Rahu Ashtottara Sata Namavali
Rahu Ashtottara Sata Namavali
Rahu Ashtottara Sata Namavali
rāhu aṣṭottara śata nāmāvali
oṃ rāhave namaḥ |
oṃ saiṃhikeyāya namaḥ |
oṃ vidhuntudāya namaḥ |
oṃ suraśatrave namaḥ |
oṃ tamase namaḥ |
oṃ phaṇine namaḥ |
oṃ gārgyāyaṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ surāgave namaḥ |
oṃ nīlajīmūtasaṅkāśāya namaḥ |
oṃ caturbhujāya namaḥ || 10 ||
oṃ khaḍgakheṭakadhāriṇe namaḥ |
oṃ varadāyakahastakāya namaḥ |
oṃ śūlāyudhāya namaḥ |
oṃ meghavarṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṛṣṇadhvajapatākāvate namaḥ |
oṃ dakṣiṇāśāmukharatāya namaḥ |
oṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭradharāya namaḥ |
oṃ śūrpākārāsanasthāya namaḥ |
oṃ gomedābharaṇapriyāya namaḥ |
oṃ māṣapriyāya namaḥ || 20 ||
oṃ kaśyaparṣinandanāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhujageśvarāya namaḥ |
oṃ ulkāpātajanaye namaḥ |
oṃ śūline namaḥ |
oṃ nidhipāya namaḥ |
oṃ kṛṣṇasarparāje namaḥ |
oṃ viṣajvalāvṛtāsyāya namaḥ |
oṃ ardhaśarīrāya namaḥ |
oṃ jādyasampradāya namaḥ |
oṃ ravīndubhīkarāya namaḥ || 30 ||
oṃ chāyāsvarūpiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ kaṭhināṅgakāya namaḥ |
oṃ dviṣaccakracchedakāya namaḥ |
oṃ karālāsyāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhayaṅkarāya namaḥ |
oṃ krūrakarmaṇe namaḥ |
oṃ tamorūpāya namaḥ |
oṃ śyāmātmane namaḥ |
oṃ nīlalohitāya namaḥ |
oṃ kirīṭiṇe namaḥ || 40 ||
oṃ nīlavasanāya namaḥ |
oṃ śanisāmāntavartmagāya namaḥ |
oṃ cāṇḍālavarṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ aśvyarkṣabhavāya namaḥ |
oṃ meṣabhavāya namaḥ |
oṃ śanivatphaladāya namaḥ |
oṃ śūrāya namaḥ |
oṃ apasavyagataye namaḥ |
oṃ uparāgakarāya namaḥ |
oṃ sūryahimāṃśucchavihārakāya namaḥ || 50 ||
oṃ nīlapuṣpavihārāya namaḥ |
oṃ grahaśreṣṭhāya namaḥ |
oṃ aṣṭamagrahāya namaḥ |
oṃ kabandhamātradehāya namaḥ |
oṃ yātudhānakulodbhavāya namaḥ |
oṃ govindavarapātrāya namaḥ |
oṃ devajātipraviṣṭakāya namaḥ |
oṃ krūrāya namaḥ |
oṃ ghorāya namaḥ |
oṃ śanermitrāya namaḥ || 60 ||
oṃ śukramitrāya namaḥ |
oṃ agocarāya namaḥ |
oṃ māne gaṅgāsnānadātre namaḥ |
oṃ svagṛhe prabalāḍhyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ sadgṛhe'nyabaladhṛte namaḥ |
oṃ caturthe mātṛnāśakāya namaḥ |
oṃ candrayukte caṇḍālajanmasūcakāya namaḥ |
oṃ janmasiṃhe namaḥ |
oṃ rājyadātre namaḥ |
oṃ mahākāyāya namaḥ || 70 ||
oṃ janmakartre namaḥ |
oṃ vidhuripave namaḥ |
oṃ mattako jñānadāya namaḥ |
oṃ janmakanyārājyadātre namaḥ |
oṃ janmahānidāya namaḥ |
oṃ navame pitṛhantre namaḥ |
oṃ pañcame śokadāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ dyūne kalatrahantre namaḥ |
oṃ saptame kalahapradāya namaḥ |
oṃ ṣaṣṭhe vittadātre namaḥ || 80 ||
oṃ caturthe vairadāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ navame pāpadātre namaḥ |
oṃ daśame śokadāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ ādau yaśaḥ pradātre namaḥ |
oṃ ante vairapradāyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ kālātmane namaḥ |
oṃ gocarācārāya namaḥ |
oṃ dhane kakutpradāya namaḥ |
oṃ pañcame dhṛṣaṇāśṛṅgadāya namaḥ |
oṃ svarbhānave namaḥ || 90 ||
oṃ baline namaḥ |
oṃ mahāsaukhyapradāyine namaḥ |
oṃ candravairiṇe namaḥ |
oṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ |
oṃ suraśatrave namaḥ |
oṃ pāpagrahāya namaḥ |
oṃ śāmbhavāya namaḥ |
oṃ pūjyakāya namaḥ |
oṃ pāṭhīnapūraṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ paiṭhīnasakulodbhavāya namaḥ || 100 ||
oṃ dīrgha kṛṣṇāya namaḥ |
oṃ aśirase namaḥ |
oṃ viṣṇunetrāraye namaḥ |
oṃ devāya namaḥ |
oṃ dānavāya namaḥ |
oṃ bhaktarakṣāya namaḥ |
oṃ rāhumūrtaye namaḥ |
oṃ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradāya namaḥ || 108 ||
About This Stotram
Overview
The Rahu Ashtottara Sata Namavali is a Sanskrit namavali listing 108 names of Rahu, one of the Navagrahas (nine celestial bodies) in Vedic astrology. Each name identifies a specific characteristic, power, or mythological aspect of Rahu — including his association with illusion, ambition, shadow, and karmic influence. The text belongs to the tradition of Graha upasana (planetary worship) found in Vedic and Puranic literature.
What are the benefits of chanting Rahu Ashtottara Sata Namavali?
- Propitiates Rahu and mitigates his astrological afflictions
- Supports protection from sudden setbacks and confusion
- Promotes mental stability and clarity
- Aids in worldly and spiritual progress during Rahu periods (dasha)
When is the best time to recite this?
The namavali is traditionally recited on Saturdays or during Rahu Kalam, the daily inauspicious period associated with Rahu. It may also be recited during Rahu mahadasha or antardasha for astrological remediation.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Ashtottara Shatanamavalis for the Navagrahas are a well-established genre within Hindu devotional and astrological literature, compiled to address the influence of each planetary body through nama-japa (name repetition). Rahu, as a shadow planet and the ascending lunar node, has been a subject of Vedic astrological study since ancient times and features in Puranic narratives relating to the churning of the cosmic ocean (samudra manthan). The specific compilation of 108 names for Rahu is a product of this tradition; its author and date are not recorded.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Navagraha Stotram — the collective hymn addressing all nine planetary deities together
- Rahu Kavacham — a protective hymn invoking Rahu's grace for each part of the body