- oṃOm
- gajānanāyato the elephant-faced one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajānanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note A hundred and eight names said one at a time, each with Om before it and salutation after, while a flower or a grain of rice is offered at every name. This list is printed from a copy with a number of scribal slips; where a name is printed oddly the note on that name says how it is read.
- oṃOm
- gaṇādhyakṣāyato the one who presides over the ganas
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇādhyakṣāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vighnārājāyato the king of obstacles
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vighnārājāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note vighnārājāya is printed for vighnarājāya.
- oṃOm
- vināyakāyato the one who leads, and who has no one over him
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vināyakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dtvèmāturāyato the child of two mothers
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dtvèmāturāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
dvaimātura the child of two mothers — Parvati made him, and other tellings give him a second mother, sometimes Ganga and sometimes the earth.
note dtvèmāturāya is printed for dvaimāturāya.
- oṃOm
- dvimukhāyato the two-faced one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dvimukhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
dvimukha the two-faced one — A form of Ganapati with two faces, counted among the thirty-two. The name sits here beside Sumukha and Pramukha, and the three play on the same word for face.
- oṃOm
- pramukhāyato the one at the head
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pramukhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sumukhāyato the fair-faced one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sumukhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kṛtineto the one who gets things done
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kṛtine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- supradīpāyato the good lamp
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ supradīpāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sukhanidhayeto the store of ease
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sukhanidhaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- surādhyakṣāyato the one who presides over the gods
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ surādhyakṣāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- surārighnāyato the one who kills the enemies of the gods
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ surārighnāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mahāgaṇapatayeto the great Ganapati
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mānyāyato the one to be honoured
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mānyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mahākālāyato great time itself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mahākālāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mahābalāyato the one of great strength
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mahābalāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- herambāyato Heramba, the guard of the weak
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ herambāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- lambajaṭharāyato the one with the hanging belly
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ lambajaṭharāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- hrasvagrīvāyato the short-necked one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ hrasvagrīvāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mahodarāyato the big-bellied one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mahodarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- madotkaṭāyato the one wild with must
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ madotkaṭāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mahāvīrāyato the great hero
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mahāvīrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mantriṇeto the counsellor
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mantriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- maṅgala svarāyato the one whose voice brings good fortune
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ maṅgala svarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- pramadhāyato the one who churns
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pramadhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note pramadhāya is printed for pramathāya, the one who churns.
- oṃOm
- prathamāyato the first
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ prathamāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- prājñāyato the wise one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ prājñāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vighnakartreto the one who makes obstacles
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vighnakartre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vighnahantreto the one who kills obstacles
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vighnahantre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvanetreto the eye of the world
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvanetre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- virāṭpatayeto the lord of the vast form
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ virāṭpataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śrīpatayeto the lord of fortune
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śrīpataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vākpatayeto the lord of speech
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vākpataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śṛṅgāriṇeto the one in love's own mood
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śṛṅgāriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- āśrita vatsalāyato the one tender to those who come to him
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ āśrita vatsalāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śivapriyāyato the one dear to Shiva
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śivapriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śīghrakāriṇeto the one who acts quickly
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śīghrakāriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śāśvatāyato the one who does not end
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śāśvatāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- balāyato strength itself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ balāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- balotthitāyato the one who rises by his own strength
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ balotthitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhavātmajāyato the son of Bhava
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bhavātmajāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- purāṇa puruṣāyato the person who was there from the first
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ purāṇa puruṣāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- pūṣṇeto the one who feeds and makes grow
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pūṣṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- puṣkarotṣipta vāriṇeto the one who pours the water his trunk throws up
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ puṣkarotṣipta vāriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
puṣkara the trunk's tip — Pushkara is both a lotus and the open end of an elephant's trunk. The name pictures him showering water from it, as an elephant does.
note puṣkarotṣipta is printed for puṣkarotkṣipta.
- oṃOm
- agragaṇyāyato the one counted first
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ agragaṇyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- agrapūjyāyato the one worshipped first
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ agrapūjyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- agragāmineto the one who goes in front
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ agragāmine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mantrakṛteto the maker of mantras
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mantrakṛte namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- cāmīkara prabhāyato the one who shines like gold
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ cāmīkara prabhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvāyato the all
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvopāsyāyato the one everyone should serve
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvopāsyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarva kartreto the maker of everything
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarva kartre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvanetreto the eye of everything
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvanetre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvasidhdhi pradāyato the giver of every success
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvasidhdhi pradāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note sidhdhi is printed for siddhi.
- oṃOm
- sarva siddhayeto every success itself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarva siddhaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- pañcahastāyato the one with five hands
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pañcahastāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
pañcahasta the one with five hands — Four hands and the trunk, which an elephant uses as a fifth. Hasta is the ordinary word for both.
- oṃOm
- pārvatīnandanāyato the joy of Parvati
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pārvatīnandanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- prabhaveto the lord
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ prabhave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kumāra guraveto the teacher of Kumara
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kumāra gurave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
kumāra Kumara — Kartikeya, his brother. To call the elder brother his teacher is to make the family order a matter of learning as well as of birth.
- oṃOm
- akṣobhyāyato the one who cannot be shaken
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ akṣobhyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kuñjarāsura bhañjanāyato the one who broke the asura Kunjara
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kuñjarāsura bhañjanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- pramodāyato delight itself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pramodāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- modakapriyāyato the one fond of modaks
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ modakapriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kāntimateto the one full of light
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kāntimate namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dhṛtimateto the one full of steadiness
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dhṛtimate namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kāmineto the one who wants, and is wanted
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kāmine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kapitthavanapriyāyato the one who loves the wood-apple grove
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kapitthavanapriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
kapittha the wood-apple — The hard-shelled wood-apple, a fruit he is shown holding and said to be fond of.
- oṃOm
- brahmacāriṇeto the one who keeps the student's vow
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ brahmacāriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- brahmarūpiṇeto the one whose form is Brahman
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ brahmarūpiṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- brahmavidyādi dānabhuveto the ground from which the knowledge of Brahman and the rest is given
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ brahmavidyādi dānabhuve namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jiṣṇaveto the one who wins
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jiṣṇave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viṣṇupriyāyato the one dear to Vishnu
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viṣṇupriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhakta jīvitāyato the life of those who love him
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bhakta jīvitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jita manmathāyato the one who beat the god of desire
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jita manmathāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- aiśvarya kāraṇāyato the cause of lordship and wealth
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ aiśvarya kāraṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jyāyaseto the elder, the greater
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jyāyase namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- yakṣakinnèra sevitāyato the one whom yakshas and kinnaras serve
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ yakṣakinnèra sevitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note kinnèra is printed for kinnara.
- oṃOm
- gaṅgā sutāyato the son of Ganga
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṅgā sutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇādhīśāyato the over-lord of the ganas
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇādhīśāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gambhīra ninadāyato the one whose sound is deep
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gambhīra ninadāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vaṭaveto the young student
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vaṭave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- abhīṣṭa varadāyineto the one who gives the boon that is longed for
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ abhīṣṭa varadāyine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jyotiṣeto light itself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jyotiṣe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhakta nidhayeto the store his devotees draw on
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bhakta nidhaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhāvagamyāyato the one reached by feeling
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bhāvagamyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- maṅgala pradāyato the giver of good fortune
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ maṅgala pradāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- avvaktāyato the one who is not shown
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ avvaktāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note avvaktāya is printed for avyaktāya, the one who is not shown.
- oṃOm
- aprākṛta parākramāyato the one whose strength is not of this made world
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ aprākṛta parākramāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- satyadharmiṇeto the one whose dharma is truth
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ satyadharmiṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sakhayeto the friend
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sakhaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarasāmbu nidhayeto the sea of sweet water
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarasāmbu nidhaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- maheśāyato the great lord
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ maheśāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- divyāṅgāyato the one whose body is of heaven
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ divyāṅgāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- maṇikiṅkiṇī mekhālāyato the one with a belt of little jewelled bells
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ maṇikiṅkiṇī mekhālāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
kiṅkiṇī little bells — The small bells strung on a waistband, which ring as he moves. The word is made from the sound.
note mekhālāya is printed for mekhalāya, belt.
- oṃOm
- samastadevatā mūrtayeto the one whose form is all the gods together
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ samastadevatā mūrtaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sahiṣṇaveto the one who bears with everything
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sahiṣṇave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- satatotthitāyato the one always up and doing
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ satatotthitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vighāta kāriṇeto the one who strikes the blow
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vighāta kāriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvagdṛśeto the one who sees every way at once
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvagdṛśe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvarakṣākṛteto the one who guards the world
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvarakṣākṛte namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kalyāṇa guraveto the teacher who brings good
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kalyāṇa gurave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- unmatta veṣāyato the one who goes about like a madman
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ unmatta veṣāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
unmattaveṣa dressed like a madman — Unmatta is out of one's mind, or simply drunk. The name belongs with the Shaiva idea that the god does not keep to what is expected of him.
- oṃOm
- aparājiteto the one never beaten
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ aparājite namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- samasta jagadādhārāyato the one who holds up the whole world
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ samasta jagadādhārāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sartvèśvaryapradāyato the giver of every kind of lordship
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sartvèśvaryapradāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note sartvèśvaryapradāya is printed for sarvaiśvaryapradāya.
- oṃOm
- ākrānta cidacitprabhaveto the lord who has taken in all that is conscious and all that is not
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ākrānta cidacitprabhave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
cidacit what is conscious and what is not — Chit and achit, the two halves of everything there is. The name says he has taken both in.
- oṃOm
- śrī vighneśvarāyato Shri Vighneshvara, the lord of obstacles
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śrī vighneśvarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note The list ends on the name the whole namavali is called by.