Hindu Gods

108 Names of Lord Krishna (Shri Krishna Ashtottara Shatanamavali)

108 Names of Lord Krishna

Complete List of 108 Sacred Names

  1. Om Krishnaya Namaha – Salutations to the dark-complexioned one
  2. Om Kamalanataya Namaha – Salutations to the lotus-eyed one
  3. Om Vasudevaya Namaha – Salutations to the son of Vasudeva
  4. Om Sanatanaya Namaha – Salutations to the eternal one
  5. Om Vasudeva-Atmajaya Namaha – Salutations to the son of Vasudeva
  6. Om Puniya Namaha – Salutations to the supremely pure one
  7. Om Lila-Manushya-Vigrahaya Namaha – Salutations to the one who takes human form for divine play
  8. Om Shri-Vatsa-Kaustubha-Dharaya Namaha – Salutations to the wearer of Srivatsa and Kaustubha
  9. Om Yashodha-Vatsalaya Namaha – Salutations to the beloved child of Yashoda
  10. Om Haraye Namaha – Salutations to the remover of sorrows
  11. Om Chatur-Bhujaya Namaha – Salutations to the four-armed one
  12. Om Deva-Kinandanaya Namaha – Salutations to the son of Devaki
  13. Om Nandagopa-Priyatmajaya Namaha – Salutations to the beloved son of Nanda
  14. Om Yamuna-Vega-Samharaya Namaha – Salutations to the controller of Yamuna’s force
  15. Om Bala-Bhadra-Priyānujaya Namaha – Salutations to the beloved younger brother of Balarama
  16. Om Putana-Jivitaharaya Namaha – Salutations to the destroyer of demoness Putana
  17. Om Shakatasura-Bhanjānaya Namaha – Salutations to the breaker of the cart demon
  18. Om Nanda-Vraja-Janānandine Namaha – Salutations to the joy of Nanda’s cowherds
  19. Om Sachidanandaya Namaha – Salutations to existence-consciousness-bliss
  20. Om Krishnaya Namaha – Salutations to the all-attractive one
  21. Om Govindaya Namaha – Salutations to the giver of pleasure to cows and senses
  22. Om Gopijanavallabhaya Namaha – Salutations to the beloved of the gopis
  23. Om Yogaya Namaha – Salutations to the supreme mystic
  24. Om Idyaya Namaha – Salutations to the worshipable one
  25. Om Giridharaya Namaha – Salutations to the lifter of Govardhan mountain
  26. Om Govardhanadharaya Namaha – Salutations to the holder of Govardhan
  27. Om Gopaya Namaha – Salutations to the supreme cowherd
  28. Om Gopalaya Namaha – Salutations to the protector of cows
  29. Om Sarva-Palapaya Namaha – Salutations to the protector of all
  30. Om Ajaya Namaha – Salutations to the unborn one
  31. Om Nirmohaya Namaha – Salutations to the one free from illusion
  32. Om Mohaghnaya Namaha – Salutations to the destroyer of illusion
  33. Om Samohāraya Namaha – Salutations to the destroyer of delusion
  34. Om Devāhāraya Namaha – Salutations to the worshipped by gods
  35. Om Devakīnandanaya Namaha – Salutations to the son of Devaki
  36. Om Nandagopa-Priyatmajaya Namaha – Salutations to Nanda’s dear son
  37. Om Nanda-Gopī-Priyātmajāya Namaha – Salutations to the beloved of Nanda and Yashoda
  38. Om Nandasunave Namaha – Salutations to Nanda’s son
  39. Om Rāvalīya Namaha – Salutations to the beloved of Radha
  40. Om Vrindāvana-Nivasaya Namaha – Salutations to the resident of Vrindavan
  41. Om Namaha Gopa-Kuloccāya – Salutations to the exalted one of cowherd dynasty
  42. Om Nandagopa-Sutaya Namaha – Salutations to the son of Nanda Gopa
  43. Om Yamuna-Tīra-Viharaya Namaha – Salutations to the one who plays on Yamuna’s banks
  44. Om Gopikā-Premā-Vashaya Namaha – Salutations to the one captivated by gopis’ love
  45. Om Rādhika-Rādhitaya Namaha – Salutations to the one worshipped by Radha
  46. Om Gopikā-Kelīlolayaya Namaha – Salutations to the playful one with gopis
  47. Om Damodaraya Namaha – Salutations to the one bound by rope around the belly
  48. Om Yajña-Bhoktre Namaha – Salutations to the enjoyer of all sacrifices
  49. Om Dānavendrāya Namaha – Salutations to the giver of charity
  50. Om Dayānidhaye Namaha – Salutations to the ocean of compassion
  51. Om Dīnabāndhāve Namaha – Salutations to the friend of the distressed
  52. Om Dīnānātha-Dukhahāraya Namaha – Salutations to the remover of sufferings
  53. Om Sarva-Dosha-Vishodhakāya Namaha – Salutations to the purifier of all faults
  54. Om Māyine Namaha – Salutations to the master of illusion
  55. Om Paramātmane Namaha – Salutations to the supreme soul
  56. Om Muktānām-Parame Gataye Namaha – Salutations to the supreme goal of liberated souls
  57. Om Svargāpavargadāya Namaha – Salutations to the giver of heaven and liberation
  58. Om Nāka-Prishthāya Namaha – Salutations to the dwelling in highest heaven
  59. Om Nārāyanāya Namaha – Salutations to Narayana
  60. Om Parānanda-Parāya Namaha – Salutations to the supreme transcendental bliss
  61. Om Shuddhāya Namaha – Salutations to the pure one
  62. Om Buddhāya Namaha – Salutations to the enlightened one
  63. Om Keshavāya Namaha – Salutations to the one with beautiful hair
  64. Om Mādhavāya Namaha – Salutations to the consort of the Goddess of Fortune
  65. Om Mādhusudanāya Namaha – Salutations to the slayer of demon Madhu
  66. Om Trivikramāya Namaha – Salutations to the one who took three steps
  67. Om Vāmanāya Namaha – Salutations to the dwarf incarnation
  68. Om Shridhārāya Namaha – Salutations to the holder of Lakshmi
  69. Om Hrishikeshāya Namaha – Salutations to the master of senses
  70. Om Padmanābhāya Namaha – Salutations to the lotus-naveled one
  71. Om Dāmodarāya Namaha – Salutations to the one bound by love
  72. Om Sankarshānāya Namaha – Salutations to the all-attractive
  73. Om Vāsudevāya Namaha – Salutations to the all-pervading
  74. Om Pradyumnāya Namaha – Salutations to the immensely wealthy
  75. Om Aniruddhāya Namaha – Salutations to the irresistible one
  76. Om Purushottamāya Namaha – Salutations to the supreme person
  77. Om Adhokshajāya Namaha – Salutations to the one beyond perception
  78. Om Nārasimhāya Namaha – Salutations to the man-lion incarnation
  79. Om Achyutāya Namaha – Salutations to the infallible one
  80. Om Janārdanāya Namaha – Salutations to the liberator of people
  81. Om Upendrāya Namaha – Salutations to the younger brother of Indra
  82. Om Haraye Namaha – Salutations to the destroyer of sins
  83. Om Shri Krishnāya Namaha – Salutations to the glorious Krishna
  84. Om Vishnu-Rūpāya Namaha – Salutations to the form of Vishnu
  85. Om Parama-Hamsa-Parivrājakāya Namaha – Salutations to the supreme swan-like wanderer
  86. Om Bālakrida-Samāsakta-Kaumāra-Brahmachārine Namaha – Salutations to the one absorbed in childhood plays
  87. Om Vishwa-Rūpāya Namaha – Salutations to the universal form
  88. Om Vishwa-Rūpa-Darshana-Prītāya Namaha – Salutations to the revealer of cosmic form
  89. Om Govinda-Rūpāya Namaha – Salutations to the form of Govinda
  90. Om Narendra-Bandhu-Sanraksha-Rasika-Sushthira-Rātaye Namaha – Salutations to the protector of kings
  91. Om Ārjuna-Sakhāya Namaha – Salutations to the friend of Arjuna
  92. Om Gīta-Amṛuta-Mahādogdhre Namaha – Salutations to the milker of Gita nectar
  93. Om Kāliya-Damana-Sura-Lakshmī-Vamshī-Vidhūta-Śravase Namaha – Salutations to the subduer of Kaliya
  94. Om Pūta-Darshana-Samsparsha-Kīrtana-Smaranādibhihi Namaha – Salutations to the purifier through sight and remembrance
  95. Om Shuchaye Namaha – Salutations to the spotless one
  96. Om Uddhartre Namaha – Salutations to the uplifter
  97. Om Shūraya Namaha – Salutations to the valiant one
  98. Om Pratāpa-Anala-Panchāngi-Roga-Pāpa-Pālāśānāya Namaha – Salutations to the one whose valor burns sins
  99. Om Durvṛta-Hatya-Vinod-Agre Namaha – Salutations to the destroyer of wickedness
  100. Om Sarva-Kleshāpanudaye Namaha – Salutations to the remover of all sufferings
  101. Om Sāmkhya-Yogādi-Mārga-Sthāpanāchārya-Sevitaya Namaha – Salutations to the teacher of paths to liberation
  102. Om Svadharmācharanodgrīva-Prāpta-Bhakti-Rasāmṛuta-Pradāya Namaha – Salutations to the giver of devotional nectar
  103. Om Dayāmbudhi-Samutthanā-Nātha-Yātrā-Vidhāyakāya Namaha – Salutations to the ocean of mercy
  104. Om Nīla-Jimūuta-Sannibha-Kāntāya Namaha – Salutations to the one with blue-cloud complexion
  105. Om Dhūmrāngāya Namaha – Salutations to the smoky-bodied one
  106. Om Rathnānga-Dāya Namaha – Salutations to the gem-bodied one
  107. Om Shyāmanga-Shubhāngāya Namaha – Salutations to the dark and beautiful-bodied one
  108. Om Sarva-Saubhagya-Dāyakāya Namaha – Salutations to the bestower of all auspiciousness

Meaning and Significance

Each name of Lord Krishna reflects a different aspect of His divine personality – as the cowherd boy of Vrindavan, the charioteer of Arjuna, the lifter of Govardhan Hill, the beloved of Radha and the gopis, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Chanting these 108 names invokes His divine grace, protection, love, wisdom, and liberation.

Benefits of Chanting

  • Removes obstacles and brings success
  • Grants wisdom and spiritual knowledge
  • Protects from negativity and evil
  • Bestows peace, joy, and divine love
  • Purifies mind and heart
  • Strengthens devotion and faith
  • Brings prosperity and harmony
  • Leads to moksha (liberation)

When to Chant

These names can be chanted daily, especially during:

  • Krishna Janmashtami
  • Ekadashi days
  • Early morning (Brahma Muhurta)
  • Before studying Bhagavad Gita
  • During meditation and prayers

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya