108 Amman Slokam/ 108 Names of Devi

Goddess Amman also known as Mariamman, Mariaai both meaning "Mother Mari", simply Amman, Aatha or Mother is the South Indian Hindu goddess of rain. She is the main South Indian mother goddess, predominant well known to Hindu worldwide. Goddess Amman is closely associated with the Hindu goddesses Shakti, Parvati and Durga as well as with her North Indian counterpart Shitaladevi.

 In the Hindu concept, the Mother Goddess is Shakti, the consort of Shiva, the Supreme God. Shakti is the source of feminine energy, which when combines with the masculine energy completes the cyclic requirement of creativity. And she is also the female aspect of the creator. In these various forms, she symbolizes love, compassion, care and also determination and the capability to destroy evil. Rig-Veda, the earliest Aryan text called her Mahi-maata, Mother Earth. But the pre-Vedic and pre-Dravidian Mohanjo-daro culture identified mother earth, as pointed out by scholars from the evidences given by seals of the period.

Amman Stotram/Slokam is the sacred Hindu devotional slokha for the devotees of Goddess Amman, the Divine Mother Goddess Parvathi Devi in the form of her and the male gods' feminine power, Shakti. Amman Stotram/Slokam is organized according to Pancha Kruthyam (5 works). The Pancha Kruthyam are Srishti (Creation), Stithi (Protection), Samharam (Destruction), Thirodhanam (Hiding), and Anugraham (Blessing). Therefore, reciting this mantra gives one happiness, peace and blissful life. 

Amman Stotram/Slokam is a very powerful slokha chanting it and meditating it on the meaning of the 108/1008 names of Goddess Amman will ward off all evils and would lead to the fulfillment of all the wishes of the devotees. Chanting these mantra on Fridays is considered auspicious.

There is different version of 108 Amman Slokam like Shri Lalita Sahasranam, 1008 Amman Potri, Durga Slokam, etc.  Here, i posted Shri Lalita Sahasranam 108 names of Devi which can be chanted easily by anyone. For easy listening, i even posted a video from youtube. Enjoy chanting the mantra with peaceful mind! 

OM SRI LALITAAMBIKAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Supreme Goddess Sri Lalitambika

OM SRI MATRE NAMAH

Salutations to the Sacred Mother

OM SRI MAHA RAGNYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Great Empress

OM BHAVANYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the consort of Siva

OM BHAVANA GAMYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is reached through constant reflection on Truth

OM BHADRA PRIYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who loves to be benevolent

OM BHADRA MURTYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the embodiment of benevolence

OM BHAKTI PRIYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is pleased by her devotees' loving worship

OM BHAKTI GAMYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is reached by yearning service and meditation

OM BHAKTI VASYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is made one's own by loving acts of devotion

OM BHAYA PAHAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who dispels all fear

OM SAMBHAVYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who worships Sambhu

OM SARADARADHYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is worshipped as the Goddess of learning in the autumn

OM SARVANYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the consort of sarva

OM SARMADAYINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is always the giver of happiness

OM SANKARYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is inseparable from Parama Siva

OM SRIKARYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is Vishnu's Consort, Laksmi

OM SATODARYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who has a slender waist

OM SANTIMATYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is ever at peace with her devotees

OM NIRADHARAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who has no other support

OM NIRANJANAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is unstained

OM NIRLEPAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is untouched

OM NIRMALAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is ever pure

OM NITYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is eternal

OM NIRAKARAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is without form

OM NIRAKULAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is never perturbed

OM NIRGUNAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is attributeless

OM NISKALAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is indivisible

OM SANTAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is perfectly serene

OM NISKAMAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is free from all desires

OM NITYAMUKTAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is eternally free

OM NIRVIKARAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the unchanging basis for all change

OM NISPRAPANCAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is beyond all phenomena of the world

OM NIRASRAYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who depends on none

OM NITYA SUDDHAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is taintless

OM NITYA BUDDHAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the perpetual abode of knowledge

OM NIRAVADYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is entirely free from flaw

OM NIRANTARAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is without end

OM NISKARANAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is without beginning

OM NISKALANKAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who has no lapse whatsoever

OM NIRUPADHAYE NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is limitless

OM NIRISVARAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is supreme

OM NIRAGAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who has no passions

OM RAGA MATHANYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who destroys all attachments

OM NIRMADAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who has no pride

OM MADANASINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who wipes out arrogance

OM NISCINTAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is free from all anxiety

OM NIRAHANKARAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is completely free from ego

OM NIRMOHAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is completely free of delusion

OM MOHA NASINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who cures the delusions of Her devotees

OM NIRMAMAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who has no "I" ness or "my" ness

OM MAMATA HANTRYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who destroys conceit and selfishness in her devotees

OM NISPAPAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the negation of sin

OM PAPA NASINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who completely destroys sin by the mere repetition of her name

OM NISKRODHAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who has no enemy or anger

OM KRODHA SAMANYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who extinguishes anger rising in the minds of Her devotees

OM NIRLOBHAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is completely free from greed

OM LOBHA NASINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who removes greed from the minds of her devotees

OM NIHSAMSAYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is free from doubt

OM NIRBHAVAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who has no origin

OM BHAVA NASINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who puts an end to the round of birth and death

OM NIRVIKALPAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is eternal pure Intelligence

OM NIRABADHAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who remains ever untroubled

OM NIRBHEDAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother in Whom all are absolutely One

OM BHEDA NASINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who destroys the distinctions made by body-mind-intellect

OM NIRNASAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is immortal

OM MRTYU MATHANYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who uproots the cause of death in her devotees

OM NISKRIYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is beyond all action

OM NISPARIGRAHAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who takes nothing

OM NISTULAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is unequalled

OM NILA CIKURAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who has locks of shining black hair

OM NIRAPAYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who never departs

OM NIRATYAYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is beyond all danger

OM DURLABHAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is attained through long-sustained and necessary efforts

OM DURGAMAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is not reached without painstaking continued exertion

OM DURGAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Goddess Durga

OM DUKHA HANTRYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who destroys sorrow

OM SUKHA PRADAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who confers the bliss of liberation

OM SARVAGNAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is Omniscient

OM SANDRA KARUNAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is intensely compassionate

OM SARVA SAKTI MAYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the source of all power

OM SARVA MANGALAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who possesses all that is auspicious

OM SAD GATI PRADAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who takes the seeker to the Supreme Goal

OM SARVESVARYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother who is the Queen of the Universe

OM SARVAMAYYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is immanent in all

OM MAHESVARYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who transcends nature and is the source of all

OM MAHA KALYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Great Goddess Kali Who destroys even Death

OM MAHA DEVYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Greatest of Goddesses

OM MAHA LAKSMYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Great Goddess Laksmi who is the source of life's bounty

OM MAHA RUPAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Supreme Form

OM MAHA PUJYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is worthy od supreme worship

OM MAHA MAYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the supreme creatrix od illussion

OM MAHA SATTVAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Supreme Existence

OM MAHA SAKTYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Supreme Energy

OM MAHA RATYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the boundless bliss

OM MAHA BHOGAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Supreme enjoyment and luxury

OM MAHAISVARYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Supreme dominion

OM MAHA VIRYAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Supreme power and strength

OM MAHA BALAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is of great strength

OM MAHA BUDDHYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is supreme inteligence

OM MAHA SIDDHYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Whose attainments are supreme

OM MAHA TANTRAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the subject of the supreme mystical texts

OM MAHA MANTRAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the Supreme mantra

OM MAHA YANTRAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is worshipped in the supreme mystic symbol

OM MAHASANAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Whose seat is worthy of the highest worship

OM PARAM JYOTYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the supreme radiance

OM PARAM DHAMNE NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the supreme Abode

OM PARAMANAVE NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is subtler

OM PARAT PARAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is than the greatest

OM PARA SAKTYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the supreme absolute energy

OM SRI SIVAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is the most worshipful Shiva

OM SIVA SAKTYAIKYA RUPINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is not different from the unity of Shiva and Sakti

OM VISNU SAKTYAIKYA RUPINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is not different from the union of Vishnu and Sakti

OM BRAHMA SAKTYAIHYAI RUPINYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother Who is not different from the unity of Brahma and Sakti

OM SRI LALITAMBIKAYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the supreme Goddess Sri Lalitambika

OM SRI MATA AMRITANANDAMAYE NAMAH

Salutations to the Mother amritanandamayi

OM SRI MAHA TRIPURA SUNDARYAI NAMAH

Salutations to the Supreme Venerable Mother Tripurasundari

Welcome to 2013

Congrats and welcome to 2013! We have passed all the assumption that the world going to end on 21st Dec 2012 and went with the flow. Me and J thought how if is truly true and no matter what happened, we planned to stick and die together wherever we are. During the period, lot of rumors when through Facebook. 

 

Two China guys build ark and survival pod during the period. People start to assume Mayans prediction might be wrong but if you observe clearly, the Mayans didn't invent the calendar, it was used by most cultures in pre-Columbian Central America  including the Maya from around 2000 BC to the 16th century. The Mayan civilization developed the calendar further and it's still in use in some Maya communities today. People blamed the Doomsday theory went wrong with Apocalypse Predictions. 

Whatever it is, I was working through the day and till end of the year in office. I told myself either if Doomsday arrived, I can proudly labelled myself dying in office with my laptop :P Yet, another part of my brain missed my parents and J. The only thing I wish that time to meet my loved one and Doomsday shouldn't happened until i turned 70! God grant my wishes! After the Doomsday rumors, my sister called me on 25th December and say do something good and positive on 26 December 2012 as there is new Planet called Planet X is going to change the solar system which lead good vibes to human kind. I was kind of awkard and start to look for a theory in You Tube and found below video interesting : 

No matter what, i manage to arrived in 2013 and thanking god to make us human kind alive! My plan for 2013? Below are my list :

1) Practicing Yoga frequently.

2) Spend qualities time with family and friends.

3) Involve myself in more proactive with people and whatever surrounding me.

4) Settle down in life (house, relationship, career) 

5) A good vacation.

6) Etc.

How about you? Had you plan your 2013? If no, please do plan it now and work for it. If yes, congrats and go with the flow! Wishing a good and healthy 2013 to everyone (I know i'm late for New Year wish after two months but it is good to remind everyone that we are in 2013) Welcome everyone! :)