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AUM NAMAH SHIVAYA!

On Thursday, 25 September 2014, 14:16, wrote:

According to Hindu tradition, devotees chant the various names of their personal gods continuously during worship asa mark of devotion. 108 is considered an auspicious number. Hence Siva is extolled through these 108 names duringthe puja rituals either by the priests or by the worshippers themselves.

OM SHIVAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Auspicious OneOM MAHESHVARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Great God ShivaOM SHAMBHAVE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who exists for our happiness aloneOM PINAKINE NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva, who guards the path of dharmaOM SHASHISHEKHARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God who wears the crescent moon in his hairOM VAMADEVAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God who is pleasing and auspicious in every wayOM VIRUPAKSHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God of spotless formOM KAPARDINE NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord with thickly matted hairOM NILALOHITAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God splendid as the red sun at daybreak

OM SHANKARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the source of all prosperityOM SHULAPANAYE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who carries a spearOM KHATVANGINE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who carries a knurled clubOM VISHNUVALLABHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva, who is dear to Lord VishnuOM SHIPIVISHTAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord whose form emits great rays of lightOM AMBIKANATHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Ambika's LordOM SHRIKANTAYA NAMAHA Salutations to he whose throat is shining blueOM BHAKTAVATSALAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who loves His devotees like new born calvesOM BHAVAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God who is existence itselfOM SARVAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who is allOM TRILOKESHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who is the Lord of all the three worldsOM SHITAKANTHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the primal soul whose throat is deep blueOM SHIVAPRIYAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the god who is dear to ShaktiOM UGRAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva whose presence is awesome and overwhelmingOM KAPALINE NAMAHA Salutations to the God whose begging bowl is a human skull

OM KAMARAYE NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who conquers all passionsOM ANDHAKASURA SUDANAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who killed the asura AndhakaOM GANGADHARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God who holds the Ganges River in his hairOM LALATAKSHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord whose sport is creationOM KALAKALAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who is the death of deathOM KRIPANIDHAYE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who is the treasure of compassionOM BHIMAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva whose strength is awesomeOM PARASHU HASTAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God who wields an axe in his handsOM MRIGAPANAYAE NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who looks after the soul in the wildernessOM JATADHARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who bears a mass of matted hairOM KAILASAVASINE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who abides on Mount KailasOM KAVACHINE NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who is wrapped in armorOM KATHORAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who causes all growthOM TRIPURANTAKAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who destroyed the three demonic citiesOM VRISHANKAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God whose emblem is a bull (Nandi)

OM VRISHABHARUDHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who rides a bullOM BHASMODDHULITA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord covered with holy ashOM SAMAPRIYAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God exceedingly fond of hymns from the Sama VedaOM SVARAMAYAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who creates through soundOM TRAYIMURTAYE NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who is worshiped in three formsOM ANISHVARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the undisputed LordOM SARVAGYAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God who knows all thingsOM PARAMATMANE NAMAHA Salutations to the Supreme SelfOM SOMASURAGNI LOCHANAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the light of the eyes of Soma, Surya and AgniOM HAVISHE NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who receives oblations of gheeOM YAGYAMAYAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the architect of all sacrificial rites

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OM SOMAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Moon-glow of the mystic's visionOM PANCHAVAKTRAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God of the five activitiesOM SADASHIVAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the eternally auspicious benevolent ShivaOM VISHVESHVARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the all-pervading ruler of the cosmosOM VIRABHADRAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva the foremost of heroesOM GANANATHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God of the GanasOM PRAJAPATAYE NAMAHA Salutations to the Creator

OM HIRANYARETASE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who emanates golden soulsOM DURDHARSHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the unconquerable beingOM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the monarch of the holy mountain KailasOM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord of the HimalayasOM ANAGHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who can inspire no fearOM BUJANGABHUSHANAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord adorned with golden snakesOM BHARGAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the foremost of rishisOM GIRIDHANVANE NAMAHA Salutations to the God whose weapon is a mountainOM GIRIPRIYAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who is fond of mountainsOM KRITTIVASASE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who wears clothes of hideOM PURARATAYE NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who is thoroughly at home in the wildernessOM BHAGAVATE NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord of prosperityOM PRAMATHADHIPAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God who is served by goblinsOM MRITUNJAYAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the conqueror of deathOM SUKSHMATANAVE NAMAHA Salutations to the subtlest of the subtle

OM JAGADVYAPINE NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who fills the whole worldOM JAGADGURAVE NAMAHA Salutations to the guru of all the worldsOM VYOMAKESHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God whose hair is the spreading sky aboveOM MAHASENAJANAKAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the origin of MahasenaOM CHARUVIKRAMAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva, the guardian of wandering pilgrimsOM RUDRAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who is fit to be praisedOM BHUTAPATAYE NAMAHA Salutations to the source of living creatures, including the Bhutas, or ghost ly

creaturesOM STHANAVE NAMAHA Salutations to the firm and immovable deityOM AHIRBUDHNYAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who waits for the sleeping kundaliniOM DIGAMBARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva whose robes is the cosmosOM ASHTAMURTAYE NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who has eight formsOM ANEKATMANE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who is the one soulOM SATVIKAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord of boundless energyOM SHUDDHA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to him who is free of all doubt and dissension

OM SHASHVATAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva, endless and eternalOM KHANDAPARASHAVE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who cuts through the mind's despairOM AJAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the instigator of all that occursOM PAPAVIMOCHAKAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who releases all fettersOM MRIDAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who shows only mercyOM PASHUPATAYE NAMAHA Salutations to the ruler of all evolving souls, the animalsOM DEVAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the foremost of devas, demigodsOM MAHADEVAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the greatest of the godsOM AVYAYAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the one never subject to changeOM HARAYE NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who dissolves all bondageOM PASHUDANTABHIDE NAMAHA Salutations to the one who punished PushanOM AVYAGRAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who is steady and unwaveringOM DAKSHADHVARAHARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the destroyer of Daksha's conceited sacrificeOM HARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who withdraws the cosmosOM BHAGANETRABHIDE NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who taught Bhaga to see more clearlyOM AVYAKTAYA NAMAHA Salutations to Shiva who is subtle and unseenOM SAHASRAKSHAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord of limitless formsOM SAHASRAPADE NAMAHA Salutations to the God who is standing and walking everywhereOM APAVARGAPRADAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the Lord who gives and takes all thingsOM ANANTAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the God who is unendingOM TARAKAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the great liberator of mankindOM PARAMESHVARAYA NAMAHA Salutations to the great God