- śrīgaṇeśadvātriṃśanāmāvaliḥthe string of thirty-two names of Shri Ganesha
anvaya śrīgaṇeśadvātriṃśanāmāvaliḥ
chandas Prose, the title
note gaṇeśādvātriṃśa is printed for gaṇeśadvātriṃśa.
- oṃOm
- bāla gaṇapatayeto Bala Ganapati, the god as a child
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bāla gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
dvātriṃśa thirty-two — The thirty-two forms of Ganapati counted in the tantras. Each has its own number of arms, its own colour and its own thing held, and this list names them in their usual order.
note The list is said one name at a time, with Om before and salutation after. Every name here is a form of the god in its own right, so the sense given is that form and what it shows.
- oṃOm
- taruṇa gaṇapatayeto Taruna Ganapati, the god in his youth
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ taruṇa gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhakti gaṇapatayeto Bhakti Ganapati, the god of devotion
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bhakti gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vīra gaṇapatayeto Vira Ganapati, the god in arms
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vīra gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śakti gaṇapatayeto Shakti Ganapati, the god with his consort
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śakti gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dvija gaṇapatayeto Dvija Ganapati, the twice-born
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dvija gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- siddhi gaṇapatayeto Siddhi Ganapati, who brings things off
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ siddhi gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ucchiṣṭa gaṇapatayeto Ucchishta Ganapati, of the tasted offering
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ucchiṣṭa gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ucchiṣṭa the tasted offering — Ucchishta is food already eaten from, which ordinary worship would never offer. This form is worshipped with exactly that.
- oṃOm
- vighna gaṇapatayeto Vighna Ganapati, the lord of obstacles
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vighna gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kṣipra gaṇapatayeto Kshipra Ganapati, quick to be pleased
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kṣipra gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- heramba gaṇapatayeto Heramba Ganapati, the guard of the weak
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ heramba gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- lakṣmī gaṇapatayeto Lakshmi Ganapati, seated with the goddess of fortune
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ lakṣmī gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mahā gaṇapatayeto Maha Ganapati, the great
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mahā gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vijaya gaṇapatayeto Vijaya Ganapati, the winner
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vijaya gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- nṛtya gaṇapatayeto Nritya Ganapati, the dancer
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ nṛtya gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ūrdhva gaṇapatayeto Urdhva Ganapati, the one raised up
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ūrdhva gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ekākṣara gaṇapatayeto Ekakshara Ganapati, of the single syllable
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ekākṣara gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vara gaṇapatayeto Vara Ganapati, the giver of boons
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vara gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- tryakṣara gaṇapatayeto Tryakshara Ganapati, of the three syllables
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ tryakṣara gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
tryakṣara of the three syllables — The three are a, u and m, the parts of Om. The form before it, Ekakshara, is the single syllable gam.
- oṃOm
- kṣipraprasāda gaṇapatayeto Kshipraprasada Ganapati, quick with his grace
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kṣipraprasāda gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- haridrā gaṇapatayeto Haridra Ganapati, the colour of turmeric
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ haridrā gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
haridrā turmeric — This form is yellow as turmeric, and turmeric is what his image is made of in that worship.
- oṃOm
- ekadanta gaṇapatayeto Ekadanta Ganapati, the one-tusked
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ekadanta gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sṛṣṭi gaṇapatayeto Srishti Ganapati, of the world's making
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sṛṣṭi gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- uddaṇḍa gaṇapatayeto Uddanda Ganapati, who carries the staff high
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ uddaṇḍa gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ṛṇamocana gaṇapatayeto Rinamochana Ganapati, who cuts a man loose from debt
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ṛṇamocana gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ḍhuṃḍhi gaṇapatayeto Dhundhi Ganapati, the one who is searched for
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ḍhuṃḍhi gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dvimukha gaṇapatayeto Dvimukha Ganapati, the two-faced
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dvimukha gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- trimukha gaṇapatayeto Trimukha Ganapati, the three-faced
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ trimukha gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- siṃha gaṇapatayeto Simha Ganapati, who rides the lion
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ siṃha gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- yoga gaṇapatayeto Yoga Ganapati, seated in the posture of yoga
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ yoga gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- durgā gaṇapatayeto Durga Ganapati, hard to come at
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ durgā gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- saṃkaṭaharā gaṇapatayeto Sankatahara Ganapati, who takes trouble away
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ saṃkaṭaharā gaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note The last of the thirty-two, and the one most often worshipped on the fourth day after the full moon.