Devi mantras
The goddess in her forms — from Saraswathi's learning to Pratyangira's protection against directed harm.
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Deviदेवी112 mantras
The goddess in her forms — from Saraswathi's learning to Pratyangira's protection against directed harm.
Saraswathi MantraMost chantedFor learning, speech and the arts. The seed syllable is Aim.
Lakshmi MantraMost chantedFor prosperity and stability. The seed syllable is Shreem.
Mahalakshmi MantraThe eight-fold form. For comprehensive prosperity.
Durga MantraFor protection and courage against opposition.
Drishti Durga MantraSpecifically for the evil eye.
Vana Durga MantraThe forest form. For protection while travelling.
Pratyangira MantraInitiationFor deliberate harm and directed ill-will.
Chandi MantraThe Devi Mahatmyam invocation. Recited during Navaratri.
Bala Tripura Sundari MantraInitiationSri Vidya practice. Received from a teacher.
Varahi MantraInitiationCommander of Devi's forces. For decisive protection.
Matangi MantraInitiationFor speech, music and command of language.
Bhuvaneshwari MantraFor expansiveness and freedom from constraint.
Kamakshi MantraFor marriage and the fulfilment of desire.
Meenakshi MantraFor marital harmony and household prosperity.
Annapoorna MantraFor sufficiency of food and never wanting.
Kalaratri MantraThe seventh Navadurga. For removal of fear.
Katyayani MantraFor marriage, particularly where it is delayed.
Mangala Gauri MantraFor married life and the wellbeing of a spouse.
Swayamvara Parvathi MantraFor those seeking a suitable marriage.
Santoshi Mata MantraFor contentment and the settling of disputes.
Gayatri Devi MantraThe mother of the Vedas in her personified form.
Bhairavi MantraInitiationThe fierce form. For confronting what must be faced.
Dhumavati MantraInitiationThe widow form. Restricted practice.
Kamalatmika MantraInitiationThe lotus goddess. For wealth in the Mahavidya sequence.
StotramKanakadhara StotramShankara's hymn to Lakshmi's side-glance, sung for a gooseberry
Vedic hymnSri SuktamA Rigveda khila hymn asking Agni to bring Lakshmi and banish Alakshmi
StotramMahalakshmi AshtakamIndra's eight couplets to Lakshmi on Garuda, terror of Kolasura
StotramSiddha Kunjika StotramShiva's key that awakens the Durga Saptashati, told to Parvati
StotramArgala StotramThe 'bolt' hymn of the Saptashati, with its refrain 'rupam dehi'
StotramMahishasura Mardini Stotram21 verses to Parvati as Mahishasura's slayer, each on one refrain
ChalisaDurga ChalisaDevidas's Hindi forty: Hinglaj, Jwala and Shankara's lost Shakti
NamesLalitha Sahasranamam183 verses, 1,000 names of Lalita, from her rising to the Sri Chakra
AartiJai Ambe Gauri AartiShivanand Swami's Hindi aarti to Amba, refrain plus twelve stanzas
Bagalamukhi Mantra36 syllables asking Pitambara to still speech, step and tongue
StotramDevi KavachamBrahma's armour of goddesses, laid on the body from crown to sole
StotramSoundarya LahariFrom Shiva's need of Shakti to the Goddess's feet, in 100 verses
Vedic hymnDurga SuktamSeven Agni verses around one refuge in Durga, closed by her Gayatri
StotramAbhirami AnthathiA hundred chained Tamil verses to the Goddess of Thirukkadaiyur
StotramBhavani AshtakamEight verses of a person with nothing left but the Mother's shelter
Vedic hymnDevi SuktamRigveda 10.125, in which Vak, goddess of speech, describes herself
StotramDurga Apaduddharaka StotramShiva's hymn to Durga as the boat across every calamity
NamesDurga Ashtottara ShatanamavaliShiva's 108 names for Durga, from Sati to Brahmavadini
NamesDurga Dwatrimshat NamavaliSix verses where every one of the 32 names opens with the sound durg
AartiGanga AartiHindi lamp-song to Mother Ganga, sung to the Om Jai Jagdish Hare tune
ChalisaKali ChalisaForty Hindi verses: Kali's eight arms, her retinue and her battles
ChalisaSaraswati ChalisaRamsagar's Hindi hymn: the poets she taught, the battles she won
StotramSaraswati StotramAgastya's 21 verses to Saraswati, opening with the Ya Kundendu verse
StotramShyamala DandakamKalidasa's long-lined dandaka to Shyamala, the vina-playing Matangi
StotramYa Devi SarvabhuteshuThe gods' chapter 5 hymn naming the Goddess in every state of being
ChalisaLakshmi ChalisaForty Hindi chaupais to Sindhu Suta, closing on the plea of Ramdas
Lakshmi Kubera MantraFour Kubera mantras: Ashtalakshmi bijas to the Vedic Rajadhirajaya
StotramNarmada AshtakamShankara's flood-time hymn to the river, each verse bowing at her feet
AartiOm Jai Lakshmi MataHindi lamp-waving song naming Lakshmi as Uma, Rama and Brahmani
StotramRajarajeshwari AshtakamEight verses that gather Parvati, Kali and Varahi into one queen
Vedic hymnRatri SuktamEight Rigvedic verses to Night, whose eyes are the stars
StotramSaptashloki DurgaSeven verses lifted from the Devi Mahatmya, given by the Devi to Shiva
StotramDurga SaptashatiSage Medhas tells a lost king and a merchant of the Goddess's 3 wars
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 1Brahma's hymn wakes Vishnu to behead Madhu and Kaitabha on his thigh
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 2The gods' anger becomes one Goddess; armed by each, she wipes out Mahisha's army
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 3Mahishasura turns lion, swordsman, elephant and buffalo before she beheads him
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 4Indra and the gods praise Mahishasura's slayer and ask her to come when remembered
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 5The gods' Ya Devi hymn; Kaushiki leaves Parvati and answers Shumbha's envoy with a vow
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 6Dhumralochana comes to drag her off by the hair; one 'hum' burns him to ash
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 7Kali bursts from Ambika's brow, eats an army and is named Chamunda
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 8The seven Mothers join the war; Chamunda drinks the blood that breeds Raktabija
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 9Nishumbha falls to her trident; she beheads the man who springs from his heart
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 10Shumbha mocks her borrowed strength; she absorbs the Mothers and kills him alone
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 11The gods' Narayani Stuti after Shumbha falls; she foretells Shakambhari and Bhramari
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 12The Goddess lists the dangers her story lifts, from planets to shipwreck, then vanishes
StotramDurga Saptashati Chapter 13Three years before an earthen image: a kingdom for the king, knowledge for the merchant
StotramKilak StotramMarkandeya's 14 verses on the lock Shiva set on the Saptashati, and its release
NamesLakshmi SahasranamamSanatkumara's thousand names, in which every goddess becomes Lakshmi
NamesLalitha Trishati300 names of Lalita, twenty for each syllable of her mantra
NamesSaraswati Ashtottara Shatanamavali108 names from Sarasvati to Brahma-Vishnu-Shivatmika, Chandika's too
StotramDevi Aparadha Kshamapana StotramTwelve verses asking the Mother to pardon a worshipper's every lapse
Samudra Vasane DeviThe waking verse that asks Earth's pardon before the feet touch her
Kamakhya MantraSeed syllable, Blue Mountain verse and pranam to the Nilachal Goddess
StotramMariamman ThalattuTamil folk lullaby that coaxes Mariamman to lift the 'pearls' of pox
Kali MantraKrim salutation, the Kali Gayatri and the Jayanti Mangala verse
NamesLakshmi Ashtothram108 names from Prakriti to Bhuvaneshvari, spoken by Shiva to Devi
StotramVasavi Kanyaka Parameswari StotramTen verses to the Penugonda maiden who chose the fire over a king
StotramKhadgamala StotramA garland of names walking the Sri Chakra's nine enclosures inward
Skandamata MantraName-mantra, lion-throne prayer and stuti for Navaratri's fifth Durga
NamesDurga SahasranamamSkanda Purana's 1,000 names of Durga, first revealed to Himavan
StotramLalita PancharatnamFive dawn verses on Lalita's face, arms, feet, glory and names
StotramKali AshtakamShankara's eight verses ending: even the gods do not know your form
Saraswati Puja MantraBengal's anjali: Jaya jaya devi, Bhadrakalyai, offering and pranam
Shailaputri MantraName mantra, moon-crested dhyana and stuti for Navaratri's first day
StotramMangala Chandika StotramShiva's hymn to Durga as Mangala Chandika, from the Tripura battle
StotramNavadurga StotramBrahma's roll of the nine Durgas, then one dhyana verse for each form
Bhadrakali MantraKerala's dhyana, Gayatri and plea to the slayer of Darika
Maa Brahmacharini MantraRosary, water pot and the vow of tapas: Navaratri's second day
Maa Chandraghanta MantraThird-night name mantra, dhyana and stuti to the bell-moon Durga
Mahagauri MantraAshtami name mantra, white-bull dhyana and stuti for Mahagauri
Navratri MantraNine nights, nine Durgas: each one's name mantra and dhyana verse
Vaishno Devi MantraThree Devi Mahatmya verses that name the Goddess as Vaishnavi
StotramSakalakalavalli MalaiKumaraguruparar's ten Tamil verses to Saraswati, sung at Kashi
ChalisaVindhyavasini ChalisaHindi forty to the lion-riding Goddess of the Vindhya hills
Durga Pushpanjali MantraThe Maha Ashtami flower offering of Bengal's Durga Puja, line by line
Parvati MantraGauri's couplet and the gopis' Katyayani prayer from one winter vow
Manasa Devi MantraSerpent queen's dhyana, name mantra and twelve Puranic names
Shoolini Durga MantraLion-seated trident Goddess: her dhyana and flame-garland Gayatri
NamesLalitha Ashtottara Shatanamavali108 names from Lalita's seat on Kailasa to the slaying of Bhanda
Siddhidatri MantraNinth Durga: the golden four-armed Goddess of the Nirvana chakra
StotramKamakshi StotramTen verses to the Goddess of Kanchi, each bowing to Shiva's beloved
Kushmanda MantraDay-four name mantra, two-pot prarthana, stuti and lion-borne dhyana
Sita MantraName mantra, Gayatri and two Tulsidas salutations to Janaka's daughter
NamesChamundeshwari Ashtottara Shatanamavali108 names for the Goddess of Chamundi Hill, Chamunda to Tripurasundari
StotramShakambhari MantraThe hundred-eyed Goddess who fed a drought-struck world with greens
StotramSheetala Mata MantraShiva's octet to the cool goddess who rides a donkey with a broom
NamesAnnapurna Ashtottara ShatanamavaliThe Shiva Rahasya's 108 names of the Goddess who feeds Kashi
NamesGayatri Ashtottara ShatanamavaliGayatri's 108 names, from the young sun to the orbs of fire and sky
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