- શ્રીગણેશદ્વાત્રિંશનામાવલિઃ (śrīgaṇeśadvātriṃśanāmāvaliḥ)the string of thirty-two names of Shri Ganesha
anvaya શ્રીગણેશદ્વાત્રિંશનામાવલિઃ
chandas Prose, the title
note ગણેશાદ્વાત્રિંશ is printed for ગણેશદ્વાત્રિંશ.
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- બાલ ગણપતયે (bāla gaṇapataye)to Bala Ganapati, the god as a child
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ બાલ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
દ્વાત્રિંશ 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.
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- તરુણ ગણપતયે (taruṇa gaṇapataye)to Taruna Ganapati, the god in his youth
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ તરુણ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ભક્તિ ગણપતયે (bhakti gaṇapataye)to Bhakti Ganapati, the god of devotion
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ભક્તિ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- વીર ગણપતયે (vīra gaṇapataye)to Vira Ganapati, the god in arms
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ વીર ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- શક્તિ ગણપતયે (śakti gaṇapataye)to Shakti Ganapati, the god with his consort
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ શક્તિ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- દ્વિજ ગણપતયે (dvija gaṇapataye)to Dvija Ganapati, the twice-born
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ દ્વિજ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- સિદ્ધિ ગણપતયે (siddhi gaṇapataye)to Siddhi Ganapati, who brings things off
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ સિદ્ધિ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ઉચ્છિષ્ટ ગણપતયે (ucchiṣṭa gaṇapataye)to Ucchishta Ganapati, of the tasted offering
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ઉચ્છિષ્ટ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ઉચ્છિષ્ટ the tasted offering — Ucchishta is food already eaten from, which ordinary worship would never offer. This form is worshipped with exactly that.
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- વિઘ્ન ગણપતયે (vighna gaṇapataye)to Vighna Ganapati, the lord of obstacles
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ વિઘ્ન ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ક્ષિપ્ર ગણપતયે (kṣipra gaṇapataye)to Kshipra Ganapati, quick to be pleased
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ક્ષિપ્ર ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- હેરમ્બ ગણપતયે (heramba gaṇapataye)to Heramba Ganapati, the guard of the weak
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ હેરમ્બ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- લક્ષ્મી ગણપતયે (lakṣmī gaṇapataye)to Lakshmi Ganapati, seated with the goddess of fortune
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ લક્ષ્મી ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- મહા ગણપતયે (mahā gaṇapataye)to Maha Ganapati, the great
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ મહા ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- વિજય ગણપતયે (vijaya gaṇapataye)to Vijaya Ganapati, the winner
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ વિજય ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- નૃત્ય ગણપતયે (nṛtya gaṇapataye)to Nritya Ganapati, the dancer
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ નૃત્ય ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ઊર્ધ્વ ગણપતયે (ūrdhva gaṇapataye)to Urdhva Ganapati, the one raised up
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ઊર્ધ્વ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- એકાક્ષર ગણપતયે (ekākṣara gaṇapataye)to Ekakshara Ganapati, of the single syllable
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ એકાક્ષર ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- વર ગણપતયે (vara gaṇapataye)to Vara Ganapati, the giver of boons
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ વર ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ત્ર્યક્ષર ગણપતયે (tryakṣara gaṇapataye)to Tryakshara Ganapati, of the three syllables
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ત્ર્યક્ષર ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ત્ર્યક્ષર 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.
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ક્ષિપ્રપ્રસાદ ગણપતયે (kṣipraprasāda gaṇapataye)to Kshipraprasada Ganapati, quick with his grace
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ક્ષિપ્રપ્રસાદ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- હરિદ્રા ગણપતયે (haridrā gaṇapataye)to Haridra Ganapati, the colour of turmeric
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ હરિદ્રા ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
હરિદ્રા turmeric — This form is yellow as turmeric, and turmeric is what his image is made of in that worship.
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- એકદન્ત ગણપતયે (ekadanta gaṇapataye)to Ekadanta Ganapati, the one-tusked
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ એકદન્ત ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- સૃષ્ટિ ગણપતયે (sṛṣṭi gaṇapataye)to Srishti Ganapati, of the world's making
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ સૃષ્ટિ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ઉદ્દણ્ડ ગણપતયે (uddaṇḍa gaṇapataye)to Uddanda Ganapati, who carries the staff high
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ઉદ્દણ્ડ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ઋણમોચન ગણપતયે (ṛṇamocana gaṇapataye)to Rinamochana Ganapati, who cuts a man loose from debt
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ઋણમોચન ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ઢુંઢિ ગણપતયે (ḍhuṃḍhi gaṇapataye)to Dhundhi Ganapati, the one who is searched for
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ઢુંઢિ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- દ્વિમુખ ગણપતયે (dvimukha gaṇapataye)to Dvimukha Ganapati, the two-faced
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ દ્વિમુખ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- ત્રિમુખ ગણપતયે (trimukha gaṇapataye)to Trimukha Ganapati, the three-faced
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ ત્રિમુખ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- સિંહ ગણપતયે (siṃha gaṇapataye)to Simha Ganapati, who rides the lion
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ સિંહ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- યોગ ગણપતયે (yoga gaṇapataye)to Yoga Ganapati, seated in the posture of yoga
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ યોગ ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- દુર્ગા ગણપતયે (durgā gaṇapataye)to Durga Ganapati, hard to come at
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ દુર્ગા ગણપતયે નમઃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ૐ (oṃ)Om
- સંકટહરા ગણપતયે (saṃkaṭaharā gaṇapataye)to Sankatahara Ganapati, who takes trouble away
- નમઃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ૐ સંકટહરા ગણપતયે નમઃ
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.
