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Ashtottara / 108 Names of Kali

1

oṁ kālakarṣiṇyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the destroyer of time

2

oṁ karālyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the tremendously terrific One

3

oṁ kalyāṇyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the bestower of peace and happiness

4

oṁ kalāvatyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the possessor of all the 64 arts

5

oṁ kamalāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who enjoys and is Herself enjoyed

6

oṁ kamalāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the destroyer of pride in the Kali Yuga

7

oṁ kapardīśa kṛpānvitāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is kind and devoted to Him (Shiva) with matted hair

8

oṁ kālikāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the devourer of Him (Shiva) who devours

9

oṁ kālamātāyai namaḥ

Salutations of Her who is the Mother of time

10

oṁ kālānala-samadyutyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is brilliant as the fires of the final dissolution

11

oṁ kapardinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the spouse of Him (Shiva) with matted hair

12

oṁ karālāsyāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her of formidable countenance

13

oṁ karuṇāmṛta sāgarāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the ocean of nectar of compassion

14

oṁ kṛpāmayai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is merciful

15

oṁ kṛpā-dhārāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is a vessel of mercy

16

oṁ kṛpā-pārāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her whose mercy is without limit

17

oṁ kṛpā-gamāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is attainable only by Her mercy

18

oṁ kṛśānuyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is fire

19

oṁ kapilāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is of tawny colour

20

oṁ kṛṣṇāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is of black hue (like Krishna)

21

oṁ kṛṣṇānanda vivarddhinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who increases the joy and bliss of Krishna

22

oṁ kālarātryai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the night of darkness

23

oṁ kāmarūpāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the form of desire

24

oṁ kāmapāśa vimocanyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the liberator of the bonds of desire

25

oṁ kādambinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is dark as a bank of nimbus clouds

26

oṁ kalādhārāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the wearer of the crescent moon

27

oṁ kalikalmaṣa nāśinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the destructor of sins in the Kali Yuga96

28

oṁ kumārī pūjana-prītāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is pleased by the worship of virgins

29

oṁ kumārī pūjakālayāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the refuge of all worshippers of virgins

30

oṁ kumārī bhojanānandāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is pleased by the feasting of virgins

31

oṁ kumārī rūpa-dhāriṇyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the form of a virgin

32

oṁ kadamba vana-sañcārāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who wanders in the Kadamba forest

33

oṁ kadamba puṣpa-santoṣāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who shows pleasure with the Kadamba flowers

34

oṁ kadamba vana-vāsinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who lives in the Kadamba forest

35

oṁ kadamba puṣpa-mālinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who wears a garland of Kadamba flowers

36

oṁ kiśoryai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is ever youthful

37

oṁ kalakaṇṭhāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who has a soft voice

38

oṁ kalanāda ninādinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who has a voice as sweet as the Chakravata bird

39

oṁ kādambarī pānaratāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who drinks the Kadambari wine

40

oṁ kādambarī priyāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the pleased imbiber of Kadambari wine

41

oṁ kapālapātra niratāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her whose eating bowl is a hollow skull

42

oṁ kaṅkālamālya dhāriṇyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who wears a garland of bones

43

oṁ kamalāsana santuṣṭāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who expresses happiness with the lotus flower

44

oṁ kamalāsana vāsinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who sits on the lotus

45

oṁ kamalālaya madhyasthāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who abides in the centre of the lotus

46

oṁ kamalāmoda modinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who likes the fragrance of the lotus

47

oṁ kalahaṁsa gatyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who moves like a swan

48

oṁ klaibyanāśinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the destroyer of fear

49

oṁ kāmārūpiṇyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who assumes forms at will

50

oṁ kāmarūpa kṛtāvāsāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her whose abode is Kamarupa

51

oṁ kāmapīṭha vilāsinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her whose abode is Kamapitha

52

oṁ kamanīyāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the beautiful One

53

oṁ kalpalatāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the creeper who provides every desire

54

oṁ kamanīya vibhūṣaṇāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her whose beauty is your opponent

55

oṁ kamanīya guṇārādhyāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the adorable image of all tenderness

56

oṁ komalāṅgyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who has a tender bod

57

oṁ kṛśodaryai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who has a slender waist

58

oṁ kāraṇāmṛta santoṣāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is pleased with the nectar of purified wine97

59

oṁ kāraṇānanda siddhidāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the giver of success to those who enjoy that wine

60

oṁ kāraṇānanda jāpeṣṭāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who gives wine-bliss worship

61

oṁ kāraṇārcana harṣitāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who gives wine-homage delight

62

oṁ kāraṇārṇava sammagnāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who gives wine-oceanimmersion

63

oṁ kāraṇāvrata pālinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the protector of those who observe rituals with wine

64

oṁ kastūrī saurabhāmodāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is gladdened by the scent of musk

65

oṁ kastūrī tilakojjvalāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is luminous with the musk tilakam on the forehead

66

oṁ kastūrī pūjanaratāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is attached to those who worship with musk

67

oṁ kastūrī pūjaka-priyāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who loves those who worship Her with musk

68

oṁ kastūrī dāhajananyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the Mother of those who burn musk as an incence

69

oṁ kastūrī mṛgatoṣiṇyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is fond of the musk deer

70

oṁ kastūrī bhojana-pritāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is pleased to eat musk

71

oṁ karpūramoda moditāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is gladdened by the sent of camphor

72

oṁ karpūra mālābharaṇāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is adorned with garlands of camphor

73

oṁ karpūra candanokṣitāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her whose body is smeared with camphor and sandal paste

74

oṁ karpūra kāraṇāhlādāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is pleased with purified wine, flavoured with camphor

75

oṁ karpūrāmṛta pāyinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who drinks wine / nectar flavoured with camphor

76

oṁ karpūra sāgarasnātāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who bathes in the ocean of camphor

77

oṁ karpūra sāgarālayāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who has her abode in the ocean of camphor

78

oṁ kūrca-bīja japa prītāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who likes those who worship with the bija mantra Hum

79

oṁ kūrca-jāpa parāyaṇāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who threatens with the bija mantra Hum

80

oṁ kaulikā rādhyāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the embodiment of Kulacara

81

oṁ kaulika radhyayai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is adored by Kaulikas

82

oṁ kaulikā priya-kāriṇyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the benefactress of Kaulikas

83

oṁ kulā-cārāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the observant of Kulacara

84

oṁ kautukinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the joyous One

85

oṁ kula-mārga pradarśinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the revealer of the Kaulikas

86

oṁ kaśīśvaryai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the queen of Kaśi (Benares)

87

oṁ kāṣṭahartryai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the allayer of suffering

88

oṁ kāśiśvara dāyinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the giver of blessings to the Lord of Kaśi (Shiva)98

89

oṁ kāśiśvara kṛtāmodāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who the giver of pleasures to the Lord of Kaśi

90

oṁ kāśiśvara manoramāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the beloved of the Lord of Kaśi

91

oṁ kalamañjīra caraṇāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her whose toe bells sound sweet melodies as She moves

92

oṁ kvaṇat-kāñcī vibhūṣaṇāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her whose girdle bells twinkle sweetly

93

oṁ kāñcanādri kṛtāgārāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is abiding in a mountain of gold

94

oṁ kāñcanācala kaumudyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the moonbeam on the mountain of gold

95

oṁ kāmabīja japānandāyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who gives gladness when the kamabija mantra (klim) is recited

96

oṁ kāmabīja svarūpiṇyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the embodiment of the mantra klim

97

oṁ kumatighnyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the destructress of all evil inclinations

98

oṁ kulīnārtti nāśinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the destructress of the Kula’s afflictions

99

oṁ kulakāminyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the Lady of Kula

100

oṁ kālakaṇṭaka ghātinyai namaḥ

Salutations to Her who is the destructress of the fear of death