HINDU GODS

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

108 NAMES OF LORD SIVA

108 Names of Lord Siva

OM SHIVAYA NAMAHA
Salutations to the Auspicious One
OM MAHESHVARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Great God Shiva
OM SHAMBHAVE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who exists for our happiness alone
OM PINAKINE NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva, who guards the path of dharma
OM SHASHISHEKHARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who wears the crescent moon in his hair
OM VAMADEVAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who is pleasing and auspicious in every way
OM VIRUPAKSHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God of spotless form
OM KAPARDINE NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord with thickly matted hair
OM NILALOHITAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God splendid as the red sun at daybreak
OM SHANKARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the source of all prosperity
OM SHULAPANAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who carries a spear
OM KHATVANGINE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who carries a knurled club
OM VISHNUVALLABHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva, who is dear to Lord Vishnu
OM SHIPIVISHTAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord whose form emits great rays of light
OM AMBIKANATHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Ambika's Lord
OM SHRIKANTAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to he whose throat is shining blue
OM BHAKTAVATSALAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who loves His devotees like new born calves
OM BHAVAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who is existence itself
OM SARVAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who is all
OM TRILOKESHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who is the Lord of all the three worlds
OM SHITAKANTHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the primal soul whose throat is deep blue
OM SHIVAPRIYAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the god who is dear to Shakti
OM UGRAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva whose presence is awesome and overwhelming
OM KAPALINE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God whose begging bowl is a human skull
OM KAMARAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who conquers all passions
OM ANDHAKASURA SUDANAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who killed the asura Andhaka
OM GANGADHARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who holds the Ganges River in his hair
OM LALATAKSHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord whose sport is creation
OM KALAKALAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who is the death of death
OM KRIPANIDHAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who is the treasure of compassion
OM BHIMAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva whose strength is awesome
OM PARASHU HASTAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who wields an axe in his hands
OM MRIGAPANAYAE NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who looks after the soul in the wilderness
OM JATADHARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who bears a mass of matted hair
OM KAILASAVASINE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who abides on Mount Kailas
OM KAVACHINE NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who is wrapped in armor
OM KATHORAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who causes all growth
OM TRIPURANTAKAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who destroyed the three demonic cities
OM VRISHANKAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God whose emblem is a bull (Nandi)
OM VRISHABHARUDHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who rides a bull
OM BHASMODDHULITA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord covered with holy ash
OM SAMAPRIYAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God exceedingly fond of hymns from the Sama Veda
OM SVARAMAYAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who creates through sound
OM TRAYIMURTAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who is worshiped in three forms
OM ANISHVARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the undisputed Lord
OM SARVAGYAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who knows all things
OM PARAMATMANE NAMAHA

Salutations to the Supreme Self
OM SOMASURAGNI LOCHANAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the light of the eyes of Soma, Surya and Agni
OM HAVISHE NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who receives oblations of ghee
OM YAGYAMAYAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the architect of all sacrificial rites
OM SOMAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Moon-glow of the mystic's vision
OM PANCHAVAKTRAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God of the five activities
OM SADASHIVAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the eternally auspicious benevolent Shiva
OM VISHVESHVARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the all-pervading ruler of the cosmos
OM VIRABHADRAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva the foremost of heroes
OM GANANATHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God of the Ganas
OM PRAJAPATAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to the Creator
OM HIRANYARETASE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who emanates golden souls
OM DURDHARSHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the unconquerable being
OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the monarch of the holy mountain Kailas
OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord of the Himalayas
OM ANAGHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who can inspire no fear
OM BUJANGABHUSHANAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord adorned with golden snakes
OM BHARGAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the foremost of rishis
OM GIRIDHANVANE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God whose weapon is a mountain
OM GIRIPRIYAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who is fond of mountains
OM KRITTIVASASE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who wears clothes of hide
OM PURARATAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who is thoroughly at home in the wilderness
OM BHAGAVATE NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord of prosperity
OM PRAMATHADHIPAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who is served by goblins
OM MRITUNJAYAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the conqueror of death
OM SUKSHMATANAVE NAMAHA

Salutations to the subtlest of the subtle
OM JAGADVYAPINE NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who fills the whole world
OM JAGADGURAVE NAMAHA

Salutations to the guru of all the worlds
OM VYOMAKESHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God whose hair is the spreading sky above
OM MAHASENAJANAKAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the origin of Mahasena
OM CHARUVIKRAMAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva, the guardian of wandering pilgrims
OM RUDRAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who is fit to be praised
OM BHUTAPATAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to the source of living creatures, including the Bhutas, or ghostly creatures
OM STHANAVE NAMAHA

Salutations to the firm and immovable deity
OM AHIRBUDHNYAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who waits for the sleeping kundalini
OM DIGAMBARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva whose robes is the cosmos
OM ASHTAMURTAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who has eight forms
OM ANEKATMANE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who is the one soul
OM SATVIKAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord of boundless energy
OM SHUDDHA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to him who is free of all doubt and dissension
OM SHASHVATAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva, endless and eternal
OM KHANDAPARASHAVE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who cuts through the mind's despair
OM AJAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the instigator of all that occurs
OM PAPAVIMOCHAKAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who releases all fetters
OM MRIDAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who shows only mercy
OM PASHUPATAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to the ruler of all evolving souls, the animals
OM DEVAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the foremost of devas, demigods
OM MAHADEVAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the greatest of the gods
OM AVYAYAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the one never subject to change
OM HARAYE NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who dissolves all bondage
OM PASHUDANTABHIDE NAMAHA

Salutations to the one who punished Pushan
OM AVYAGRAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who is steady and unwavering
OM DAKSHADHVARAHARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the destroyer of Daksha's conceited sacrifice
OM HARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who withdraws the cosmos
OM BHAGANETRABHIDE NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who taught Bhaga to see more clearly
OM AVYAKTAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to Shiva who is subtle and unseen
OM SAHASRAKSHAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord of limitless forms
OM SAHASRAPADE NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who is standing and walking everywhere
OM APAVARGAPRADAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the Lord who gives and takes all things
OM ANANTAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the God who is unending
OM TARAKAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the great liberator of mankind
OM PARAMESHVARAYA NAMAHA

Salutations to the great God