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108 Names of Lord Narasimha: Lord Narasimha is a fierce and fourth personification of Lord Vishnu. He was regarded as one of the greatest saviours as he saved his follower Prahalada, who was under the possession of the king of demons, Hiranyaksha.
His unique front of half lion, half man body shows the unconquerable power, divine justice, and the victory of good over evil.
This is the reason why many of the followers chant 108 names of lord Narasimha in order to get his divine grace, protection, and peace of mind.
All these names have a different vibration, and altogether they are referred to as the Ashtottara Shatnamavali of Lord Narasimha.
Devotees of the world repeat these holy names in the course of their everyday activity to feel relaxed and confident.
Let’s come with us and explore the guide to know the 108 names of Lord Narasimbha with their meaning and significance.
They are not merely the name of a god but a holy way to get tranquillity, courage, and divine protection. Let’s begin.
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| No. | Sanskrit Mantra | English Mantra | Meaning |
| 1 | Narasimha | Om Narasimhaya Namah। | Obeisances unto the half-man and half-lion Lord |
| 2 | Mahasingha | Om Mahasimhaya Namah। | Great lion |
| 3 | Divya Singha | Om Divyasimhaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Divine lion |
| 4 | Mahabala | Om Mahabalaya Namah। | Obeisances to the powerful deity |
| 5 | Ugra Singha | Om Ugrasimhaya Namah। | Obeisances to the terrifying lion |
| 6 | Mahadeva | Om Mahadevaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord of lords |
| 7 | Stambhaja | Om Stambhajaya Namah। | Obeisances to One Who appeared from the pillar |
| 8 | Ugralochana | Om Ugralochanaya Namah। | Obeisances to One Who possesses terrifying eyes |
| 9 | Raudra | Om Raudraya Namah। | One who is fierce and violent |
| 10 | Sarvaadbhuta | Om Sarvadbhutaya Namah। | Obeisances to One Who is great in every way |
| 11 | Shrimata | Om Shrimate Namah। | Obeisances to the most beautiful |
| 12 | Yogananda | Om Yoganandaya Namah। | Obeisances to the source of yogic joy |
| 13 | Trivikrama | Om Trivikramaya Namah। | Obeisances to Lord Vamana (Who took three great steps) |
| 14 | Hara | Om Haraye Namah। | Obeisances to Shri Hari, who takes our problems away |
| 15 | Kalahala | Om Kolahalaya Namah। | Obeisances to the roaring (Varahadeva – Varaha-narasimha) |
| 16 | Chakrin | Om Chakrine Namah। | Obeisances to him who holds the disk |
| 17 | Vijaya | Om Vijayaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who is always victorious |
| 18 | Jayavardhana | Om Jayavardhanaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who has ever-increasing glories |
| 19 | Panchanana | Om Panchananaya Namah। | Obeisances unto him who is five-headed |
| 20 | Parambrahma | Om Parabrahmane Namah। | Obeisances unto the supreme absolute truth |
| 21 | Aghora | Om Aghoraya Namah। | Obeisances to him who is always there for his devotees |
| 22 | Ghoravikrama | Om Ghoravikramaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who has threatening activities |
| 23 | Jvalanmukha | Om Jvalanmukhaya Namah। | Obeisances to one who has a glowing face |
| 24 | Jwalamalini | Om Jvalamaline Namah। | Obeisances to Him with a bright garland of flames |
| 25 | Mahajvala | Om Mahajvalaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who is most luminous |
| 26 | Mahaprabha | Om Mahaprabhave Namah। | Obeisances to the Supreme Master |
| 27 | Nilitaksha | Om Nitilakshaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who contains all good (moral) qualities |
| 28 | Sahasraksha | Om Sahasrakshaya Namah। | Obeisances to the thousand-eyed One |
| 29 | Durnirikshya | Om Durnirikshyaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who is difficult to see |
| 30 | Pratapana | Om Pratapanaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who crushes his enemies with great heat |
| 31 | Mahadamshtra | Om Mahadanshtrayudhaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who possesses huge teeth |
| 32 | Prajna | Om Pragyaya Namah। | Obeisances to the supremely brilliant in battle |
| 33 | Chandakopi | Om Chandakopine Namah। | Obeisances to him who is associated with an angry moon |
| 34 | Sadashiva | Om Sadashivaya Namah। | Obeisances to the all auspicious Lord |
| 35 | Hiranyakashipu-Dhwamsi | Om Hiranyakashipudhvansine Namah। | Obeisance to him who kills Hiranyakashipu |
| 36 | Daitya-Danava-Bhanjana | Om Daityadanavabhanjanaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who conquers the masses of the race of demons and giants |
| 37 | Gunabhadra | Om Gunabhadraya Namah। | Obeisances unto Narasimha, who is full of wonderful qualities |
| 38 | Mahabhadra | Om Mahabhadraya Namah। | Obeisances to him who is very optimistic |
| 39 | Balabhadra | Om Balabhadraya Namah। | Obeisances to him who is extremely powerful |
| 40 | Subhadraka | Om Subhadrakaya Namah। | Obeisances to the quite promising one |
| 41 | Karala | Om Karalaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who has a wide-open mouth |
| 42 | Vikarala | Om Vikaralaya Namah। | Obeisances to one with a very wide open mouth |
| 43 | Vikarta | Om Vikartre Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord who performs excellent activities |
| 44 | Sarvakartaa | Om Sarvakartrikaya Namah। | Obeisances to the God who operates all activities |
| 45 | Shishumara | Om Shinshumaraya Namah। | Obeisances to him who also occurs as Matsya |
| 46 | Trilokaatma | Om Trilokatmane Namah। | Obeisances to the creator of all three worlds |
| 47 | Isha | Om Ishaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord, who is known as the controller |
| 48 | Sarveshwara | Om Sarveshvaraya Namah। | Obeisances to the ultimate regulator |
| 49 | Vibhava | Om Vibhave Namah। | Obeisances to Narasimha |
| 50 | Bhairavadambara | Om Bhairavadambaraya Namah। | Obeisances to him who causes terror by roaring in the sky |
| 51 | Divya | Om Divyaya Namah। | Obeisances to that holy Narasimha |
| 52 | Achyuta | Om Achyutaya Namah। | Obeisances to infallible Lord Narasimha |
| 53 | Kavimadhava | Om Kavimadhavaya Namah। | Obeisances to the poet and the husband of Shri Lakshmi |
| 54 | Adhokshaja | Om Adhokshajaya Namah। | Obeisances to one who is beyond understanding |
| 55 | Akshara | Om Aksharaya Namah। | Obeisances to the unfailing Lord |
| 56 | Sharva | Om Sharvaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who is the root of everything |
| 57 | Vanamalini | Om Vanamaline Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord with a garland of forest flowers |
| 58 | Varaprada | Om varapradaya Namah। | Obeisances to the gracious Lord who grants boons to the deserving |
| 59 | Vishvambhara | Om Vishvambharaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who holds the universe |
| 60 | Adbhuta | Om Adbhutaya Namah। | Obeisances to the wonderful Lord |
| 61 | Bhavya | Om Bhavyaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who decides the future |
| 62 | Shri Vishnu | Om Shrivishnave Namah। | Obeisances to that Narasimha who is the all-pervading Lord Vishnu |
| 63 | Purushottama | Om Purushottamaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord who is the supreme giver |
| 64 | Anaghastra | Om Anaghastraya Namah। | The one who is never wounded by weapons |
| 65 | Nakhastra | Om Nakhastraya Namah। | Obeisances to him who has sharp nails for weapons |
| 66 | Suryajyotish | Om Suryajyotishe Namah। | Obeisances to the source of the Sun’s rays |
| 67 | Sureshvara | Om Sureshvaraya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord of Devatas |
| 68 | Sahasrabahu | Om Sahasrabahave Namah। | Obeisances to Nara-Hari, a lord with the thousand-armed |
| 69 | Sarvagya | Om Sarvagyaya Namah। | Obeisances to one who is the all-knowing |
| 70 | Sarvasiddhipradayaka | Om Sarvasiddhipradayakaya Namah। | Obeisances to him who awards all perfections to the Sadhakas (devotees) |
| 71 | Vajradamshtra | Om Vajradanshtraya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord with teeth like lightning bolts |
| 72 | Vajranakha | Om Vajranakhaya Namah। | Obeisances to the one who possesses nails like piercing lightning bolts |
| 73 | Mahananda | Om Mahanandaya Namah। | Obeisances to the source of supreme bliss |
| 74 | Parantapa | Om Parantapaya Namah। | Obeisances to the source of all severity and spiritual energy |
| 75 | Sarvayantraikarupa | Om Sarvayantraikarupaya Namah। | The divine personality who appears in the many Mantrika formulas |
| 76 | Sarvayantravidarana | Om Sarvayantravidaranaya Namah। | Obeisances to one who destroys all machines |
| 77 | Sarvatantratmaka | Om Sarvatantratmakaya Namah। | Obeisances to the essence and proprietor of all Tantras |
| 78 | Avyakta | Om Avyaktaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord who appears unmanifest |
| 79 | Suvyakta | Om Suvyaktaya Namah। | Obeisances unto the one who is the pillar of protection for his devotees |
| 80 | Bhaktavatsala | Om Bhaktavatsalaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord who always has the well-being of his devotee |
| 81 | Vaishakh Shukla Bhootottha | Om Vaishakhashuklabhutotthaya Namah। | Obeisances to Narasimhadeva, the one who appears during the waxing moon of the month of Vaishakha |
| 82 | Sharanagatavatsala | Om Sharanagatavatsalaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord Narishma, who is kind to those surrendered to him |
| 83 | Udara Kirti | Om Udarakirtaye Namah। | Obeisance to whom is universally popular |
| 84 | Punyatma | Om Punyatmane Namah। | Obeisances to the essence of piety |
| 85 | Mahatma | Om Mahatmane Namah। | Obeisances to that great personality |
| 86 | Chandavikrama | Om Chandavikramaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord who is the performer of moonlike or great deeds |
| 87 | Vedatraya-prapujya | Om Vedatrayaprapujyaya Namah। | Obeisances to one of the three original Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama) |
| 88 | Bhagavate | Om Bhagavate Namah। | Obeisances to Narasimha, who is supremely worshipable |
| 89 | Parameshvara | Om Parameshvaraya Namah। | Obeisances to the supreme personality of Godhead |
| 90 | Shrivatsanka | Om Shrivatsangkaya Namah। | Obeisances to Lord Narasimbha, who is the supreme controller (Narasimhadeva) |
| 91 | Shrinivasa | Om Shrinivasaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord who is just like Krishna, being marked with the symbol of Lakshmi |
| 92 | Jagadvyapi | Om Jagadvyapine Namah। | Obeisances to Narasimha, who protects the entire universe |
| 93 | Jaganmaya | Om Jaganmayaya Namah। | Obeisances to the supreme power who makes the material world seem real |
| 94 | Jagatpala | Om Jagatpalaya Namah। | Obeisances to the protector of the universe |
| 95 | Jagannatha | Om Jagannathaya Namah। | Obeisances to the Lord of the universe |
| 96 | Mahakaya | Om Mahakayaya Namah। | Obeisances to one who moves in the air or with the movement of the air |
| 97 | Dvirupabhrit | Om Dvirupabhrite Namah। | Obeisances to Him Who has double form (man-lion) |
| 98 | Paramatma | Om Paramatmane Namah। | Obeisances to the supersoul of all beings |
| 99 | Paranjyotish | Om Paramjyotishe Namah। | Obeisances to one whose brilliance is the source of Brahman |
| 100 | Nirguna | Om Nirgunaya Namah। | Obeisances to Narasimha, who possesses transcendental qualities (not those of the material nature) |
| 101 | Nrikesari | Om Nrikesarine Namah। | Obeisances to man-lion (or having a lion’s mane while appearing part human) |
| 102 | Paratattva | Om Paratattvaya Namah। | Obeisances to the highest absolute truth (Satya) |
| 103 | Parandhama | Om Paramdhamne Namah। | Obeisances to one who comes from the supreme abode |
| 104 | Sachchidanana Vigraha | Om Sachchidanandavigrahaya Namah। | Obeisances to Narasimha, made of eternal knowledge and bliss |
| 105 | Lakshmi Narasimha | Om Lakshminrisimhaya Namah। | Obeisances unto the Man-lion form, together with the supreme goddess of fortune, Shri Lakshmi |
| 106 | Sarvatma | Om Sarvatmane Namah। | Obeisances unto the universal and ancient soul |
| 107 | Dhira | Om Dhiraya Namah। | Obeisances unto Narasimha, who is always sober (being never bewildered) |
| 108 | Prahlada Palaka | Om Prahladapalakaya Namah। | Obeisances unto Narasimha, who is the guardian of Prahlada |
Recitation of the 108 names of Lord Narsimha is quite helpful to the devotees. When done religiously, it helps them to calm their minds and eliminates the negative forces and stress. Below is how you can do it simply:
There are different numbers of rounds and you can choose between them as per your need:
There are no strict rules regarding the number of rounds. Just do as per your needs and with utmost sincerity.
If you’re new to this process of chanting, then here are some steps that can help you out:
Including the 5-10 minutes of chanting in your daily practice can help you seek divine protection and stability in life.
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Recitation of the divine names of Lord Narasimha is believed to be very powerful. The energy that they produce makes people feel relaxed, less anxious, and stronger physically and mentally.
As per scriptures, chanting them once a day makes it possible to eliminate all the negative energy and feel positive and clear.
It is like a cleansing power that makes somebody feel light and easy, whether one is under stress, fear, or emotional confusion.
Here’s why this name holds so much importance for Lord Vishnu devotees:
Best times to chant His names:
Overall, reciting the sacred 108 names of Lord Narasimha in your daily life can invite good energies, protection, and spiritual upliftment in your life.
Repeating the 108 names of Lord Narasimha daily can enable the followers of Lord Vishnu to be courageous, positive, and lucky in their lives.
Every name presents its own special vibration and describes the various features of the divine lord.
From his protective nature, infinite strength, to his kindness for his devotees, every name has its own meaning and importance behind it.
When one utters these names with faith and devotion, it is believed to bless
him with inner strength and spiritual protection and to take away fear.
It is highly potent and useful, especially in the challenging stages of life. That is why incorporating this chanting into your daily routine is the way to make you change your energy.
Whether you are doing a 1-round or 2, all you need to do is the ritual with good intent and sincerity.
We hope that this article can be useful to you. May Lord Narasimha bring you harmony and good fortune and unending security.
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When the 108 names of Lord Narasimha are collectively brought together, this is what Narsimha Ashtottara Shatanamavali is called. They are holy names chanted to seek his blessings.
These holy names can be chanted in several ways that avail their end number of benefits. When practised correctly, devotees feel emotionally stable, less anxious, mentally, and even feel that they are under God's protection.
No, it is not compulsory, but it can be a helpful spiritual tool. The 108 beads of a mala can make the counting process easier and maintain concentration. You can chant them even without it.
Devotees can chant the 108 names of Lord Narasimha any time they want, even daily. However, doing it on the 14th day of the Vaishakh month, which is Vaishakha Shukla Chaturdash, is considered very auspicious.
No. As such, there are no rules for chanting the 108 names of Lord Narasimha. Still, there are a few things that you must keep in mind, such as sitting in a calm place, chanting with devotion, and keeping your focus in a single place.
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