om prakrityai namah ॥1॥ om vikrityai namah ॥2॥ om vidyayai namah ॥3॥ om sarvabhutahitapradayai namah ॥4॥ om shraddhayai namah ॥5॥ om vibhutyai namah ॥6॥
om surabhyai namah ॥7॥ om paramatmikayai namah ॥8॥ om vache namah ॥9॥ om padmalayayai namah ॥10॥ om padmayai namah ॥11॥ om shuchaye namah ॥12॥
om svahayai namah ॥13॥ om svadhayai namah ॥14॥ om sudhayai namah ॥15॥ om dhanyayai namah ॥16॥ om hiranmayyai namah ॥17॥ om lakshmyai namah ॥18॥
om nityapushtayai namah ॥19॥ om vibhavaryai namah ॥20॥ om adityai namah ॥21॥ om dityai namah ॥22॥ om diptayai namah ॥23॥ om vasudhayai namah ॥24॥
om vasudharinyai namah ॥25॥ om kamalayai namah ॥26॥ om kantayai namah ॥27॥ om kamakshyai namah ॥28॥ om krodhasambhavayai namah ॥29॥ om anugrahapradayai namah ॥30॥
om buddhaye namah ॥31॥ om anaghayai namah ॥32॥ om harivallabhayai namah ॥33॥ om ashokayai namah ॥34॥ om amritayai namah ॥35॥ om dipayai namah ॥36॥
om lokashokavinashinyai namah ॥37॥ om dharmanilayayai namah ॥38॥ om karunayai namah ॥39॥ om lokamatre namah ॥40॥ om padmapriyayai namah ॥41॥ om padmahastayai namah ॥42॥
om padmakshyai namah ॥43॥ om padmasundaryai namah ॥44॥ om padmodbhavayai namah ॥45॥ om padmamukhyai namah ॥46॥ om padmanabhapriyayai namah ॥47॥ om ramayai namah ॥48॥
om padmamaladharayai namah ॥49॥ om devyai namah ॥50॥ om padminyai namah ॥51॥ om padmagandhinyai namah ॥52॥ om punyagandhayai namah ॥53॥ om suprasannayai namah ॥54॥
om prasadabhimukhyai namah ॥55॥ om prabhayai namah ॥56॥ om chandravadanayai namah ॥57॥ om chandrayai namah ॥58॥ om chandrasahodaryai namah ॥59॥ om chaturbhujayai namah ॥60॥
om chandrarupayai namah ॥61॥ om indirayai namah ॥62॥ om indushitalayai namah ॥63॥ om ahladajananyai namah ॥64॥ om pushtyai namah ॥65॥ om shivayai namah ॥66॥
om shivakaryai namah ॥67॥ om satyayai namah ॥68॥ om vimalayai namah ॥69॥ om vishvajananyai namah ॥70॥ om tushtyai namah ॥71॥ om daridryanashinyai namah ॥72॥
om pritipushkarinyai namah ॥73॥ om shantayai namah ॥74॥ om shuklamalyambarayai namah ॥75॥ om shriyai namah ॥76॥ om bhaskaryai namah ॥77॥ om bilvanilayayai namah ॥78॥
om vararohayai namah ॥79॥ om yashasvinyai namah ॥80॥ om vasundharayai namah ॥81॥ om udarangayai namah ॥82॥ om harinyai namah ॥83॥ om hemamalinyai namah ॥84॥
om dhanadhanyakaryai namah ॥85॥ om siddhaye namah ॥86॥ om strainasaumyayai namah ॥87॥ om shubhapradayai namah ॥88॥ om nripaveshmagatanandayai namah ॥89॥ om varalakshmyai namah ॥90॥
om vasupradayai namah ॥91॥ om shubhayai namah ॥92॥ om hiranyaprakarayai namah ॥93॥ om samudratanayayai namah ॥94॥ om jayayai namah ॥95॥ om mangalayai namah ॥96॥
om vishnuvakshahsthalasthitayai namah ॥97॥ om vishnupatnyai namah ॥98॥ om prasannakshyai namah ॥99॥ om narayanasamashritayai namah ॥100॥ om daridryadhvamsinyai namah ॥101॥ om devyai namah ॥102॥
om sarvopadravavarinyai namah ॥103॥ om navadurgayai namah ॥104॥ om mahakalyai namah ॥105॥ om brahmavishnushivatmikayai namah ॥106॥ om trikalajnanasampannayai namah ॥107॥ om bhuvaneshvaryai namah ॥108॥
Frequently asked questions about Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanamavali
What is an ashtottara shatanamavali?
A hundred and eight names, set out as a namavali - each one prefixed with om and ending namah, so that it can be offered name by name rather than read as continuous verse.
How is it recited?
With archana: a flower, a tulsi leaf or a pinch of kumkum offered at each name, so the recitation and the offering keep pace. It can also simply be read, and many keep a mala count instead.
When is it recited?
Fridays, the Diwali Lakshmi puja, Varalakshmi Vratam, Sharad Purnima and Akshaya Tritiya. It takes about ten minutes with archana, which makes it a practical daily observance.
Why a hundred and eight?
It is the count the tradition uses everywhere - mala beads, japa rounds, namavalis. The number carries several explanations and none is decisive; what matters in practice is that it is the standard unit of a complete offering.
How does it differ from the Sahasranama?
A thousand names is a longer and more formal recitation; a hundred and eight is the everyday form. Households commonly keep the Ashtottara daily and the Sahasranama for a Friday or a festival. This page is the 108-name stotra; the forty-verse hymn is the Lakshmi Chalisa, and the lamp-song is Om Jai Laxmi Mata.
About the Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanamavali - 108 Names
The Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanamavali - the 108 sacred names of Goddess Mahalakshmi, recited name by name in her worship for wealth and grace.
Meaning
A garland of 108 names of Goddess Lakshmi - Prakriti, Vidya, Padma, Kamala, Ramaa, Indira, Lokamata and the rest - each name offered with "Om ... Namah", revealing her nature as the source of wealth, nourishment, beauty and the destroyer of poverty (Daridrya Nashini).
Benefits
Recited (especially on Fridays, Purnima and at Diwali, often while offering kumkum or lotus petals) for wealth, prosperity and the removal of poverty and debt; a classical remedy for Daridra Yoga and afflicted wealth houses in the birth chart.
The Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanamavali - 108 Names above is given in both Devanagari (Sanskrit) and Roman transliteration so you can read it in whichever script you are comfortable with - switch between the two using the buttons above, share the link, or download a PDF.
A stotram is a longer Sanskrit hymn of praise, not a forty-verse chalisa and not the lamp-song of an aarti. Browse every stotra on the Stotram index. For japa of a short formula use a mantra. The steps of worship around the recitation are in Puja Vidhi.
