- ಶ್ರೀಗಣೇಶದ್ವಾತ್ರಿಂಶನಾಮಾವಲಿಃ (śrīgaṇeśadvātriṃśanāmāvaliḥ)the string of thirty-two names of Shri Ganesha
anvaya ಶ್ರೀಗಣೇಶದ್ವಾತ್ರಿಂಶನಾಮಾವಲಿಃ
chandas Prose, the title
note ಗಣೇಶಾದ್ವಾತ್ರಿಂಶ is printed for ಗಣೇಶದ್ವಾತ್ರಿಂಶ.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಬಾಲ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (bāla gaṇapataye)to Bala Ganapati, the god as a child
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಬಾಲ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ದ್ವಾತ್ರಿಂಶ 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.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ತರುಣ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (taruṇa gaṇapataye)to Taruna Ganapati, the god in his youth
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ತರುಣ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಭಕ್ತಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (bhakti gaṇapataye)to Bhakti Ganapati, the god of devotion
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಭಕ್ತಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವೀರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (vīra gaṇapataye)to Vira Ganapati, the god in arms
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ವೀರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶಕ್ತಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (śakti gaṇapataye)to Shakti Ganapati, the god with his consort
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದ್ವಿಜ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (dvija gaṇapataye)to Dvija Ganapati, the twice-born
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದ್ವಿಜ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸಿದ್ಧಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (siddhi gaṇapataye)to Siddhi Ganapati, who brings things off
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸಿದ್ಧಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಉಚ್ಛಿಷ್ಟ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (ucchiṣṭa gaṇapataye)to Ucchishta Ganapati, of the tasted offering
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಉಚ್ಛಿಷ್ಟ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ಉಚ್ಛಿಷ್ಟ the tasted offering — Ucchishta is food already eaten from, which ordinary worship would never offer. This form is worshipped with exactly that.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವಿಘ್ನ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (vighna gaṇapataye)to Vighna Ganapati, the lord of obstacles
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ವಿಘ್ನ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (kṣipra gaṇapataye)to Kshipra Ganapati, quick to be pleased
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಹೇರಮ್ಬ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (heramba gaṇapataye)to Heramba Ganapati, the guard of the weak
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಹೇರಮ್ಬ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (lakṣmī gaṇapataye)to Lakshmi Ganapati, seated with the goddess of fortune
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಮಹಾ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (mahā gaṇapataye)to Maha Ganapati, the great
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಮಹಾ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವಿಜಯ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (vijaya gaṇapataye)to Vijaya Ganapati, the winner
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ವಿಜಯ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ನೃತ್ಯ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (nṛtya gaṇapataye)to Nritya Ganapati, the dancer
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ನೃತ್ಯ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಊರ್ಧ್ವ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (ūrdhva gaṇapataye)to Urdhva Ganapati, the one raised up
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಊರ್ಧ್ವ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಏಕಾಕ್ಷರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (ekākṣara gaṇapataye)to Ekakshara Ganapati, of the single syllable
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಏಕಾಕ್ಷರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (vara gaṇapataye)to Vara Ganapati, the giver of boons
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ವರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ತ್ರ್ಯಕ್ಷರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (tryakṣara gaṇapataye)to Tryakshara Ganapati, of the three syllables
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ತ್ರ್ಯಕ್ಷರ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ತ್ರ್ಯಕ್ಷರ 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.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರಪ್ರಸಾದ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (kṣipraprasāda gaṇapataye)to Kshipraprasada Ganapati, quick with his grace
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರಪ್ರಸಾದ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಹರಿದ್ರಾ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (haridrā gaṇapataye)to Haridra Ganapati, the colour of turmeric
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಹರಿದ್ರಾ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ಹರಿದ್ರಾ turmeric — This form is yellow as turmeric, and turmeric is what his image is made of in that worship.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಏಕದನ್ತ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (ekadanta gaṇapataye)to Ekadanta Ganapati, the one-tusked
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಏಕದನ್ತ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (sṛṣṭi gaṇapataye)to Srishti Ganapati, of the world's making
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಉದ್ದಣ್ಡ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (uddaṇḍa gaṇapataye)to Uddanda Ganapati, who carries the staff high
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಉದ್ದಣ್ಡ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಋಣಮೋಚನ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (ṛṇamocana gaṇapataye)to Rinamochana Ganapati, who cuts a man loose from debt
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಋಣಮೋಚನ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಢುಂಢಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (ḍhuṃḍhi gaṇapataye)to Dhundhi Ganapati, the one who is searched for
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಢುಂಢಿ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದ್ವಿಮುಖ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (dvimukha gaṇapataye)to Dvimukha Ganapati, the two-faced
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದ್ವಿಮುಖ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ತ್ರಿಮುಖ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (trimukha gaṇapataye)to Trimukha Ganapati, the three-faced
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ತ್ರಿಮುಖ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸಿಂಹ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (siṃha gaṇapataye)to Simha Ganapati, who rides the lion
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸಿಂಹ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಯೋಗ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (yoga gaṇapataye)to Yoga Ganapati, seated in the posture of yoga
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಯೋಗ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದುರ್ಗಾ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (durgā gaṇapataye)to Durga Ganapati, hard to come at
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದುರ್ಗಾ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸಂಕಟಹರಾ ಗಣಪತಯೇ (saṃkaṭaharā gaṇapataye)to Sankatahara Ganapati, who takes trouble away
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸಂಕಟಹರಾ ಗಣಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
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.
