- ശ്രീഗണേശദ്വാത്രിംശനാമാവലിഃ (śrīgaṇeśadvātriṃśanāmāvaliḥ)the string of thirty-two names of Shri Ganesha
anvaya ശ്രീഗണേശദ്വാത്രിംശനാമാവലിഃ
chandas Prose, the title
note ഗണേശാദ്വാത്രിംശ is printed for ഗണേശദ്വാത്രിംശ.
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ബാല ഗണപതയേ (bāla gaṇapataye)to Bala Ganapati, the god as a child
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ബാല ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ദ്വാത്രിംശ 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.
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- തരുണ ഗണപതയേ (taruṇa gaṇapataye)to Taruna Ganapati, the god in his youth
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം തരുണ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഭക്തി ഗണപതയേ (bhakti gaṇapataye)to Bhakti Ganapati, the god of devotion
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഭക്തി ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- വീര ഗണപതയേ (vīra gaṇapataye)to Vira Ganapati, the god in arms
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം വീര ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ശക്തി ഗണപതയേ (śakti gaṇapataye)to Shakti Ganapati, the god with his consort
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ശക്തി ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ദ്വിജ ഗണപതയേ (dvija gaṇapataye)to Dvija Ganapati, the twice-born
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ദ്വിജ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- സിദ്ധി ഗണപതയേ (siddhi gaṇapataye)to Siddhi Ganapati, who brings things off
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം സിദ്ധി ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഉച്ഛിഷ്ട ഗണപതയേ (ucchiṣṭa gaṇapataye)to Ucchishta Ganapati, of the tasted offering
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഉച്ഛിഷ്ട ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ഉച്ഛിഷ്ട the tasted offering — Ucchishta is food already eaten from, which ordinary worship would never offer. This form is worshipped with exactly that.
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- വിഘ്ന ഗണപതയേ (vighna gaṇapataye)to Vighna Ganapati, the lord of obstacles
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം വിഘ്ന ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ക്ഷിപ്ര ഗണപതയേ (kṣipra gaṇapataye)to Kshipra Ganapati, quick to be pleased
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ക്ഷിപ്ര ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഹേരമ്ബ ഗണപതയേ (heramba gaṇapataye)to Heramba Ganapati, the guard of the weak
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഹേരമ്ബ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ലക്ഷ്മീ ഗണപതയേ (lakṣmī gaṇapataye)to Lakshmi Ganapati, seated with the goddess of fortune
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ലക്ഷ്മീ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- മഹാ ഗണപതയേ (mahā gaṇapataye)to Maha Ganapati, the great
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം മഹാ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- വിജയ ഗണപതയേ (vijaya gaṇapataye)to Vijaya Ganapati, the winner
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം വിജയ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- നൃത്യ ഗണപതയേ (nṛtya gaṇapataye)to Nritya Ganapati, the dancer
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം നൃത്യ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഊര്ധ്വ ഗണപതയേ (ūrdhva gaṇapataye)to Urdhva Ganapati, the one raised up
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഊര്ധ്വ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഏകാക്ഷര ഗണപതയേ (ekākṣara gaṇapataye)to Ekakshara Ganapati, of the single syllable
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഏകാക്ഷര ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- വര ഗണപതയേ (vara gaṇapataye)to Vara Ganapati, the giver of boons
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം വര ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ത്ര്യക്ഷര ഗണപതയേ (tryakṣara gaṇapataye)to Tryakshara Ganapati, of the three syllables
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ത്ര്യക്ഷര ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ത്ര്യക്ഷര 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.
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ക്ഷിപ്രപ്രസാദ ഗണപതയേ (kṣipraprasāda gaṇapataye)to Kshipraprasada Ganapati, quick with his grace
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ക്ഷിപ്രപ്രസാദ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഹരിദ്രാ ഗണപതയേ (haridrā gaṇapataye)to Haridra Ganapati, the colour of turmeric
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഹരിദ്രാ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ഹരിദ്രാ turmeric — This form is yellow as turmeric, and turmeric is what his image is made of in that worship.
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഏകദന്ത ഗണപതയേ (ekadanta gaṇapataye)to Ekadanta Ganapati, the one-tusked
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഏകദന്ത ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- സൃഷ്ടി ഗണപതയേ (sṛṣṭi gaṇapataye)to Srishti Ganapati, of the world's making
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം സൃഷ്ടി ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഉദ്ദണ്ഡ ഗണപതയേ (uddaṇḍa gaṇapataye)to Uddanda Ganapati, who carries the staff high
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഉദ്ദണ്ഡ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഋണമോചന ഗണപതയേ (ṛṇamocana gaṇapataye)to Rinamochana Ganapati, who cuts a man loose from debt
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഋണമോചന ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ഢുംഢി ഗണപതയേ (ḍhuṃḍhi gaṇapataye)to Dhundhi Ganapati, the one who is searched for
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ഢുംഢി ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ദ്വിമുഖ ഗണപതയേ (dvimukha gaṇapataye)to Dvimukha Ganapati, the two-faced
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ദ്വിമുഖ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ത്രിമുഖ ഗണപതയേ (trimukha gaṇapataye)to Trimukha Ganapati, the three-faced
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ത്രിമുഖ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- സിംഹ ഗണപതയേ (siṃha gaṇapataye)to Simha Ganapati, who rides the lion
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം സിംഹ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- യോഗ ഗണപതയേ (yoga gaṇapataye)to Yoga Ganapati, seated in the posture of yoga
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം യോഗ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- ദുര്ഗാ ഗണപതയേ (durgā gaṇapataye)to Durga Ganapati, hard to come at
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം ദുര്ഗാ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- ഓം (oṃ)Om
- സംകടഹരാ ഗണപതയേ (saṃkaṭaharā gaṇapataye)to Sankatahara Ganapati, who takes trouble away
- നമഃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ഓം സംകടഹരാ ഗണപതയേ നമഃ
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.
