Sri Shankaracharya Ashtottara Sata Namavali
Sri Shankaracharya Ashtottara Sata Namavali
Sri Shankaracharya Ashtottara Sata Namavali
śrī śaṅkarācārya aṣṭottara śata nāmāvali
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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About This Stotram
Overview
Sri Shankaracharya Ashtottara Sata Namavali is a collection of 108 names of Adi Shankaracharya, the founder of Advaita Vedanta. Each name describes a quality, deed, or philosophical contribution of the Acharya. The text belongs to the Advaita Vedanta tradition and is used in guru puja and devotional observances of the Shankaracharya mathas.
What are the benefits of chanting Sri Shankaracharya Ashtottara Sata Namavali?
- Recitation is said to bring clarity in spiritual understanding.
- Devotees chant it to receive the grace of the Shankaracharya guru lineage.
- It supports purification of the intellect for philosophical study.
- Regular chanting fosters reverence for the Advaita tradition.
- It is associated with progress toward spiritual liberation.
When is the best time to recite this?
This namavali is recited on Shankaracharya Jayanti and Guru Purnima. Morning and evening prayers in Advaita Vedanta monasteries include this text. Devotees recite it before beginning philosophical study or scriptural inquiry.
Historical and traditional background
Adi Shankaracharya (c. 788–820 CE) consolidated Advaita Vedanta, wrote extensive scriptural commentaries, and established four monastic centers (mathas) at Sringeri, Dwarka, Puri, and Badrinath. This namavali was compiled by later scholars and devotees within the Advaita tradition to honor his legacy. It follows the standard 108-name format common across Hindu devotional literature. The specific compiler is not recorded.
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Related Texts
- Dakshinamurti Stotram — composed by Shankaracharya himself, recited alongside this namavali in Advaita puja.
- Bhaja Govindam — another widely recited composition attributed to Shankaracharya.