamadhyāya namaḥ oṃ sthūlajaṅghāya namaḥ oṃ nirañjanāya namaḥ oṃ sulakṣaṇapadāṅguṣṭhāya namaḥ oṃ sarvasāmudrikānvitāya namaḥ oṃ alaktakāraktapādāya namaḥ oṃ mūrtimadvārdhipūjitāya namaḥ oṃ sudhārthānyonyasaṃyudhyaddevadaiteyasāntvanāya namaḥ oṃ koṭimanmathasaṅkāśāya namaḥ oṃ sarvāvayavasundarāya namaḥ oṃ amṛtāsvādanodyuktadevasaṅghāpariṣṭutāya namaḥ oṃ puṣpavarṣaṇasaṃyuktagandharvakulasevitāya namaḥ oṃ śaṅkhatūryamṛdaṅgādisuvāditrāpsarovṛtāya namaḥ oṃ viṣvaksenādiyukpārśvāya namaḥ oṃ sanakādimunistutāya namaḥ oṃ sāścaryasasmitacaturmukhanetrasamīkṣitāya namaḥ oṃ sāśaṅkasambhramaditidanuvaṃśyasamīḍitāya namaḥ oṃ namanonmukhadevādimauliratnalasatpadāya namaḥ oṃ divyatejaḥpuñjarūpāya namaḥ oṃ sarvadevahitotsukāya namaḥ oṃ svanirgamakṣubdhadugdhavārāśaye namaḥ oṃ dundubhisvanāya namaḥ oṃ gandharvagītāpadānaśravaṇotkamahāmanase namaḥ oṃ niṣkiñcanajanaprītāya namaḥ oṃ bhavasamprāptarogahṛte namaḥ oṃ antarhitasudhāpātrāya namaḥ oṃ mahātmane namaḥ oṃ māyikāgraṇyai namaḥ oṃ kṣaṇārdhamohinīrūpāya namaḥ oṃ sarvastrīśubhalakṣaṇāya namaḥ oṃ madamattebhagamanāya namaḥ oṃ sarvalokavimohanāya namaḥ oṃ sraṃsannīvīgranthibandhāsaktadivyakarāṅgulaye namaḥ oṃ ratnadarvīlasaddhastāya namaḥ oṃ devadaityavibhāgakṛte namaḥ oṃ saṅkhyātadevatānyāsāya namaḥ oṃ daityadānavavañcakāya namaḥ oṃ devāmṛtapradātre namaḥ oṃ pariveṣaṇahṛṣṭadhiye namaḥ oṃ unmukhonmukhadaityendradantapaṅktivibhājakāya namaḥ oṃ puṣpavatsuvinirdiṣṭarāhurakṣaḥśiroharāya namaḥ oṃ rāhuketugrahasthānapaścādgatividhāyakāya namaḥ oṃ amṛtālābhanirviṇṇayudhyaddevārisūdanāya namaḥ oṃ garutmadvāhanārūḍhāya namaḥ oṃ sarveśastotrasaṃyutāya namaḥ oṃ svasvādhikārasantuṣṭaśakravahnyādipūjitāya namaḥ oṃ mohinīdarśanāyātasthāṇucittavimohakāya namaḥ oṃ vedāntavedyamahimne namaḥ oṃ sarvalokaikarakṣakāya namaḥ oṃ rājarājaprapūjyāṅghraye namaḥ oṃ cintitārthapradāyakāya namaḥ
Meaning:The 108 names of Lord Dhanvantari — physician of the gods and avatar of Vishnu who arose from the ocean of milk bearing the pot of amrita, the deity of Ayurveda and healing — each chanted with “Om” and “namaḥ” for health, recovery and well-being, especially on Dhanteras.
Benefits of Chanting Dhanvantari Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Chanting the 108 names (Ashtottara Shatanamavali) of Dhanvantari invokes the divine grace, blessings and protection of the deity.
Each name is a meditation on a sacred quality; reciting all 108 with devotion purifies the mind and fulfils sincere prayers.
Traditionally offered as an archana — one name at a time with a flower or kumkum — especially on for health, and on Dhanteras.
Most auspicious during Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayanti); suitable for daily recitation with faith.
How to Chant Dhanvantari Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Bathe and sit facing east or north before an image of the deity. Recite each name beginning with “Om” (ॐ) and ending with “namaḥ” (नमः), offering a flower, tulsi leaf or a pinch of kumkum at the feet for each name (archana). The full garland of 108 names may be chanted daily, or especially on for health, and on Dhanteras and during Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayanti).
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