Ramanuja Namavali | 108 Names of Sri Ramanuja | Different Names of Sri Ramanujacharya

Ramanuja or Ramanujacharya was an hindu theologian, philosopher, and one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition. His philosophical foundations for devotionalism were influential to the Bhakti movement.

Ramanuja’s guru was Yadava Prakasa, a scholar who was part of the oldest monastic tradition Advaita Vedanta. According to the tradition of Sri Vaishnava, Ramanuja did not agree with his guru and with Advaita Vedanta, who was non-dualistic. Ramanuja is known as the main defender of Vedishtadvaita High School in Vedanta, and his followers were probably writers of texts such as Shatyayaniya Upanishad. Ramanuja himself wrote influential texts, such as the bhasya on the Brahma Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, all in Sanskrit.

His Vishishtadvaita philosophy competed with Madhvacharya’s Dvaita philosophy and Adi Shankara’s Advaita philosophy, as well as the three most influential Vedan philosophies of the second millennium. Ramanuja presented the epistemic and soteriological importance of bhakti, or devotion to a personal God as a means of spiritual liberation. His theories state that there is a plurality and distinction between Atman and Brahman, while asserting that there is the unity of all souls and that the individual soul has the potential to realize identity with Brahman.

Sri Ramanujacharya Namavali:

om ramanujaya namah | puskaraksaya | yatindraya | karunakaraya | kantimadhyatmajaya | srimate | lila-manusa-vigrahaya | sarva-sastrartha-tattva-jnaya | sarva-jnaya | sajjana-priyaya || 10 ||

narayana-krpa-patraya | sri-bhuta-pura-nayakaya | anaghaya | bhakta-mandaraya | kesavananda-vardhanaya | kanci-purna-priya-sakhaya | pranatarti-vinasakaya | punya-samkirtanaya | punyaya | brahma-raksasa-mocakaya || 20 ||

yadava-padita-partha-vrksa-cheda-kutarakaya | amoghaya | laksmana-munaye | sarada-soka-nasanaya | nirantara-janajnana-vimocana-vicaksanaya | vedantadvaya-sara-jnaya | varadambu-pradayakaya | parabhipraya-tattva-jnaya | yamuna-anguli-mocakaya | deva-raja-krpa-labdha-sad-vakyartha-maho-dadhaye || 30 ||

purnarya-labdha-san-mantraya | sauri-padabja-sat-padaya | tri-danda-dharine | brahma-jnaya | brahma-jnana-parayanaya | rangesa-kainkarya-rathaya | vibhutidvaya-nayakaya | gosti-purna-krpa-labdha-mantra-raja-prakasakaya | vararanganukampatta-dravidamnaya-paragaya | maladhararya-sujnata-dravid-amnaya-tattvadhiye || 40 ||

catus-sapta-sisyadhyaya | pancacarya-padasrayaya | prapita-visa-tirthambaprakati-krta-vaibhavaya | pranatarthi-haracaryaya-datta-bhiksaika-bhojanaya | pavitri-krta-kuresaya bhagineya-tri-danda-kaya | kuresa-dasarathyadicaramartha-
prakasakaya | rangesa-venkatesadi-prakati-krt-vaibhavaya | devarajaarcana-rataya | muka-mukti-pradayakaya || 50 ||

yajna-murti-pratistatre | man-nathaya | dharani-dharaya | varadacarya sadbhaktaya | yajnesarthi vinasakhaya | anantabhista-phala-daya | vittalesa prapujitaya | srisaila-purna-karunalabdha-ramayanarthakaya | prapatti dharmaika-rataya | govindarya-priyanujaya || 60 ||

vyasa-sutrartha-tattva-jnaya | bodhayana matanugaya | sri-bhasyadi mahagrantha-karakaya | kali-nasanaya | advaita-mata-vicchetre | visistadvaitaparagaya | kuranga-nagari-purna mantra-ratnopadesikaya | vinas-itetara-mataya | sesi-krta ramapataye | putri-krta satharataye || 70 ||

satha-jite | rna-mocakaya | bhasa-datta-haya-grivaya | bhasya-karaya | mahayasase | pavitri-krta bhu-bhagaya | kurma-natha prakasakaya | srivenkatacaladhisa sankha-cakra-pradayakaya | sri-venkatesa-svasuraya | sri-ramasaka desikaya || 80 ||

krpa-matra prasann-aryaya | gopika moksa-dayakaya | samicinarya sac-chisya sat-krtaya | vaisnava-priyaya | krmi-kanta-nrpa-dhvamsine | sarva mantra mahodadhaye | angi-krtandhra-purnaryaya | salagrama pratistithaya | sri bhaktagrama-purnesaya | visnu-vardhana raksakaya || 90 ||

baudha-dhvanta sahasramsave | sesa-rupa-pradarsakaya | nagari-krta vedadraye | dillisvara samarcitaya | narayana pratistatre | sampat-putra vimocakaya | sampatkumara janakaya | sadhu-loka sikhamanaye | supratistita govinda-rajaya | purnamanorathaya || 100 ||

godagrajaya | dig-vijetre | godabhistha prapurakaya | sarva-samsaya-vicchetre | visnu-loka pradayakaya | avyahata-mahad-vartmane | yati-rajaya | jagat-gurave || 108 ||
om srimate ramanujaya namah ||