ॐ श्री तुलस्यै नमः। ॐ नन्दिन्यै नमः। ॐ देव्यै नमः। ॐ शिखिन्यै नमः। ॐ धारिण्यै नमः। ॐ धात्र्यै नमः। ॐ सावित्र्यै नमः। ॐ सत्यसन्धायै नमः। ॐ कालहारिण्यै नमः। ॐ गौर्यै नमः।।10।।
ॐ देवगीतायै नमः। ॐ द्रवीयस्यै नमः। ॐ पद्मिन्यै नमः। ॐ सीतायै नमः। ॐ रुक्मिण्यै नमः। ॐ प्रियभूषणायै नमः। ॐ श्रेयस्यै नमः। ॐ श्रीमत्यै नमः। ॐ मान्यायै नमः। ॐ गौर्यै नमः।।20।।
ॐ गौतमार्चितायै नमः। ॐ त्रेतायै नमः। ॐ त्रिपथगायै नमः। ॐ त्रिपादायै नमः। ॐ त्रैमूर्त्यै नमः। ॐ जगत्रयायै नमः। ॐ त्रासिन्यै नमः। ॐ गात्रायै नमः। ॐ गात्रियायै नमः। ॐ गर्भवारिण्यै नमः।।30।।
ॐ शोभनायै नमः। ॐ समायै नमः। ॐ द्विरदायै नमः। ॐ आराद्यै नमः। ॐ यज्ञविद्यायै नमः। ॐ महाविद्यायै नमः। ॐ गुह्यविद्यायै नमः। ॐ कामाक्ष्यै नमः। ॐ कुलायै नमः। ॐ श्रियै नमः।।40।।
ॐ भूम्यै नमः। ॐ भवित्र्यै नमः। ॐ सावित्र्यै नमः। ॐ सर्ववेदविदाम्वरायै नमः। ॐ शंखिन्यै नमः। ॐ चक्रिण्यै नमः। ॐ चारिण्यै नमः। ॐ चपलेक्षणायै नमः। ॐ पीताम्बरायै नमः। ॐ प्रोतसोमायै नमः।।50।।
ॐ सौरसायै नमः। ॐ अक्षिण्यै नमः। ॐ अम्बायै नमः। ॐ सरस्वत्यै नमः। ॐ संश्रयायै नमः। ॐ सर्वदेवत्यै नमः। ॐ विश्वाश्रयायै नमः। ॐ सुगन्धिन्यै नमः। ॐ सुवासनायै नमः। ॐ वरदायै नमः।।60।।
ॐ सुश्रोण्यै नमः। ॐ चन्द्रभागायै नमः। ॐ यमुनाप्रियायै नमः। ॐ कावेर्यै नमः। ॐ मणिकर्णिकायै नमः। ॐ अर्चिन्यै नमः। ॐ स्थायिन्यै नमः। ॐ दानप्रदायै नमः। ॐ धनवत्यै नमः। ॐ सोच्यमानसायै नमः।।70।।
ॐ शुचिन्यै नमः। ॐ श्रेयस्यै नमः। ॐ प्रीतिचिन्तेक्षण्यै नमः। ॐ विभूत्यै नमः। ॐ आकृत्यै नमः। ॐ आविर्भूत्यै नमः। ॐ प्रभाविन्यै नमः। ॐ गन्धिन्यै नमः। ॐ स्वर्गिन्यै नमः। ॐ गदायै नमः।।80।।
ॐ वेद्यायै नमः। ॐ प्रभायै नमः। ॐ सारस्यै नमः। ॐ सरसिवासायै नमः। ॐ सरस्वत्यै नमः। ॐ शरावत्यै नमः। ॐ रसिन्यै नमः। ॐ काळिन्यै नमः। ॐ श्रेयोवत्यै नमः। ॐ यामायै नमः।।90।।
ॐ ब्रह्मप्रियायै नमः। ॐ श्यामसुन्दरायै नमः। ॐ रत्नरूपिण्यै नमः। ॐ शमनिधिन्यै नमः। ॐ शतानन्दायै नमः। ॐ शतद्युतये नमः। ॐ शितिकण्ठायै नमः। ॐ प्रयायै नमः। ॐ धात्र्यै नमः। ॐ श्रीवृन्दावन्यै नमः।।100।।
ॐ कृष्णायै नमः। ॐ भक्तवत्सलायै नमः। ॐ गोपिकाक्रीडायै नमः। ॐ हरायै नमः। ॐ अमृतरूपिण्यै नमः। ॐ भूम्यै नमः। ॐ श्रीकृष्णकान्तायै नमः। ॐ श्री तुलस्यै नमः।।108।।
।। इति श्रीतुलसी अष्टोत्तरशतनामावलिः सम्पूर्णा ।।
oṁ śrī tulasyai namaḥ | oṁ nandinyai namaḥ | oṁ devyai namaḥ | oṁ śikhinyai namaḥ | oṁ dhāriṇyai namaḥ | oṁ dhātryai namaḥ | oṁ sāvitryai namaḥ | oṁ satyasandhāyai namaḥ | oṁ kālahāriṇyai namaḥ | oṁ gauryai namaḥ ||10||
oṁ devagītāyai namaḥ | oṁ dravīyasyai namaḥ | oṁ padminyai namaḥ | oṁ sītāyai namaḥ | oṁ rukmiṇyai namaḥ | oṁ priyabhūṣaṇāyai namaḥ | oṁ śreyasyai namaḥ | oṁ śrīmatyai namaḥ | oṁ mānyāyai namaḥ | oṁ gauryai namaḥ ||20||
oṁ gautamārcitāyai namaḥ | oṁ tretāyai namaḥ | oṁ tripathagāyai namaḥ | oṁ tripādāyai namaḥ | oṁ traimūrtyai namaḥ | oṁ jagatrayāyai namaḥ | oṁ trāsinyai namaḥ | oṁ gātrāyai namaḥ | oṁ gātriyāyai namaḥ | oṁ garbhavāriṇyai namaḥ ||30||
oṁ śobhanāyai namaḥ | oṁ samāyai namaḥ | oṁ dviradāyai namaḥ | oṁ ārādyai namaḥ | oṁ yajñavidyāyai namaḥ | oṁ mahāvidyāyai namaḥ | oṁ guhyavidyāyai namaḥ | oṁ kāmākṣyai namaḥ | oṁ kulāyai namaḥ | oṁ śriyai namaḥ ||40||
oṁ bhūmyai namaḥ | oṁ bhavitryai namaḥ | oṁ sāvitryai namaḥ | oṁ sarvavedavidāmvarāyai namaḥ | oṁ śaṁkhinyai namaḥ | oṁ cakriṇyai namaḥ | oṁ cāriṇyai namaḥ | oṁ capalekṣaṇāyai namaḥ | oṁ pītāmbarāyai namaḥ | oṁ protasomāyai namaḥ ||50||
oṁ saurasāyai namaḥ | oṁ akṣiṇyai namaḥ | oṁ ambāyai namaḥ | oṁ sarasvatyai namaḥ | oṁ saṁśrayāyai namaḥ | oṁ sarvadevatyai namaḥ | oṁ viśvāśrayāyai namaḥ | oṁ sugandhinyai namaḥ | oṁ suvāsanāyai namaḥ | oṁ varadāyai namaḥ ||60||
oṁ suśroṇyai namaḥ | oṁ candrabhāgāyai namaḥ | oṁ yamunāpriyāyai namaḥ | oṁ kāveryai namaḥ | oṁ maṇikarṇikāyai namaḥ | oṁ arcinyai namaḥ | oṁ sthāyinyai namaḥ | oṁ dānapradāyai namaḥ | oṁ dhanavatyai namaḥ | oṁ socyamānasāyai namaḥ ||70||
oṁ śucinyai namaḥ | oṁ śreyasyai namaḥ | oṁ prīticintekṣaṇyai namaḥ | oṁ vibhūtyai namaḥ | oṁ ākṛtyai namaḥ | oṁ āvirbhūtyai namaḥ | oṁ prabhāvinyai namaḥ | oṁ gandhinyai namaḥ | oṁ svarginyai namaḥ | oṁ gadāyai namaḥ ||80||
oṁ vedyāyai namaḥ | oṁ prabhāyai namaḥ | oṁ sārasyai namaḥ | oṁ sarasivāsāyai namaḥ | oṁ sarasvatyai namaḥ | oṁ śarāvatyai namaḥ | oṁ rasinyai namaḥ | oṁ kāḷinyai namaḥ | oṁ śreyovatyai namaḥ | oṁ yāmāyai namaḥ ||90||
oṁ brahmapriyāyai namaḥ | oṁ śyāmasundarāyai namaḥ | oṁ ratnarūpiṇyai namaḥ | oṁ śamanidhinyai namaḥ | oṁ śatānandāyai namaḥ | oṁ śatadyutaye namaḥ | oṁ śitikaṇṭhāyai namaḥ | oṁ prayāyai namaḥ | oṁ dhātryai namaḥ | oṁ śrīvṛndāvanyai namaḥ ||100||
oṁ kṛṣṇāyai namaḥ | oṁ bhaktavatsalāyai namaḥ | oṁ gopikākrīḍāyai namaḥ | oṁ harāyai namaḥ | oṁ amṛtarūpiṇyai namaḥ | oṁ bhūmyai namaḥ | oṁ śrīkṛṣṇakāntāyai namaḥ | oṁ śrī tulasyai namaḥ ||108||
This namavali honours Tulsi (holy basil) as a living goddess by reciting one hundred and eight of her sacred names, each preceded by Om and followed by "salutations." The names celebrate her as Nandini (joy-giver), Devi (goddess), the bearer and sustainer (Dharini, Dhatri), Savitri, the destroyer of death (Kalaharini), the golden Gauri, the lotus-dwelling Padmini, and as forms of the great river-goddesses (Chandrabhaga, Yamuna-priya, Kaveri, Manikarnika). She is praised as Mahavidya (great knowledge), Kamakshi, the bestower of charity and wealth (Danaprada, Dhanavati), the fragrant and auspicious one (Sugandhini, Suvasana), the beloved of Brahma and the dark-beautiful Shyamasundara, and at last as Krishna-kanta — the beloved of Krishna — and Shri Tulsi herself. The garland thus weaves together her identity as plant, river, knowledge and consort of Vishnu.
Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum, holy basil) is the most sacred plant in the Vaishnava tradition, worshipped as a goddess and as the dearest devotee and consort-aspect of Lord Vishnu. The Tulsi Ashtottara Shatanamavali — the "garland of 108 names" — is recited during Tulsi puja, Tulsi Vivah and daily worship of the Tulsi plant kept in many Hindu homes and courtyards. Reciting all 108 names while offering water, lamp and flowers to the Tulsi plant is considered a complete act of devotion that pleases both Tulsi Devi and Lord Vishnu.
Tulsi worship is believed to bring purity, health, prosperity and the special grace of Vishnu. Reciting these 108 names is said to cleanse the home and the worshipper of negative influences, promote marital harmony and family well-being, support physical health (Tulsi is revered in Ayurveda for its healing virtues), and deepen bhakti. Because Tulsi is inseparable from Vishnu-Krishna worship, offering her these names is held to multiply the merit of all other Vishnu worship performed in the household.
Tulsi is associated with purification and with the benefic, harmonising energies of Vishnu, the lord of preservation. In Vedic remedial practice, planting and worshipping Tulsi is recommended to strengthen domestic peace, health and prosperity — significations of the 2nd, 4th and 11th houses. Many astrologers advise daily Tulsi worship and watering as a gentle remedy for an afflicted Moon (mental peace, mother, home) and for general doshas, since Tulsi is regarded as inherently auspicious and protective. The name Kalaharini (destroyer of the effects of Time/death) underlines its use as a remedy for longevity and protection from untimely troubles.
After a morning bath, water the Tulsi plant and light a ghee lamp before it. Offer flowers, vermilion, and a little raw rice or bhog. Then recite the 108 names with devotion, ideally facing the Tulsi plant or an image of Lord Vishnu. Reciting once daily is auspicious; on special days, offer it as part of a full Tulsi puja. Conclude by circumambulating the Tulsi plant and praying for purity, health and Vishnu's grace. Women traditionally light a lamp at the Tulsi base at dusk as well.
Daily morning worship is ideal. Tulsi-related occasions are especially powerful: Kartik month (October–November), Tulsi Vivah (Kartik Shukla Dwadashi), Ekadashi days, and Thursdays (the day of Vishnu). Avoid plucking Tulsi leaves on Sundays, Ekadashi and after dark, as per tradition.
It is a devotional list of 108 sacred names of the goddess Tulsi (holy basil), each chanted with Om and a salutation, recited during Tulsi puja and daily worship.
It is believed to bring purity, health, prosperity, marital harmony and the grace of Lord Vishnu, and to cleanse the home of negativity.
Daily morning worship of the Tulsi plant is ideal, and it is especially meritorious during Kartik month, on Tulsi Vivah, Ekadashi and Thursdays.
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Tulsi as the living embodiment of devotion
The Tulsi plant holds a singular place in the Vaishnava household — she is not merely a sacred herb but a manifestation of divine grace rooted in the earth itself. The Ashtottara Shatanamavali, a garland of 108 names, draws the devotee into a meditative encounter with each facet of Tulsi's nature: her purity, her fragrance as offering, her role as the eternal beloved of Lord Vishnu. Devotees believe that reciting these names, particularly on Ekadashi, Dwadashi, and the auspicious Tulsi Vivah day in Kartik, deepens one's connection to Vishnu's grace and invites a purifying energy into the home. In the Jyotish tradition, Tulsi is associated with Jupiter and the beneficial influence of Venus, and her worship is traditionally recommended to strengthen the quality of devotion in a person's life.
What makes this namavali distinctive is its portrait of Tulsi as a being with depth and biography — daughter of the cosmic ocean, companion of the divine, bestower of liberation. Each name is a seed of contemplation. Many families water and circumambulate the Tulsi plant at dawn as a daily sadhana, and this recitation sits naturally within that ritual. Whether chanted once or repeated in full, devotees approach it with the understanding that sincere engagement with a single name, held in the heart, is itself a form of prayer.