Vishnu mantras
The Ashtakshara and Dwadashakshara, and the forms invoked for specific difficulty.
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Vishnuविष्णु74 mantras
The Ashtakshara and Dwadashakshara, and the forms invoked for specific difficulty.
Ashtakshara MantraMost chantedThe eight syllables. The central Vaishnava mantra.
Dwadashakshara MantraThe twelve syllables, to Vasudeva.
NamesVishnu SahasranamaMost chantedThe thousand names. Recited on Ekadashi.
Narasimha MantraFor protection from fear and sudden danger.
Runa Vimochana Narasimha MantraSpecifically for release from debt.
Sudarshana MantraThe discus. For cutting through hostile influence.
Rajagopala MantraKrishna as Rajagopala. For love and family harmony.
Vidya Rajagopala MantraFor education and success in study.
Venkateswara MantraFor the fulfilment of vows.
Hayagreeva MantraFor knowledge, scholarship and research.
Bhoo Varaha MantraFor land, property and immovable assets.
Vamana MantraFor humility and the restoration of balance.
Rama MantraThe Taraka mantra. For dharma and steadfastness.
Krishna MantraFor love, joy and release from sorrow.
Vedic hymnPurusha SuktamThe Vedic hymn to the cosmic person.
Vedic hymnNarayana SuktamThe Vedic hymn to Narayana.
Lakshmi Narayana MantraThe couple together. For household prosperity.
Dhanvantari MantraFor good health and vitality.
StotramAchyutashtakamShankara's sung octet that moves between Rama and the child Krishna
AartiVenkateswara SuprabhatamAnnan's 29 dawn verses that wake the Lord of the Seven Hills
StotramRama Raksha StotramBudha Kaushika's 38-verse armour of Rama's names, heard in a dream
NamesGovinda Namalu108 names of Venkateswara, each called 'Govinda', sung up Tirumala
AartiOm Jai Jagdish Hare AartiShardha Ram Phillauri's c.1870 Hindi aarti to Vishnu as Jagadisha
StotramShri Ram Chandra KripaluTulsidas's five-stanza Rama stuti, pada 45 of the Vinaya Patrika
StotramDamodarashtakamEight verses to the child Krishna tied by Yashoda to a mortar
Hare Krishna Maha MantraSixteen names Brahma gave Narada for crossing the Kali age
StotramNarasimha KavachamPrahlada's armour of the man-lion, limb by limb and on all eight sides
StotramBhaja GovindamShankara's call to a Kashi grammarian to turn from rules to Govinda
StotramThiruppavaiAndal's 30 Tamil dawn songs of a cowherd girl's Margazhi vow
AartiAarti Kunj Bihari KiBraj lamp-song to Krishna of the groves, from flute to Ganga-born feet
StotramHaripathDnyaneshwar's 27 Marathi abhangas on the Name, chanted on the Vari
StotramJagannath AshtakamEight verses asking only that the Lord of Puri come into sight
StotramMadhurashtakamVallabha's eight verses from Gokul: lips, flute and Yamuna all sweet
StotramManache ShlokSamarth Ramdas's 205 Marathi verses spoken to his own mind
NamesKrishna Ashtottara Shatanamavali108 names from Yashoda's butter to the Gita, seen by Shesha
ChalisaRam ChalisaHaridasa's 46 chaupais on Rama's name, his brothers and Sita
Shantakaram BhujagashayanamVishnu at rest on the serpent, sky-vast and cloud-dark, in one verse
StotramVenkateswara StotramAnnan's 11 verses that follow the Tirumala Suprabhatam
NamesVishnu Ashtottara Shatanamavali108 salutations, from Vishnu and Jishnu to Rudra and Madhusudana
ChalisaVishnu ChalisaForty Hindi chaupais from Varaha and Mohini to Vrinda and Ajamila
AartiSatyanarayan AartiHindi lamp song that retells the Satyanarayan katha in eight stanzas
StotramNarayana KavachamThe armour Vishvarupa taught Indra, Bhagavata Purana 6.8
StotramLakshmi Narasimha Karavalamba StotramShankara's 17 verses asking the man-lion for his hand out of samsara
StotramYamunashtakamVallabhacharya's nine verses to Yamuna, first of his Sixteen Works
Yada Yada Hi DharmasyaKrishna's word in Gita 4.7-8 that he is born whenever dharma fails
Mangalam Bhagavan VishnuOne anushtubh that calls Vishnu, by four names, the seat of mangala
StotramHari StotramA Pushkar monk's eight verses, each closing 'bhaje'ham bhaje'ham'
Santan Gopal MantraDevaki's son asked for a child, after a dhyana of Arjuna's chariot
AartiAarti Shri Ramayan Ji KiAwadhi lamp song to the Manas itself, sung as the reading closes
StotramTulsi MantraPundarika's fifteen verses to Tulasi, with her sixteen names
StotramGaruda MantraVedanta Desika's dandaka to Garuda, his mantra set in verse 5
Vedic hymnVishnu SuktamRigveda 1.154: six verses on Vishnu's three wide strides
StotramGita DhyanamNine verses to the Gita, Vyasa and Krishna, read before chapter one
StotramMukundamala StotramA Chera king's 40 Sanskrit verses asking Mukunda for one gift
Radha Krishna MantraRadha's molten-gold pranama, her Gayatri, and Krishna as Radhakanta
StotramAdivo AlladivoAnnamacharya's Telugu song that points to the Tirumala hill itself
StotramDashavatara StotramJayadeva's song of Vishnu's ten forms that opens the Gita Govinda
StotramRadha Kripa Kataksh StotraShiva's plea to Radha for one merciful glance, from the Urdhvamnaya
StotramGovinda Damodara Stotram71 verses, from Draupadi's cry to the gopis' songs, on one refrain
StotramRamashtakamVyasa's eight verses to Rama as Brahman, the one without a second
StotramRanganatha AshtakamShankara's octet to the Lord who reclines between two arms of Kaveri
StotramGovindashtakamShankara's eight verses: infinite Brahman, crawling in a cow-yard
StotramPandurangashtakamEight verses to Vitthala of Pandharpur, standing on Pundarika's brick
Vedic hymnNeela SuktamTaittiriya Samhita 4.4.12 lines chanted to Neela, wife of Vishnu
Vedic hymnBhu SuktamTaittiriya verses on Earth, a rekindled fire and Vishnu's strides
NamesNarasimha 108 Names108 names of the man-lion, from the pillar to Prahlada's protector
StotramVishnu Shatpadi StotramShankara's six verses to Vishnu, with the wave and the ocean
NamesVenkateswara Ashtothram108 names of Tirumala's deity, from Sri Venkatesha to Jagadishvara
Satyanarayana MantraTwo dhyana verses and the two mantras of the Satyanarayana puja
Parshuram MantraJamadagni's son in two Gayatris, the raam root mantra and a dhyana
NamesRama Ashtottara Shatanamavali108 names that walk from Tataka's forest to the Setu and Brahman
Kalki MantraGayatri, name mantra, Bhagavata prophecies and Desika's Kalki verse
Matsya MantraVishnu as the Great Fish: Gayatri, Manu's mantra, Satyavrata's praise
Kurma MantraKurma Gayatri and Aryaman's hymn to the tortoise from the Bhagavata
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