- oṃOm
- vināyakāyato the one who leads, and who has no one over him
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vināyakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
vināyaka the one who leads — Vinayaka is read two ways: the leader, and the one who has no leader above him. Both are meant.
note A namavali is a list of names said one by one, each with Om before it and salutation after, while a flower or a grain of rice is offered at every name. The hundred and eight here are the names of Vighneshvara, the lord of obstacles.
- oṃOm
- vighnarājāyato the king of obstacles
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vighnarājāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaurīputrāyato the son of Gauri
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaurīputrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gaṇeśvarāyato the lord of the ganas
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gaṇeśvarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- skandāgrajāyato the one born before Skanda
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ skandāgrajāya 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
- pūtāyato the clean one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pūtāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dakṣāyato the deft one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dakṣāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- adhyakṣāyato the one who presides
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ adhyakṣāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dvijapriyāyato the one dear to the twice-born
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dvijapriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- agnigarbhacchideto the one who cut open the womb that held fire
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ agnigarbhacchide namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
agnigarbhacchid who cut open the womb that held fire — A name from the old story in which he cuts open what carries fire inside it and takes the heat out of it.
- oṃOm
- indraśrīpradāyato the one who gave Indra his fortune back
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ indraśrīpradāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vāṇīpradāyato the giver of speech
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vāṇīpradāya 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
- sarvasiddhipradāyato the giver of every success
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvasiddhipradāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śarvatanayāyato the son of Sharva
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śarvatanayāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śarvarīpriyāyato the one who loves the night
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śarvarīpriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
śarvarī the night — Sharvari is night. The name sits next to Sharva-tanaya, son of Sharva, and the two play on the same sound.
- oṃOm
- sarvātmakāyato the one who is the self of everything
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvātmakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sṛṣṭikartreto the maker of all that is made
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sṛṣṭikartre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- devāyato the god
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ devāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- anekārcitāyato the one many have worshipped
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ anekārcitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śivāyato the kindly one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śivāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śuddhāyato the pure one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śuddhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- buddhipriyāyato the one who loves good sense
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ buddhipriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śāntāyato the quiet one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śāntāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- brahmacāriṇeto the one who keeps the student's vow
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ brahmacāriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gajānanāyato the elephant-faced one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gajānanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dvaimātreyāyato the child of two mothers
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dvaimātreyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
dvaimātreya the child of two mothers — Parvati made him and Ganga is counted his mother too in some tellings; other accounts name the two as Parvati and the goddess of the earth.
- oṃOm
- munistutyāyato the one the sages praise
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ munistutyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhaktavighnavināśanāyato the one who destroys the obstacles of those who love him
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bhaktavighnavināśanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ekadantāyato the one-tusked
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ekadantāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- caturbāhaveto the four-armed
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ caturbāhave namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- caturāyato the clever one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ caturāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śaktisaṃyutāyato the one joined with his Shakti
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śaktisaṃyutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- lambodarāyato the one with the hanging belly
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ lambodarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śūrpakarṇāyato the one whose ears are winnowing baskets
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śūrpakarṇāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
śūrpa a winnowing basket — The flat cane tray used to toss grain so the chaff blows off. His ears are that shape, and the comparison is old and affectionate.
- oṃOm
- harayeto Hari
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ haraye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- brahmaviduttamāyato the best of those who know Brahman
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ brahmaviduttamāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kālāyato time itself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kālāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- grahapatayeto the lord of the planets
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ grahapataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kāmineto the one who wants, and is wanted
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kāmine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- somasūryāgnilocanāyato the one whose eyes are moon, sun and fire
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ somasūryāgnilocanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- pāśāṅkuśadharāyato the one who holds the noose and the goad
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pāśāṅkuśadharāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- caṇḍāyato the fierce one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ caṇḍāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- guṇātītāyato the one past the three strands of nature
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ guṇātītāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- nirañjanāyato the one with no smudge on him
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ nirañjanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- akalmaṣāyato the one with no stain
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ akalmaṣāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- svayaṃsiddhāyato the one who came to his own perfection
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ svayaṃsiddhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- siddhārcitapadāmbujāyato the one whose lotus feet the siddhas worship
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ siddhārcitapadāmbujāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bījāpūraphalāsaktāyato the one who is fond of the citron
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bījāpūraphalāsaktāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- varadāyato the giver of boons
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ varadāya 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
- kṛtineto the one who gets things done
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kṛtine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vidvat priyāyato the one dear to the learned
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vidvat priyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vītabhayāyato the one whom fear has left
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vītabhayāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- gadineto the one with the mace
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ gadine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- cakriṇeto the one with the disc
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ cakriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ikṣucāpadhṛteto the one who carries the sugar-cane bow
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ikṣucāpadhṛte namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ikṣucāpa the sugar-cane bow — The bow of the god of desire is a stalk of sugar cane strung with bees. Ganesha is shown holding it in his Maha Ganapati form.
- oṃOm
- śrīdāyato the giver of fortune
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śrīdāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ajāyato the unborn
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ajāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- utpalakarāyato the one with a lotus in his hand
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ utpalakarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śrīpratayeto the lord of fortune
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śrīprataye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note śrīprataye is printed for śrīpataye, lord of fortune.
- oṃOm
- stutiharṣitāyato the one whom praise delights
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ stutiharṣitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kulādribhettreto the one who split the mountain of his line
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kulādribhettre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
kulādri the mountain of his line — Krauncha, split by his tusk in one story, and Himavan, his mother's father, in another. Kula means both a family and a mountain range.
- oṃOm
- jaṭilāyato the one with matted hair
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jaṭilāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kalikalmaṣanāśanāyato the one who wipes out the stain of the Kali age
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kalikalmaṣanāśanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- candracūḍāmaṇayeto the one with the moon for a crest jewel
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ candracūḍāmaṇaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kāntāyato the lovely one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kāntāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- pāpahāriṇeto the one who carries wrongdoing away
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pāpahāriṇe namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- samāhitāyato the one whose mind is gathered
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ samāhitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- āśritāyato the one people take refuge in
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ āśritāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śrīkarāyato the one who makes things prosper
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śrīkarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- saumyāyato the gentle one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ saumyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhaktavāñchitadāyakāyato the one who gives his devotees what they ask
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ bhaktavāñchitadāyakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śāntāyato the quiet one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śāntāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kaivalyasukhadāyato the giver of the happiness of freedom
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ kaivalyasukhadāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- saccidānandavigrahāyato the one whose body is being, awareness and joy
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ saccidānandavigrahāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jñānineto the one who knows
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ jñānine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dayāyutāyato the one full of kindness
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dayāyutāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dāntāyato the one who has himself in hand
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dāntāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- brahmadveṣavivarjitāyato the one in whom there is no hatred of the sacred
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ brahmadveṣavivarjitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- pramattadaityabhayatāyato the one who puts fear into reckless demons
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ pramattadaityabhayatāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note pramattadaityabhayatāya is printed for pramattadaityabhayadāya, who puts fear into reckless demons.
- oṃOm
- śrīkaṇṭhāyato the one with the beautiful throat
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śrīkaṇṭhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vibudheśvarāyato the lord of the wise ones
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vibudheśvarāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ramārcitāyato the one Rama worships
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ ramārcitāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ramā Rama — A name of Lakshmi, the one who delights. Wealth herself is said to worship him.
- oṃOm
- nidhayeto the store of treasure
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ nidhaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- nāgarājayajñopavītavateto the one whose sacred thread is the king of snakes
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ nāgarājayajñopavītavate namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sthūlakaṇṭhāyato the thick-throated
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sthūlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- svayaṅkartreto the one who makes himself
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ svayaṅkartre namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sāmaghoṣapriyāyato the one who loves the sound of the Saman
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sāmaghoṣapriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- parasmaito the supreme
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ parasmai namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sthūlatuṇḍāyato the one with the thick trunk
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sthūlatuṇḍāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- agraṇyeto the one who goes in front
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ agraṇye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dhīrāyato the steady one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dhīrāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vāgīśāyato the lord of speech
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ vāgīśāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- siddhidāyakāyato the giver of success
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ siddhidāyakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dūrvābilvapriyāyato the one who loves durva grass and bilva leaves
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ dūrvābilvapriyāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
dūrvā durva grass — The grass offered to him in blades of twenty-one. Bilva leaves belong to his father, so the name gives him both.
- oṃOm
- avyaktamūrtayeto the one whose form is not shown
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ avyaktamūrtaye namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- adbhutamūrtimateto the one whose form is a wonder
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ adbhutamūrtimate namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śailendra tanujotsaṅgakhelanotsuka mānasāyato the one eager to play in the lap of the mountain king's daughter
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ śailendra tanujotsaṅgakhelanotsuka mānasāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
śailendratanujā the mountain king's daughter — Parvati. The name has nothing of majesty in it: it is a child wanting to play in his mother's lap.
- oṃOm
- svalāvaṇyasutāsārajitamanmathavigrahāyato the one whose beauty, a flood of nectar, outdid the god of desire
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ svalāvaṇyasutāsārajitamanmathavigrahāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- samastajagadādhārāyato the one who holds up the whole world
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ samastajagadādhārāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- māyineto the one who wields maya
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ māyine namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mūṣikavāhanāyato the one who rides a mouse
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ mūṣikavāhanāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- hṛṣṭāyato the glad one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ hṛṣṭāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- tuṣṭāyato the contented one
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ tuṣṭāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- prasannātmaneto the one whose self is clear and kind
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ prasannātmane namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvasiddhipradāyakāyato the giver of every success
- namaḥsalutation
anvaya oṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakāya namaḥ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note The list opens and closes on the same gift, every success, once as sarva-siddhi-prada and once as sarva-siddhi-pradayaka.