- śrīvidyāgaṇeśāṣṭottaraśatanāmāvalīthe string of a hundred and eight names of Shri Vidya Ganesha
anvaya śrīvidyāgaṇeśāṣṭottaraśatanāmāvalī
chandas Prose, the title
aṣṭottaraśata a hundred and eight — A hundred with eight more. The count is the usual one for a namavali and for a rosary.
note A namavali is said one name at a time, with Om before and salutation after, while a flower or a grain of rice is offered at each.
- nāmāvalīthe string of names
anvaya nāmāvalī
chandas Prose, a heading
- oṃOm
- vidyāgaṇapatayeto Vidya Ganapati, the Ganapati of knowledge
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vidyāgaṇapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
vidyāgaṇapati Vidya Ganapati — The form of Ganapati worshipped for learning. The list belongs to the Shrividya tradition, and several of its names come from that school's account of speech and power.
- oṃOm
- vighnaharāyato the one who takes obstacles away
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vighnaharāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajamukhāyato the elephant-faced one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajamukhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- avyayāyato the one who never runs out
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ avyayāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vijñānātmaneto the one whose self is knowing
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vijñānātmane namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viyatkāyāyato the one whose body is the open sky
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viyatkāyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvākārāyato the one whose shape is the universe
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvākārāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- 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
- viśvasṛjeto the maker of the universe
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvasṛje namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvabhujeto the one who takes the universe in
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvabhuje namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvasaṃhartreto the one who gathers the universe back
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvasaṃhartre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvagopanāyato the one who keeps the universe safe
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvagopanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvānugrāhakāyato the one who shows the universe favour
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvānugrāhakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- satyāyato the true one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ satyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śivatulyāyato the one who is Shiva's equal
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śivatulyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śivātmajāyato the son of Shiva
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śivātmajāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vicitranartanāyato the one whose dancing is a wonder
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vicitranartanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vīrāyato the brave one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vīrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvasantoṣavardhanāyato the one who makes the world's contentment grow
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvasantoṣavardhanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vimarśineto the one who weighs and considers
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vimarśine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
vimarśa weighing and considering — In Shrividya, vimarsha is awareness turning back on itself and knowing that it knows. It is paired with prakasha, the light that simply shines.
- oṃOm
- vimalācārāyato the one whose conduct is spotless
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vimalācārāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśvādhārāyato the one who holds the universe up
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśvādhārāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vidhāraṇāyato the one who bears it
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vidhāraṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- svatantrāyato the one who answers to no one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ svatantrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sulabhāyato the one easy to reach
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sulabhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- svarcāyato the one worth worshipping well
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ svarcāya 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
- sukhabodhakāyato the one who wakes us to ease
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sukhabodhakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sūryāgniśaśidṛśeto the one whose eyes are sun, fire and moon
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sūryāgniśaśidṛśe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- somakalācūḍāyato the one with the moon's crescent in his crest
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ somakalācūḍāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sukhāsanāyato the one who sits at ease
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sukhāsanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- svaprakāśāyato the one who shines by himself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ svaprakāśāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sudhāvaktrāyato the one whose mouth holds nectar
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sudhāvaktrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- svayaṃvyaktāyato the one who showed himself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ svayaṃvyaktāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- smṛtipriyāyato the one who loves being remembered
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ smṛtipriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śaktīśāyato the lord of the powers
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śaktīśāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śaṅkarāyato the one who makes things well
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śaṅkarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śambhaveto the one who brings ease
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śambhave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- prabhaveto the lord
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ prabhave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vibhaveto the one who spreads through everything
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vibhave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- umāsutāyato the son of Uma
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ umāsutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śāntāyato the quiet one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śāntāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śatamakhārādhyāyato the one whom he of the hundred sacrifices worships
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śatamakhārādhyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
śatamakha he of the hundred sacrifices — Indra, who performed a hundred horse sacrifices and so became king of the gods.
- oṃOm
- caturāyato the clever one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ caturāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- cakranāyakāyato the one who leads the chakra
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ cakranāyakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kālajiteto the one who has beaten time
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kālajite namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- karuṇāmūrtayeto kindness given a body
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ karuṇāmūrtaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- avyaktāyato the one who is not shown
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ avyaktāya 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
- śubhāyato the good one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śubhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ugrakarmaṇeto the one whose work is fierce
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ugrakarmaṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- uditānandineto the one whose joy has risen
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ uditānandine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śivabhaktāyato the one devoted to Shiva
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śivabhaktāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śivāntarāyato the one who is inside Shiva
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śivāntarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- caitanyadhṛtayeto the one who holds awareness steady
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ caitanyadhṛtaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- avyagrāyato the one who is never flustered
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ avyagrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvajñāyato the one who knows everything
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvajñāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvaśatrubhṛteto the one who holds every enemy down
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvaśatrubhṛte namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note Other copies read sarvaśatrubhide, the one who splits every enemy.
- oṃOm
- sarvāgrāyato the one who stands before all
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvāgrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- samarānandineto the one who takes joy in the fight
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ samarānandine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- saṃsiddhagaṇanāyakāyato the leader of the ganas who are perfected
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ saṃsiddhagaṇanāyakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sāmbapramodakāyato the one who delights Shiva when Amba is with him
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sāmbapramodakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vajriṇeto the one with the thunderbolt
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vajriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- manaso modakapriyāyato the one who loves the modak offered in the mind
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ manaso modakapriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
manaso modaka the modak of the mind — The sweet offered inwardly rather than on a plate. The name says the offering made in thought is the one he likes.
- oṃOm
- ekadantāyato the one-tusked
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ekadantāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bṛhatkukṣayeto the one with the great belly
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bṛhatkukṣaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dīrghatuṇḍāyato the one with the long trunk
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dīrghatuṇḍāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vikarṇakāyato the one with spreading ears
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vikarṇakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- brahmāṇḍakandukāyato the one for whom the world-egg is a ball
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ brahmāṇḍakandukāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
kanduka a ball — The ball children play catch with. The whole world-egg is that in his hand.
- oṃOm
- citravarṇāyato the one of many colours
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ citravarṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- citrarathāsanāyato the one whose seat is a painted chariot
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ citrarathāsanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- tejasvineto the one full of fire
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ tejasvine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- tīkṣṇadhiṣaṇāyato the one whose mind is sharp
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ tīkṣṇadhiṣaṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śaktibṛndaniṣevitāyato the one whom the host of shaktis serves
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śaktibṛndaniṣevitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- parāparotthapaśyantīprāṇanāthāyato the lord of the breath in pashyanti, which rises from para and apara
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ parāparotthapaśyantīprāṇanāthāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
paśyantī pashyanti — The second of the four levels of speech: sound as it is first seen inwardly, before it becomes thought or words.
- oṃOm
- pramattahṛteto the one who carries off the heedless
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pramattahṛte namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- saṅkliṣṭamadhyamaspaṣṭāyato the one who is plain even in the crowded madhyama
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ saṅkliṣṭamadhyamaspaṣṭāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
madhyamā madhyama — The third level of speech, the sentence as it forms in the mind. It is called crowded because everything is present there at once.
- oṃOm
- vaikharījanakāyato the one who gives birth to spoken speech
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vaikharījanakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
vaikharī spoken speech — The last of the four levels: the words that actually leave the mouth. Three names in a row here run through the levels in order.
- oṃOm
- śucayeto the clean one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śucaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dharmapravartakāyato the one who sets dharma going
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dharmapravartakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kāmāyato desire itself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kāmāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhūmisphuritavigrahāyato the one whose body quickens the earth
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bhūmisphuritavigrahāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- tapasvineto the one who keeps to tapas
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ tapasvine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- taruṇollāsineto the one who shines with youth
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ taruṇollāsine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- yoginībhogatatparāyato the one intent on the delight of the yoginis
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ yoginībhogatatparāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jitendriyāyato the one who has beaten the senses
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jitendriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jayaśrīkāyato the one who carries the fortune of victory
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jayaśrīkāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- janmamṛtyuvidāraṇāyato the one who tears birth and death apart
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ janmamṛtyuvidāraṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jagadguraveto the teacher of the world
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jagadgurave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ameyātmaneto the one whose self cannot be measured
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ameyātmane namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jaṅgamasthāvarātmakāyato the self of what moves and of what stands still
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jaṅgamasthāvarātmakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- namaskārapriyāyato the one who loves a salutation
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ namaskārapriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- nānāmatabhedavibhedakāyato the one who breaks apart the quarrels of the many schools
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ nānāmatabhedavibhedakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- nayavideto the one who knows the right course
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ nayavide namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- samadṛśeto the one who looks on all alike
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ samadṛśe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śūrāyato the brave one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śūrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvalokaikaśāsanāyato the one whose rule over all the worlds is single
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvalokaikaśāsanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- viśuddhavikramāyato the one whose stride is wholly clean
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ viśuddhavikramāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vṛddhāyato the old one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vṛddhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- saṃvṛddhāyato the one grown full
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ saṃvṛddhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sasuhṛdgaṇāyato the one who comes with his band of friends
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sasuhṛdgaṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvasākṣiṇeto the witness of everything
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvasākṣiṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sadānandineto the one who is always glad
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sadānandine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvalokapriyaṅkarāyato the one who makes himself dear to every world
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvalokapriyaṅkarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvātītāyato the one past everything
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvātītāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- samarasāyato the one in whom all tastes are one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ samarasāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- satyāvāsāyato the one who lives in truth
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ satyāvāsāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- satāṃgatayeto the way the good go
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ satāṃgataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note The last of the hundred and eight names.
- itihere ends
- śrīvidyāgaṇeśāṣṭottaraśatanāmāvalīthe hundred and eight names of Shri Vidya Ganesha
- sampūrṇamcomplete
anvaya iti śrīvidyāgaṇeśāṣṭottaraśatanāmāvalī sampūrṇam
chandas Prose, the colophon