Goddess Annapurna or Annapoorna Devi is the goddess of food and nourishment in Hindu religion. She is said to be the avatar of the goddess Parvati devi, who is one of the numerous forms of Shakti the wife of Lord Shiva, and is praised in Annada Mangal, a Bengali narrative poem by Bharatchandra Ray.
Akshaya Tritiya is considered the birth date of Annapurna and is believed to be very auspicious to buy gold jewelry. Annapurna Sahasranam is dedicated to the goddess and praises her thousand names, while Annapurna Shatanama Stotram is dedicated to her 108 names. In sanskrit Anna means “food” and purna means “filled completely”. Mount Annapurna, in the Himalayas, is thought to be named after the deity, as it is believed to be one of the daughters of Himavat, the king of the mountains.
Annapoorna Devi Namavali:
om annapurnayai namah | sivayai | devyai | bhimayai | pustyai | sarasvatyai | sarvajnayai | parvatyai | durgayai | sarvanyai || 10 ||
siva-vallabhayai | veda-vedyayai | maha-vidyayai | vidya-datrai | visaradayai | kumaryai | tripurayai | balayai | laksmyai | sriyai namah || 20 ||
bhaya-harinai | bhavanyai | visnu-jananyai | brahmadijananyai | ganesajananyai | saktyai | kumarajananyai | subhayai | bhoga-pradayai | bhagavatyai || 30 ||
bhaktabhista-pradayinyai | bhava-roga-harayai | bhavyayai | subhrayai | paramamangalayai | bhavanyai | cancalayai | gauryai | caru-cand-kala-dharayai | visalaksyai || 40 ||
visvamatre | visva-vandyayai | vilasinyai | aryayai | kalyana-nilayayai | rudranyai | kamalasanayai | subha-pradayai | subhavartayai | vrtta-pina-payo-dharayai || 50 ||
ambayai | sanhara-mathanyai | mrdanyai | sarva-mangalayai | visnu-sansevitayai | siddhayai | brahmanyai | sura-sevitayai | paramananda-dayai | santyai namah || 60 ||
paramananda-rupinyai | paramananda-jananyai | parayai | ananda-pradayinyai | paropakara-niratayai | paramayai | bhakta-vatsalayai | purna-candrabhavadanayai | purna-candra-nibhansukayai | subha-laksana-sampannayai || 70 ||
subhananda-gunarnavayai | subha-saubhagya-nilayayai | subhadayai | ratipriyayai | candikayai | canda-mathanyai | canda-darpa-nivarinyai | martandanayanayai | sadhvyai | candragni-nayanayai || 80 ||
satyai | pundarika-harayai | purnayai | punyadayai | punya-rupinyai | mayatitayai | sresthamayayai | srestha-dharmayai | atma-vanditayai | asristyai || 90 ||
sangara-hitayai | srsti-hetave | kapardinyai | vrsarudhayai | sula-hastayai | sthitisanhara-karinyai | manda-smitayai | skanda-matre | suddha-cittayai | munistutayai || 100 ||
maha-bhagavatyai | daksayai | daksadhvara-vinasinyai | sarvartha-datryai | savitryai | sadasiva-kutumbinyai | nitya-sundara-sarvangyai | saccidanandalaksanayai namah || 108 ||