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Embroidered artwork for Shri Hanuman Ashtottara Shatanamavali: Embroidered Om symbol above a brass diya, marigolds and a temple spire at sunrise

Shri Hanuman Ashtottara Shatanamavali

Hanuman Ashtottara Shatanamavali: 108 names of Rama's tireless servant, chanted on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Hanuman Jayanti for courage and protection.

Verses

The 108 Sacred Names

The 108 sacred names of the Deity, canonically chanted with 'Om' and 'Namah' for Archana and Japa.

Om Anjaneyaya Namah

Verse 1

Om Mahaviraya Namah

Verse 2

Om Hanumate Namah

Verse 3

Om Marutatmajaya Namah

Verse 4

Om Tattvajnanapradaya Namah

Verse 5

Om Sitadevimudrapradayakaya Namah

Verse 6

Om Ashokavanikachchhetre Namah

Verse 7

Om Sarvamayavibhanjanaya Namah

Verse 8

Om Sarvabandhavimoktre Namah

Verse 9

Om Rakshovidhvamsakarakaya Namah

Verse 10

Om Paravidyapariharaya Namah

Verse 11

Om Parashauryavinashanaya Namah

Verse 12

Om Paramantranirakartre Namah

Verse 13

Om Parayantraprabhedakaya Namah

Verse 14

Om Sarvagrahavinashine Namah

Verse 15

Om Bhimasenasahayakrite Namah

Verse 16

Om Sarvaduhkhaharaya Namah

Verse 17

Om Sarvalokacharine Namah

Verse 18

Om Manojavaya Namah

Verse 19

Om Parijatadrumulasthaya Namah

Verse 20

Om Sarvamantrasvarupavate Namah

Verse 21

Om Sarvatantrasvarupine Namah

Verse 22

Om Sarvayantratmakaya Namah

Verse 23

Om Kapishvaraya Namah

Verse 24

Om Mahakayaya Namah

Verse 25

Om Sarvarogaharaya Namah

Verse 26

Om Prabhave Namah

Verse 27

Om Balasiddhikaraya Namah

Verse 28

Om Sarvavidyasampatpradayakaya Namah

Verse 29

Om Kapisenanayakaya Namah

Verse 30

Om Bhavishyachchaturananaya Namah

Verse 31

Om Kumarabrahmacharine Namah

Verse 32

Om Ratnakundaladiptimate Namah

Verse 33

Om Sanchaladvalasannaddhalambamanashikhojjvalaya Namah

Verse 34

Om Gandharvavidyatattvajnaya Namah

Verse 35

Om Mahabalaparakramaya Namah

Verse 36

Om Karagrihavimoktre Namah

Verse 37

Om Shrinkhalabandhamochakaya Namah

Verse 38

Om Sagarottarakaya Namah

Verse 39

Om Prajnaya Namah

Verse 40

Om Ramadutaya Namah

Verse 41

Om Pratapavate Namah

Verse 42

Om Vanaraya Namah

Verse 43

Om Kesarisutaya Namah

Verse 44

Om Sitashokanivarakaya Namah

Verse 45

Om Anjanagarbhasambhutaya Namah

Verse 46

Om Balarkasadrishananaya Namah

Verse 47

Om Vibhishanapriyakaraya Namah

Verse 48

Om Dashagrivakulantakaya Namah

Verse 49

Om Lakshmanapranadatre Namah

Verse 50

Om Vajrakayaya Namah

Verse 51

Om Mahadyutaye Namah

Verse 52

Om Chiranjivine Namah

Verse 53

Om Ramabhaktaya Namah

Verse 54

Om Daityakaryavighatakaya Namah

Verse 55

Om Akshahantre Namah

Verse 56

Om Kanchanabhaya Namah

Verse 57

Om Panchavaktraya Namah

Verse 58

Om Mahatapase Namah

Verse 59

Om Lankinibhanjanaya Namah

Verse 60

Om Shrimate Namah

Verse 61

Om Simhikapranabhanjanaya Namah

Verse 62

Om Gandhamadanashailasthaya Namah

Verse 63

Om Lankapuravidahakaya Namah

Verse 64

Om Sugrivasachivaya Namah

Verse 65

Om Dhiraya Namah

Verse 66

Om Shuraya Namah

Verse 67

Om Daityakulantakaya Namah

Verse 68

Om Surarchitaya Namah

Verse 69

Om Mahatejase Namah

Verse 70

Om Ramachudamanipradaya Namah

Verse 71

Om Kamarupine Namah

Verse 72

Om Pingalakshaya Namah

Verse 73

Om Vardhimainakapujitaya Namah

Verse 74

Om Kabalikritamartandamandalaya Namah

Verse 75

Om Vijitendriyaya Namah

Verse 76

Om Ramasugrivasandhatre Namah

Verse 77

Om Mahiravanamardanaya Namah

Verse 78

Om Sphatikabhaya Namah

Verse 79

Om Vagadhishaya Namah

Verse 80

Om Navavyakritipanditaya Namah

Verse 81

Om Chaturbahave Namah

Verse 82

Om Dinabandhave Namah

Verse 83

Om Mahatmane Namah

Verse 84

Om Bhaktavatsalaya Namah

Verse 85

Om Sanjivananagahartre Namah

Verse 86

Om Shuchaye Namah

Verse 87

Om Vagmine Namah

Verse 88

Om Dridhavrataya Namah

Verse 89

Om Kalanemipramathanaya Namah

Verse 90

Om Harimarkatamarkataya Namah

Verse 91

Om Dantaya Namah

Verse 92

Om Shantaya Namah

Verse 93

Om Prasannatmane Namah

Verse 94

Om Shatakanthamadapahrite Namah

Verse 95

Om Yogine Namah

Verse 96

Om Ramakathalolaya Namah

Verse 97

Om Sitanveshanapanditaya Namah

Verse 98

Om Vajradamshtraya Namah

Verse 99

Om Vajranakhaya Namah

Verse 100

Om Rudraviryasamudbhavaya Namah

Verse 101

Om Indrajitprahitamoghabrahmastravinivarakaya Namah

Verse 102

Om Parthadhvajagrasamvasine Namah

Verse 103

Om Sharapanjarabhedakaya Namah

Verse 104

Om Dashabahave Namah

Verse 105

Om Lokapujyaya Namah

Verse 106

Om Jambavatpritivardhanaya Namah

Verse 107

Om Sitasametashriramapadasevadhurandharaya Namah

Verse 108

Worship Guidelines & Chanting Benefits (Phalashruti)

Phalashruti
Auspicious Day

Tuesday (Mangalwar) & Saturday (Shaniwar)

Best Time (Muhurta)

Morning Puja or Evening Twilight (Sandhya)

Sacred Offerings

Sindoor, Jasmine oil, Tulsi garland, Boondi/Laddoo & Betel leaf (Paan)

Spiritual Benefits (Phalashruti)Phalashruti
  • Unshakeable courage, physical vitality (Bala), and protection from evil energies
Chanting Practice:Chant each sacred name distinctly with 'Om' prefix and 'Namah' reverence.

Background

Sanskrit Documents prints a Hanuman Ashtottara Shatanamavali, the 'Madanjaneya' list, with a note that it is taken from the Kalikarahasya; 82 of the 108 names here agree with it word for word, and the rest differ in wording or order, as recensions of such lists do. The names, numbered 1 to 108, recall Hanuman's leap across the ocean, his bringing the Sanjeevani herb for Lakshmana and his consoling of Sita in Lanka, events told in the Valmiki Ramayana. Devotees chant them on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Hanuman Jayanti as a shield against fear and misfortune.

Did You Know?

The Feat of the Sanjeevani Mountain

Name no. 86 (Sanjivananagaharte) honors Hanuman flying to the Himalayas and bringing back a whole mountain of healing herbs to Lanka to save Lakshmana's life.

Leaping Across the Ocean

Name no. 39 (Sagarottarakaya) and name no. 19 (Manojavaya) recall Hanuman's leap across the hundred-yojana ocean to Lanka, told in the Valmiki Ramayana (Sundara Kanda).

Master of the Nine Systems of Grammar

Name 81 (Navavyakritipanditaya) captures Shri Rama's praise of Hanuman in the Kishkindha Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana as the peerless scholar who mastered all nine systems of Sanskrit grammar without uttering a flawed syllable.

Sita and Rama in the Heart

Name no. 108 (Sitasametashrirampadasevadhurandharaya) and a popular tradition, not found in Valmiki's text, recall Hanuman tearing open his chest to show Sita and Rama enthroned in his heart, a sign that his life was given to Rama-bhakti.

The Supreme Brahmachari

Name 32 (Kumarabrahmacharine) honors Hanuman's lifelong vow of pure celibacy, through which His vital energy (ojas) was transmuted into boundless spiritual prowess and invincibility.