Rama Ashtottara Shatanamavali
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The Rama Ashtottara Shatanamavali is a traditional garland of the 108 names of Rama. The 108 names of Lord Rama — the seventh avatar of Vishnu, the ideal king (Maryada Purushottam) and hero of the Ramayana — each chanted with “Om” and “namaḥ” for righteousness, protection and devotion, especially on Ram Navami.
✦ As told in scripture
It is said that to offer the 108 names of Rama 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 śrīmatsūryakulāmbhodhivardhanīyakalānidhaye namaḥ oṃ śrīmadbrahmendrarudrādivandanīyajagadgurave namaḥ oṃ śrīmatsaubhāgyasaundrayalāvaṇyāmbudhipaṅkajāya namaḥ oṃ śrīmaccintāmaṇīpīṭhamadhyasiṃhāsaneśvarāya namaḥ oṃ śrīmadrājādhirājendramukuṭāṅkitapādukāya namaḥ oṃ śrījaganmohanākāradivyalāvaṇyavigrahāya namaḥ oṃ śrīśṛṅgārarasasampūrṇamaṇḍalāntassudhākarāya namaḥ oṃ śrīkaṇṭhakarakodaṇḍaparīkṣitaparākramāya namaḥ oṃ śrīmatsṛṣṭyādi vividhakāryakāraṇamūrtimate namaḥ oṃ śrīvatsalāñchanātyantamaṇibhūṣaṇabhūṣitāya namaḥ oṃ śrībhūnīlāliṅganotthapulakāṅkitavigrahāya namaḥ oṃ śrīmadamlānatulasīvanamālāvirājitāya namaḥ oṃ śrīsāmbadevahṛtpadmavikāsanadivākarāya namaḥ oṃ śrīkṣīravārdhiparyaṅkavihārātyantabālakāya namaḥ oṃ śrīmatsurārādhyapādayugapadmavirājitāya namaḥ oṃ śrīkarākārakodaṇḍakāṇḍopetakarāmbujāya namaḥ oṃ śrījānakīmukhāmbhojamaṇḍanīyaprabhākarāya namaḥ oṃ śrīrājādhirājarājendraramaṇīyaguṇākarāya namaḥ oṃ rāvaṇādivadhodyaktavijṛmbhitaparākramāya namaḥ oṃ rākendvarkāgnivimalanetratrayavibhūṣitāya namaḥ oṃ rātriñcaraughamattebhavinirbhedamṛgeśvarāya namaḥ oṃ rājatsaudāminītulyadivyakodaṇḍamaṇḍanāya namaḥ oṃ ramāmanojñavakṣojadivyagandhasuvāsitāya namaḥ oṃ rākṣaseśvarasaṃsevyadivyaśrīpādapaṅkajāya namaḥ oṃ rākendukulasambhūtaramaṇīprāṇanāyakāya namaḥ oṃ ratnanirmitabhūṣāḍhyacaraṇāmbujaśobhitāya namaḥ oṃ rāmājanamanohāridivyakandarpavigrahāya namaḥ oṃ rāghavānvayasañjātanṛpaśreṇiśiromaṇaye namaḥ oṃ rākāśaśisamākāravaktramaṇḍalamaṇḍitāya namaḥ oṃ rāvaṇāsurakāsāracaṇḍabhānuśarottamāya namaḥ oṃ ramāvakṣojakastūrivāsanāsvādalolupāya namaḥ oṃ raṇatsaṅgītasampūrṇasahasrastambhamaṇḍapāya namaḥ oṃ ratnamañcasthasaundaryavanitājanaveṣṭitāya namaḥ oṃ raṇatkiṅkiṇisaṃśobhimaṇḍalīkṛtakārmukāya namaḥ oṃ ratnaughakāntivilasaḍḍolākhelanaśīlanāya namaḥ oṃ māṇikyojjvalasandīptakuṇḍaladvayamaṇḍitāya namaḥ oṃ māninījanamadhyastha saundaryātiśayāśrayāya namaḥ oṃ mandasmitānanāmbhojamohitānekatāpasāya namaḥ oṃ māyāmārīcasaṃhārakāraṇānandavigrahāya namaḥ oṃ makarākṣādidussādhyaduṣṭadarpāpahārakāya namaḥ oṃ mādyanmadhukaravrātavilasatkeśasaṃvṛtāya namaḥ oṃ manobuddhīndriyaprāṇavāgādīnāṃ vilakṣaṇāya namaḥ oṃ manassaṅkalpamātreṇa nirmitājāṇḍakoṭikāya namaḥ oṃ mārutātmajasaṃsevyadivyaśrīcaraṇāmbujāya namaḥ oṃ māyāmānuṣaveṣeṇa māyikāsurakhaṇḍanāya namaḥ oṃ mārtaṇḍakoṭijvalitamakarākārakuṇḍalāya namaḥ oṃ mālatītulasīmālyavāsitākhilavigrahāya namaḥ oṃ mārakoṭipratīkāśamahadadbhutadehabhṛte namaḥ oṃ mahanīyadayāveśakalitāpāṅgalocanāya namaḥ oṃ makarandarasāsvādamādhuryaguṇabhūṣaṇāya namaḥ oṃ mahādevasamārādhyamaṇinirmitapādukāya namaḥ oṃ mahāmāṇikyakhacitākhaṇḍatūṇīdhanurdharāya namaḥ oṃ mandarodbhūtadugdhābdhibindupuñjivibhūṣaṇāya namaḥ oṃ yakṣakinnaragandharvastūyamānaparākramāya namaḥ oṃ yatnapūrvajanānandasandhānacaturodyamāya namaḥ oṃ yamādyaṣṭāṅgaśīlādiyamihṛtpadmagocarāya namaḥ oṃ yaśodāhṛdayānandasindhupūrṇasudhākarāya namaḥ oṃ yājñavalkyādi ṛṣibhissaṃsevitapadadvayāya namaḥ oṃ yamalārjunapāpaughaparihāripadāmbujāya namaḥ oṃ yākinīkulasambhūtapīḍājālāpahārakāya namaḥ oṃ yādaḥpatipayaḥkṣebhakāribāṇaśarāsanāya namaḥ oṃ yāminīpadminīnāthakṛta śrīkarṇakuṇḍalāya namaḥ oṃ yātudhānāgraṇībhūtavibhīṣaṇavarapradāya namaḥ oṃ yāgapāvakasañjātadraupadīmānarakṣakāya namaḥ oṃ yakṣarakṣaḥśikṣaṇārthamudyadbhīṣaṇasāyakāya namaḥ oṃ yāmārdhena daśagrīvasainyanirmūlanāstravide namaḥ oṃ yajanānandasandohamandasmitamukhāmbujāya namaḥ oṃ yāmalāgamavedaikastūyamānayaśodhanāya namaḥ oṃ yākinīsākinīsthānaṣaḍādhārāmbujāśrayāya namaḥ oṃ yatīndravṛndasaṃsevyamānākhaṇḍaprabhākarāya namaḥ oṃ yathocitāntaryāgādipūjanīyamaheśvarāya namaḥ oṃ nānāvedādivedāntaiḥ praśaṃsitanijākṛtaye namaḥ oṃ nāradādimunipremānandasandohavardhanāya namaḥ oṃ nāgarājāṅkaparyaṅkaśāyisundaravigrahāya namaḥ oṃ nāgārimaṇisaṅkāśadehakāntivirājitāya namaḥ oṃ nāgendraphaṇisopānanṛtyalīlāviśāradāya namaḥ oṃ namadgīrvāṇamukuṭamaṇirañjitapādukāya namaḥ oṃ nāgendrabhūṣaṇapremātiśayaprāṇavallabhāya namaḥ oṃ nānāprasūnavilasadvanamālāvirājitāya namaḥ oṃ navaratnāvalīśobhitāpādatalamastakāya namaḥ oṃ navamallīprasūnābhiśobhamānaśiroruhāya namaḥ oṃ nalinīśaṅkhacakrāsigadāśārṅgeṣukheṭadhṛte namaḥ oṃ nādānusandhānaparīvalokyanijākṛtaye namaḥ oṃ narāsurasuravrātakṛtapūjopahārakāya namaḥ oṃ nakhakoṭiprabhājālavyāptabrahmāṇḍamaṇḍapāya namaḥ oṃ nataśrīkarasaundaryakaruṇāpāṅgavīkṣaṇāya namaḥ oṃ navadūrvādalaśyāmaśṛṅgārākāravigrahāya namaḥ oṃ narakāsuradorvaṃśaśauryanirvāpaṇakṣamāya namaḥ oṃ nānāprapañcavaicitryanirmāṇātyantapaṇḍitāya namaḥ oṃ mādhyāhnyārkaprabhājālapuñjakiñjalkasannibhāya namaḥ oṃ manuvaṃśyakirīṭāgraśobhamānaśiromaṇaye namaḥ oṃ malayācalasambhūtadivyacandanacarcitāya namaḥ oṃ mandarādhārakamaṭhākārakāraṇavigrahāya namaḥ oṃ mahadādiprapañcāntarvyāptavyāpāravigrahāya namaḥ oṃ mahāmāyāsamāveśitāṇḍakoṭigaṇeśvarāya namaḥ oṃ marāmareti sañjapyamānamaunīśvarapriyāya namaḥ oṃ mahatsaguṇarūpaikyavyaktīkṛtanijākṛtaye namaḥ oṃ matsyakacchapavārāhanṛsiṃhādyavatārakāya namaḥ oṃ mantramantrārthamantrāṅgamantraśāstraviśāradāya namaḥ oṃ mattebhavaktraṣaḍvaktrapañcavaktraissupūjitāya namaḥ oṃ māyākalpitavidhyaṇḍamaṇḍapāntarbahiḥsthitāya namaḥ oṃ manonmaṇyacalendrordhvaśikharasthadivākarāya namaḥ oṃ mahendrasāmrājyaphalasandhānāptatrivikramāya namaḥ oṃ mātṛkāmaṇḍalavyāptakṛtāvaraṇamadhyagāya namaḥ oṃ manoharamahānīlameghaśyāmavapurdharāya namaḥ oṃ madhyakālāntyakālādikālabhedavivarjitāya namaḥ oṃ mahāsāmrājyapaṭṭābhiṣekotsukahṛdambujāya namaḥ oṃ śrīrāmāya namaḥ
Meaning:The 108 names of Lord Rama — the seventh avatar of Vishnu, the ideal king (Maryada Purushottam) and hero of the Ramayana — each chanted with “Om” and “namaḥ” for righteousness, protection and devotion, especially on Ram Navami.
Benefits of Chanting Rama Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Chanting the 108 names (Ashtottara Shatanamavali) of Rama 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 Thursdays and Ram Navami.
Most auspicious during Ram Navami; suitable for daily recitation with faith.
How to Chant Rama 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 Thursdays and Ram Navami and during Ram Navami.
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