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At 06:55 PM 1/31/03 -0000, you wrote:
>Dear Sadagopan Swamy,

>please tell me as to where i can get a copy of Sri Varadaraja 
>ashtotharam? AdiEn appreciates your response.
>ranganatha dasan
>sridhar ranganatha

Dear SrI Ranganatha :

On this sacred Thai VeLLIkkizhamai (Friday) 
and the avathAra Dinam of Swamy AalavanthAr and
the great AhObila matam Jeeyar , HH InjimEttu
Azhagiya Singar , it is my pleasure to send you
and the list members , the AshtOtthara Satha 
Naamams used at Lord VaradarAja PerumAL sannidhi
at Kaanchipuram with some comments on selected
nAmAs of the AshtOtthara Satham .

Please add PraNavam before each Naamam.

1. SrImath VaradharAjEndrAya nama:
2. SrIvathsAngAya nama:
3. SubhapradhAya nama:
4. ThuNDira maNDalOllAsine nama:
5. Taapathraya NivArakAya nama:
6. Sathyavratha KshEthra vAsinE nama:
7. SatyAya nama:
8. Sajjana phOshakAya nama:
9. sarga sTithi upasamhAra kAriNE nama:
10. suguNa vaaridhayE nama:

11. HarayE nama:
12. HasthigirIsAya nama:
13. hrutha praNatha dhushkruthAya nama:
14. Tatthva roopAya nama:
15. Thvashtrukrutha Kaanchipura varAsrithAya nama:
16. BrahmArabdha asvamEdhAkhya mahAmaka supoojithAya nama:
17. Veda VedhyAya nama:
18. Vegavathi VegabhItha aathmabhUsthuthAya nama:
19. Visva sEdhavE nama:
20. VegavathI sEdhavE nama:

21. VisvAdhikAya nama:
22. AnagAya nama:
23. YathOkthakAri nAmADyAya nama:
24. Yaj~nabhujE nama:
25. Yaj~na RakshakAya nama:
26. Brahma kuNTOthpanna dhivya puNyakODi vimAnakAya nama:
27. VaaNIpathyarpitha hayavapA surapiLatarAya nama:
28. VaradhAbhaya HasthAbhjAya nama:
29. VanamAlA virAjithAya nama:
30. Sankha chakra lasathpANayE nama:

31. SaraNAgatha RakshakAya nama:
32. NaarAyaNAya nama :
33. NeerajAkshAya nama:
34. Nithyasoori samarchithAya nama:
35. nathAjn~Ana tamO hanthrE nama:
36. NithyAya nama:
37. Naraka nAsanAya nama:
38. UdhAra dhiyaE nama:
39. uthsavaishiNE nama:
40. JithvarAya nama:

41. JagadhIsvarAya nama:
42. Soorya PrabhAngathOthbhAsinE nama:
43. SadhArAdhyAya nama:
44. SanAtanAya nama:
45. SaarthI krutha srashtru yaj~nAya nama:
46. SacchidhAnadha VigrahAya nama:
47. Dhivya peethAmbarAya nama:
48. DhIpyan makara kuNDalAya nama:
49. DevEndhrAdhi sthuthi preethAya nama:
50. DaharAkAsa madhyakAya nama:

51. Agni madhya lasan MoorthayE nama:
52. Aanandhakara darsanAya nama: 
53. AjaprArTitha HasthIndhrasaila vaasAya nama:
54. SudhA pradhAya nama:
55. Jn~Ani priyAya nama:
56. Jn~Ana gamyAya nama:
57. Jn~Ana dhIpa prakAsakAya nama:
58. PraNavArTAya nama:
59. PrasaanEndhu mukhAya nama:
60. Pathitha PaavanAya nama:

61. Prathi chithrA pourNamAsi paramEshti kruthArchanAya nama:
62. KalidhvamsinE nama:
63. Krutha yuga KamalAsana poojithAya nama:
64. KaananIbhUtha KaanchisthAya nama:
65. KaruNA VaruNAlayAya nama:
66. PuNya KshEthrAdanAsaktha bhIlu trEtha yugArchithAya nama:
67. PuNya slOkAya nama:
68. ParabrahmaNE nama:
69. Pushpavantha vilOchanAya nama:
70. GambhIra naabhayE nama:

71. GovindhAya nama:
72. gEya keerthanAya nama:
73. GadhAdarAya naama:
74. Dhanthi nithyArpitha chathurtha sahasra PankajAya nama:
75. dhInathrAthrE nama:
76. dEva dEvAya nama:
77. dhanujArayE nama:
78. athOkshajAya nama:
79. ChakradhAritha nakrAsyAya nama:
80. grAha grastha GajArTi hrudhE nama:

81. HasthInthrOpAttha Kamala harshithAya nama:
82. Mukthi dhAyakAya nama:
83. SudhIgyEyAya naam:
84. SurAchArya sukruthatathvAparArcchanAya nama:
85. Siddha sEvya bhUthAya nama:
86. Sidha sankalpAya nama:
87. SundarAkrutayE nama:
88. puthrEcchavathayOthyEsa Kusadhvaja susEvithAya nama:
89. nijArchA mahimOthpanna visvajith kruthpatthanAya nama:
90. Anantha krutha KalyarcchA preethAya nama:

91. AnanthAvathAra kruthE nama:
92. MaadhavAya nama:
93. MuchukundhAdhi sEvithAya nama:
94. LakshmyAslishta bhujA madhyakAya nama:
95. LakshmaNAryOpadEsa kruthE nama:
96. RaamAdhyashtAdasa kshEthra rAjithAthma nivAsabhuvE nama:
97. Ramya tEjasE nama:
98. Raaja sEvyAya nama:
99. Raajath Kaanchi vibhUshaNAya nama:
100.VrushArka PoorNimA klaptha GarudOthsava thOshithAya nama:

101. svEthAthapathra vyjana SrI virAjitha dhigandharAya nama:
102. anEka maNtapAsthAna krutha nithyOthsavAya nama:
103. avyayAya nama:
104. MahathE nama:
105. KalyANa kODistha Mahaa Devi mana: priyAya nama:
106. BhagavathE nama:
107. BhUri kalyANa dhAyakAya nama:
108. BhakthavathsalAya nama:


SrImath PraNAthArTihara parabrahmaNE nama:

The meanings of many of the AshtOtthara satha nAmams 
can be found in Swamy Desikan's Meyviratha Maanmiyam,
which closely follows the sthala PurAnam ,
Hasthigiti MahAthmyam. 

For instance , the AaarAdhanams by BrahmA during 
the first yugam ( krutha Yugam ), the AarAdhanam by 
GajEndhran in the second yugam ( thrEthA yugam) ,
the AarAdhanam by Deva Guru , Brahaspathi in the third 
yugam ( DhvApara Yugam ) and the AarAdhanam by 
AadhisEshan in the fourth yugam (Kali yugam ) 
are referred to in NaamAs 63, 66, 84 and 90 .

Kaanchi GarudOthsavam is saluted in NaamA 100 .

PerumdEvi ThAyAr's KalyANa Kodi Vimanam is
saluted in nAmA 105.

The Lord's appearance wiht PuNya KOdi VimAnam
from the Yaj~na KuNtam of Chathurmukha Brahma 
is saluted in NaamA 26. 

Lord VardarAjan's happiness in residing at 
ThoNdai MaNDalam ( ThudIra MaNdalam) is referred to
in NaamA 4.

His presence as AntharyAmi in DaharAkAsam
is saluted in nAmA 50 (Udal misai uyirenak-
karenthengum paranthuLan --Swamy NammAzhwAr).

Kusa dhvaja MaharAja 's (IshvAku Kula RaajA)
PuthrakAmEshti Yaagam at Kaanchi, the birth of 
a son by name Visvajith and the kaimkaryam of 
this Raaja kulam for Lord Varadhan are covered in 
the nAmAs 88 nad 89. King Visvajith built 
the ramparts of Kaanchi and performed many
Kaimkaryams for the Lord of Hasthigiri . 

The rescue of GajEndran and the destruction of
the Crocodile that attacked the GajEndran resulting
in the name of GajEndra varadan is saluted in 
nAmAs 79 and 80.

The UpadEsam for AchArya RaamAnujA is referred to
in nAma 95 ( The aaRu VaarthaikaL).

(PraNavam) nama: PraNathArTiharaaya is the manthram
for gaining the boons from Lord VaradarAjan like
(PraNavam ) namO VenkatEsAya for Saptha GirIsan.

adiyEn will conclude this posting with a famous slOkam 
saluting the Vaibhavam of the sacred feet of Lord VaradarAjan:

maanArham mahathAm mahA naDa jaDA paryantha niryanthrana
kreetA bhandhura sindhurAja mahishI janmAspatham Tathpadham
MadhangAchala mouLimaNDana maNEr vandhAru brunfdhAraka
srENI sEkhara paarijAtha kalikA chUDalamIdAmahE

(meaning): Lord VaradarAjAn's sacred feet (ThiruvadigaL)
are worthy of worship by even glorious ones like 
the Chaturmuka BrahmA; these holy feet of the Lord are 
the place of origin of the beautiful wife of Samudra
Raajan , GangA dEvi, who sports without obstruction on 
the matted locks of the famous dancing God , Sivan; 
the assembly of devAs relish wearing the paarijAtha
flowers from the garlands adorning the Thiruvadi of
this Lord of Kaanchi. Those sacred feet adorn the heads
of the prostrating dEvAs as alankAram . May we offer our
salutations to those Thiruvadis , which shine as 
the gem stones on the crst of Hasthi Giri ! 

SrI MahA Devi SamEtha SrI Hasthigiri NaaTAya Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 







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