- oṃOm
- gakārarūpāyato the one whose form is the syllable ga
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gakārarūpāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
gakāra the syllable ga — Every one of these hundred and eight names begins with ga, which is why the list is called the Gakara Ashtottara. The first name says plainly what the rest are doing.
note A namavali is said one name at a time, with Om before and salutation after, while a flower or a grain of rice is offered at each. This list is held together by its first letter, so several names are rare words chosen because they begin with ga.
- oṃOm
- gambījāyato the one whose seed syllable is gam
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gambījāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇeśāyato the lord of the ganas
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇeśāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇavanditāyato the one the ganas bow to
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇavanditāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇāyato the host itself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇyāyato the one worth counting
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇanātītasadguṇāyato the one whose good qualities are past counting
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇanātītasadguṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaganādikasṛjeto the maker of the sky and the rest
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaganādikasṛje namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṅgāsutāyato the son of Ganga
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṅgāsutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṅgāsutārcitāyato the one whom Ganga's son worships
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṅgāsutārcitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṅgādharaprītikarāyato the one who pleases the bearer of Ganga
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṅgādharaprītikarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gavīśeḍyāyato the one whom the lord of speech praises
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gavīśeḍyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
go speech — Go means a cow, a ray of light, the earth and speech. Gavisha, its lord, is taken here as the lord of speech.
- oṃOm
- gadāpahāyato the one who carries sickness away
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gadāpahāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gadādharasutāyato the son of the mace-bearer
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gadādharasutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note Gadadhara, the mace-bearer, is usually Vishnu. A later name in the same list calls Ganesha himself an descent of Gadadhara, so the list is using the name freely.
- oṃOm
- gadyapadyātmakakavitvadāyato the one who gives the power to make poetry in prose and in verse
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gadyapadyātmakakavitvadāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajāsyāyato the elephant-faced one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajāsyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajalakṣmīpateto the lord of Gajalakshmi
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajalakṣmīpate namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajāvājirathapradāyato the giver of elephants, horses and chariots
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajāvājirathapradāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gañjānirataśikṣākṛtayeto the one who corrects those sunk in drink
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gañjānirataśikṣākṛtaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
gañjā the drinking house — Ganja is the place where liquor and hemp are had. The name is read as his setting straight those who live in it.
- oṃOm
- gaṇitajñāyato the one who knows number
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇitajñāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇḍadānāñcitāyato the one marked by the must running from his cheeks
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇḍadānāñcitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gantreto the one who goes
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gantre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇḍopalasamākṛtayeto the one whose shape is like a boulder
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇḍopalasamākṛtaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaganavyāpakāyato the one who fills the sky
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaganavyāpakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gamyāyato the one who can be reached
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gamyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gamanādivivarjitāyato the one with no going or coming
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gamanādivivarjitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇḍadoṣaharāyato the one who takes away the gandanta fault
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇḍadoṣaharāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
gaṇḍadoṣa the gandanta fault — Gandanta is the knot in a birth chart where a water sign meets a fire sign. It is held to be a dangerous joint, and this name is why the list is read for children born in it.
- oṃOm
- gaṇḍabhramadbhramarakuṇḍalāyato the one whose earrings are bees circling his cheeks
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇḍabhramadbhramarakuṇḍalāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gatāgatajñāyato the one who knows the going and the coming
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gatāgatajñāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gatidāyato the one who gives the way
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gatidāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gatamṛtyaveto the one death has left
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gatamṛtyave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gatodbhavāyato the one whose being born is over
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gatodbhavāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandhapriyāyato the one who loves scent
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandhapriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandhavāhāyato the wind, which carries scent
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandhavāhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandhasindhurabṛndagāyato the one who moves among the herd of scented elephants
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandhasindhurabṛndagāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandhādipūjitāyato the one worshipped with scent and the rest
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandhādipūjitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gavyabhoktreto the one who eats what comes from the cow
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gavyabhoktre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gargādisannutāyato the one praised by Garga and the other sages
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gargādisannutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gariṣṭhāyato the weightiest of all
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gariṣṭhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garabhideto the one who breaks poison
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garabhide namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garvaharāyato the one who takes pride away
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garvaharāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garalibhūṣaṇāyato the one whose ornament carries poison
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garalibhūṣaṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
garalin the poison-bearer — The snake, which carries poison. He wears one as his father does.
- oṃOm
- gaviṣṭhāyato the one who stands in the rays
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaviṣṭhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garjitārāvāyato the one whose cry is a thunderclap
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garjitārāvāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gabhīrahṛdayāyato the one whose heart is deep
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gabhīrahṛdayāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gadineto the one with the mace
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gadine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- galatkuṣṭhaharāyato the one who cures the leprosy that eats away
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ galatkuṣṭhaharāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garbhapradāyato the one who gives the child in the womb
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garbhapradāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garbhārbharakṣakāyato the one who guards the child in the womb
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garbhārbharakṣakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garbhādhārāyato the one who holds the womb up
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garbhādhārāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garbhavāsiśiśujñānapradāyato the one who gives the child knowledge while it is still unborn
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garbhavāsiśiśujñānapradāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garutmattulyajavanāyato the one as swift as Garuda
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garutmattulyajavanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garuḍadhvajavanditāyato the one to whom he of the Garuda banner bows
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garuḍadhvajavanditāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gayeḍitāyato the one whom Gaya praised
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gayeḍitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
gaya Gaya — Gaya is both a king of that name and the town where the rites for the dead are done. The three names here play on both.
- oṃOm
- gayāśrāddhaphaladāyato the one who gives the fruit of the shraddha done at Gaya
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gayāśrāddhaphaladāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gayākṛtayeto the one whose form is Gaya itself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gayākṛtaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gadādharāvatāriṇeto the one who came down as Gadadhara
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gadādharāvatāriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandharvanagarārcitāyato the one worshipped in the city of the gandharvas
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandharvanagarārcitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandharvagānasantuṣṭāyato the one whom the singing of the gandharvas contents
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandharvagānasantuṣṭāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garuḍāgrajavanditāyato the one to whom Garuda's elder brother bows
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garuḍāgrajavanditāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇarātrasamārādhyāyato the one to be worshipped through the nights of the gana rite
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇarātrasamārādhyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garhaṇāstutisāmyadhiyeto the one whose mind holds blame and praise as one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garhaṇāstutisāmyadhiye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gartābhanābhayeto the one whose navel is like a hollow in the ground
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gartābhanābhaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gavyūtidīrghatuṇḍāyato the one whose trunk is long as a league
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gavyūtidīrghatuṇḍāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gabhastimateto the one who has rays
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gabhastimate namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garhitācāradūrāyato the one far from anything to be blamed
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garhitācāradūrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garuḍopalabhūṣitāyato the one wearing emeralds
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garuḍopalabhūṣitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajārivikramāyato the one who strides as the lion does
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajārivikramāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandhamūṣavājineto the one whose steed is the scented mouse
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandhamūṣavājine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
gandhamūṣa the scented mouse — The musk shrew, which is what his mount is in some descriptions. Vajin, a horse, is used here for any animal ridden.
- oṃOm
- gataśramāyato the one who knows no weariness
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gataśramāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaveṣaṇīyāyato the one worth searching for
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaveṣaṇīyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gahanāyato the deep one, hard to fathom
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gahanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gahanasthamunistutāyato the one praised by sages who live deep in the woods
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gahanasthamunistutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gavayacchideto the one who cut down the wild ox
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gavayacchide namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇḍakabhideto the one who split the rhinoceros
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇḍakabhide namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gahvarāpathavāraṇāyato the one who keeps us off the road into the pit
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gahvarāpathavāraṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajadantāyudhāyato the one whose weapon is his own tusk
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajadantāyudhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garjadripughnāyato the one who kills the roaring enemy
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garjadripughnāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajakarṇikāyato the one with an elephant's ears
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajakarṇikāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajacarmāmayacchetreto the one who cut away the elephant-hide affliction
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajacarmāmayacchetre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note The name points to the demon who took the shape of an elephant, whose hide Shiva tore off.
- oṃOm
- gaṇādhyakṣāyato the one who presides over the ganas
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇādhyakṣāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇārcitāyato the one the ganas worship
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇārcitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇikānartanaprītāyato the one pleased by the dancing of the temple women
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇikānartanaprītāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gacchateto the one who is on his way
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gacchate namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandhaphalīpriyāyato the one who loves the scented flower
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandhaphalīpriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandhakādirasādhīśāyato the master of sulphur and the other minerals
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandhakādirasādhīśāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇakānandadāyakāyato the one who gives the reckoner his joy
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇakānandadāyakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garabhādijanurhartreto the one who takes away birth as a donkey and the like
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garabhādijanurhartre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇḍakīgāhanotsukāyato the one eager to bathe in the Gandaki
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇḍakīgāhanotsukāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇḍūṣīkṛtavārāśayeto the one who took the ocean in a mouthful
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇḍūṣīkṛtavārāśaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
gaṇḍūṣa a mouthful — A gandusha is as much water as is held in the mouth at once for rinsing. The name says the sea was that to him.
- oṃOm
- garimālaghimādidāyato the giver of weight and lightness and the other powers
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garimālaghimādidāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
garimā laghimā weight and lightness — Two of the eight powers a yogi is said to gain: to become as heavy as one likes and as light as one likes.
- oṃOm
- gavākṣavatsaudhavāsineto the one who lives in a white mansion with windows
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gavākṣavatsaudhavāsine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garbhitāyato the one held within
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garbhitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garbhiṇīnutāyato the one whom women with child praise
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garbhiṇīnutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gandhamādanaśailābhāyato the one who looks like Mount Gandhamadana
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gandhamādanaśailābhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇḍabheruṇḍavikramāyato the one who strides as the two-headed bird does
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇḍabheruṇḍavikramāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
gaṇḍabheruṇḍa the two-headed bird — The bird of the old stories, strong enough to carry an elephant in each claw.
- oṃOm
- gaditāyato the one who is spoken of
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaditāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gadgadārāvasaṃstutāyato the one praised in a voice broken with feeling
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gadgadārāvasaṃstutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gahvarīpatayeto the lord of the cave
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gahvarīpataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajeśāyato the lord of elephants
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajeśāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garīyaseto the weightier, the more to be honoured
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garīyase namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gadyeḍyāyato the one to be praised in prose
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gadyeḍyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gatabhideto the one in whom no division is left
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gatabhide namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaditāgamāyato the one who spoke the scriptures
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaditāgamāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- garhaṇīyaguṇābhāvāyato the one in whom there is nothing to blame
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ garhaṇīyaguṇābhāvāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṅgādikaśucipradāyato the one who gives the cleanness of Ganga and the other rivers
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṅgādikaśucipradāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇanātītavidyāśrībalāyuṣyādidāyakāyato the giver of learning, fortune, strength and long life past all counting
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇanātītavidyāśrībalāyuṣyādidāyakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note The list closes on the longest name in it, and on the same word it opened with: ganana, counting, which his qualities and his gifts both go past.