- śrīucchiṣṭagaṇanāthasyaof Shri Ucchishta Gananatha
- aṣṭottaraśatanāmāvaliḥthe string of a hundred and eight names
anvaya śrīucchiṣṭagaṇanāthasya aṣṭottaraśatanāmāvaliḥ
chandas Prose, the title
ucchiṣṭa what is left after eating — Ucchishta is food already tasted, which ordinary worship would never offer. This form is worshipped with exactly that, and the name says so plainly.
gaṇanātha lord of the ganas — The same title as Ganapati and Ganesha, used here with the word that marks the rite.
note A tantric namavali. Each name is said with Om before it and salutation twice after, and a flower or a grain of rice is offered at each.
- oṃOm
- vandārujanamandārapādapāyato the coral tree of heaven for the people who bow to him
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ vandārujanamandārapādapāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
mandārapādapa the coral tree of heaven — One of the five trees of Indra's garden, which gives whatever is asked of it. He is that for the people who bow.
note Ucchishta Gananatha is a tantric form of Ganapati, worshipped with his consort and with offerings already tasted. The list is full of the vocabulary of that worship: seats, enclosures, seed syllables and the centres of the body.
- oṃOm
- candrārdhaśekharaprāṇatanayāyato the son dear as life to him who wears the half moon
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ candrārdhaśekharaprāṇatanayāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śailarājasutotsaṅgamaṇḍanāyato the ornament of the lap of the mountain king's daughter
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ śailarājasutotsaṅgamaṇḍanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vallīśavalayakrīḍākutukāyato the one eager for play with the bangle of Valli's lord
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ vallīśavalayakrīḍākutukāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śrīnīlavāṇīlalitārasikāyato the one who takes joy in Shri, Nila, Vani and Lalita
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ śrīnīlavāṇīlalitārasikāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
śrīnīlavāṇīlalitā Shri, Nila, Vani and Lalita — Four goddesses named together: fortune, the dark one, speech and the lovely one.
- oṃOm
- svānandabhavanānandanilayāyato the one whose home is the joy of the house of Svananda
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ svānandabhavanānandanilayāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
svānanda Svananda — One's own bliss, and the name of Ganapati's own world in the Ganapatya books.
- oṃOm
- candramaṇḍalasandṛṣyasvarūpāyato the one whose form is seen in the circle of the moon
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ candramaṇḍalasandṛṣyasvarūpāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kṣīrābdhimadhyakalpadrumūlasthāyato the one at the root of the wishing tree in the milk sea
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kṣīrābdhimadhyakalpadrumūlasthāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- surāpagāsitāmbhojasaṃsthitāyato the one seated on the white lotus of the river of the gods
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ surāpagāsitāmbhojasaṃsthitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sadanīkṛtamārtāṇḍamaṇḍalāyato the one who has made the sun's orb his house
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sadanīkṛtamārtāṇḍamaṇḍalāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ikṣusāgaramadhyasthamandirāyato the one whose temple stands in the sea of cane juice
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ikṣusāgaramadhyasthamandirāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- cintāmaṇipurādhīśasattamāyato the best of the lords of the city of the wishing gem
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ cintāmaṇipurādhīśasattamāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jagatsṛṣṭitirodhānakāraṇāyato the cause of the world's making and of its hiding away
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ jagatsṛṣṭitirodhānakāraṇāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- krīḍārthasṛṣṭabhuvanatritayāyato the one who made the three worlds for play
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ krīḍārthasṛṣṭabhuvanatritayāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śuṇḍoddhūtajalodbhūtabhuvanāyato the one from whose trunk-lifted water the worlds arose
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ śuṇḍoddhūtajalodbhūtabhuvanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- cetanācetanībhūtaśarīrāyato the one whose body has become all that knows and all that does not
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ cetanācetanībhūtaśarīrāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- aṇumātraśarīrāntarlasitāyato the one who shines inside a body no bigger than a speck
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ aṇumātraśarīrāntarlasitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvavaśyakarānantamantrārṇāyato the one whose endless mantra letters bring everything under sway
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sarvavaśyakarānantamantrārṇāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kuṣṭhādyāmayasandohaśamanāyato the one who quiets the whole mass of disease
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kuṣṭhādyāmayasandohaśamanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- prativādimukhastambhakārakāyato the one who stops the mouth of the one arguing against
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ prativādimukhastambhakārakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- parābhicāraduṣkarmanāśakāyato the one who undoes the harm worked by another's sorcery
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ parābhicāraduṣkarmanāśakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sakṛnmantrajapadhyānamuktidāyato the one who gives freedom for a single saying of his mantra
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sakṛnmantrajapadhyānamuktidāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- nijabhaktavipadrakṣādīkṣitāyato the one sworn to guard his own devotees from trouble
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ nijabhaktavipadrakṣādīkṣitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dhyānāmṛtarasāsvādadāyakāyato the one who gives the taste of the nectar of meditation
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ dhyānāmṛtarasāsvādadāyakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- guhyapūjāratābhīṣṭaphaladāyato the one who gives what is longed for to those set on the secret worship
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ guhyapūjāratābhīṣṭaphaladāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- rūpaudāryaguṇākṛṣṭatrilokāyato the one whose beauty and open hand draw the three worlds
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ rūpaudāryaguṇākṛṣṭatrilokāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- aṣṭadravyahaviḥprītamānasāyato the one whose heart is pleased by the offering of eight substances
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ aṣṭadravyahaviḥprītamānasāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- avatārāṣṭakadvandvapradānāyato the one who gave the eight descents, two by two
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ avatārāṣṭakadvandvapradānāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhāratālekhanodbhinnaradanāyato the one whose tusk was broken off to write the Bharata
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ bhāratālekhanodbhinnaradanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
bhāratālekhana the writing of the Bharata — Vyasa dictated the Mahabharata and Ganesha wrote it down, breaking off his own tusk when the pen failed.
- oṃOm
- nāradodgītaruciracaritāyato the one whose lovely story Narada sang
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ nāradodgītaruciracaritāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- nikhilāmnāyasaṅguṣṭhavaibhavāyato the one whose greatness is kept in all the scriptures
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ nikhilāmnāyasaṅguṣṭhavaibhavāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bāṇarāvaṇacaṇḍīśapūjitāyato the one whom Bana, Ravana and Chandisha worshipped
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ bāṇarāvaṇacaṇḍīśapūjitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- indrādidevatāvṛndarakṣakāyato the guard of Indra and the whole company of the gods
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ indrādidevatāvṛndarakṣakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- saptarṣimānasālānaniśceṣṭāyato the one held still at the tethering post of the seven sages' minds
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ saptarṣimānasālānaniśceṣṭāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
ālāna the tethering post — The post an elephant is tied to. The seven sages' minds are that post, and the elephant stands quiet at it.
- oṃOm
- ādityādigrahastomadīpakāyato the one who lights the host of planets, the sun and the rest
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ādityādigrahastomadīpakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- madanāgamasattantrapāragāyato the one who knows the Madana tantra to its end
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ madanāgamasattantrapāragāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ujjīviteśasandagdhamadanāyato the one who brought back to life the god of desire whom Shiva burned
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ujjīviteśasandagdhamadanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śamīmahīruhaprītamānasāyato the one whose heart is pleased by the shami tree
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ śamīmahīruhaprītamānasāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jalatarpaṇasamprītahṛdayāyato the one whose heart is content with an offering of water
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ jalatarpaṇasamprītahṛdayāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kandukīkṛtakailāsaśikharāyato the one who made the peak of Kailasa his ball
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kandukīkṛtakailāsaśikharāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- atharvaśīrṣakāraṇyamayūrāyato the peacock in the forest of the Atharvashirsha
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ atharvaśīrṣakāraṇyamayūrāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
atharvaśīrṣa the Atharvashirsha — The Ganapati Atharvashirsha, the short Upanishad recited to him. The name makes him the peacock in that wood.
- oṃOm
- kalyāṇācalaśaṛṅgāgravihārāyato the one who walks the peak of the hill of blessing
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kalyāṇācalaśaṛṅgāgravihārāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ātunaindrādisāmasaṃstutāyato the one praised by the Aindra and the other Saman chants
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ātunaindrādisāmasaṃstutāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- brāhmyādimātṛnivaḥparītāyato the one ringed by the Mothers, Brahmi and the rest
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ brāhmyādimātṛnivaḥparītāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- caturthāvaraṇārakṣidigīśāyato the one whose fourth enclosure the lords of the directions guard
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ caturthāvaraṇārakṣidigīśāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dvārāviṣṭanidhidvandvaśobhitāyato the one set off by the two treasures standing at his door
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ dvārāviṣṭanidhidvandvaśobhitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- anantapṛthivīkūrmapīṭhāṅgāyato the one whose seat rests on Ananta, the earth and the tortoise
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ anantapṛthivīkūrmapīṭhāṅgāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- tīvrādiyoginīvṛndapīṭhasthāyato the one on the seat of the host of yoginis, Tivra and the rest
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ tīvrādiyoginīvṛndapīṭhasthāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- jayādinavapīṭhaśrīmaṇḍitāyato the one adorned by the nine seats, Jaya and the rest
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ jayādinavapīṭhaśrīmaṇḍitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- pañcāvaraṇamadhyasthasadanāyato the one whose house stands at the middle of the five enclosures
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ pañcāvaraṇamadhyasthasadanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kṣetrapālagaṇeśādidvārapāyato the one whose doorkeepers are Kshetrapala, Ganesha and the rest
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kṣetrapālagaṇeśādidvārapāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mahīratīramāgaurīpārśvakāyato the one who has Mahi, Rati, Rama and Gauri at his side
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ mahīratīramāgaurīpārśvakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- madyapriyādivinayividheyāyato the one whom Madyapriya and the other well-taught attendants obey
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ madyapriyādivinayividheyāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vāṇīdurgāṃśabhūtārhakalatrāyato the one whose worthy consort is born of a part of Vani and Durga
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ vāṇīdurgāṃśabhūtārhakalatrāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- varahastipiśācīhṛnnandanāyato the one who gladdens the heart of the fine Hastipishachi
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ varahastipiśācīhṛnnandanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- yoginīśacatuṣṣaṣṭisaṃyutāyato the one joined with the sixty-four lords of yoginis
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ yoginīśacatuṣṣaṣṭisaṃyutāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- navadurgāṣṭavasubhissevitāyato the one served by the nine Durgas and the eight Vasus
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ navadurgāṣṭavasubhissevitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dvātriṃśadbhairavavyūhanāyakāyato the leader of the array of thirty-two Bhairavas
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ dvātriṃśadbhairavavyūhanāyakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- airāvatādidigdantisaṃvṛtāyato the one ringed by the elephants of the quarters, Airavata and the rest
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ airāvatādidigdantisaṃvṛtāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kaṇṭhīravamayūrākhuvāhanāyato the one whose mounts are lion, peacock and mouse
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kaṇṭhīravamayūrākhuvāhanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mūṣakāṅkamahāraktaketanāyato the one whose great red banner carries the mouse
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ mūṣakāṅkamahāraktaketanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kumbhodarakaranyastapādābjāyato the one whose lotus foot rests on Kumbhodara's hand
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kumbhodarakaranyastapādābjāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
kumbhodara Kumbhodara — One of Shiva's attendants, whose name means pot-shaped. The god rests a foot on his hand.
- oṃOm
- kāntākāntatarāṅgasthakarāgrāyato the one whose fingertips rest on the lovely body of his consort
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kāntākāntatarāṅgasthakarāgrāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- antasthabhuvanasphītajaṭharāyato the one whose belly is swollen with the worlds inside it
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ antasthabhuvanasphītajaṭharāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- karpūravīṭikāsāraraktoṣṭhāyato the one whose lips are red from camphored betel
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ karpūravīṭikāsāraraktoṣṭhāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śvetārkamālāsandīptakandharāyato the one whose neck is bright with a garland of white arka flowers
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ śvetārkamālāsandīptakandharāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- somasūryabṛhadbhānulocanāyato the one whose eyes are moon, sun and the great fire
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ somasūryabṛhadbhānulocanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvasampatpradāmandakaṭākṣāyato the one whose unhurried glance gives every kind of wealth
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sarvasampatpradāmandakaṭākṣāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ativelamadāraktanayanāyato the one whose eyes are red past all measure with must
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ativelamadāraktanayanāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śaśāṅkārdhasamādīptamastakāyato the one whose head is lit by the half moon
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ śaśāṅkārdhasamādīptamastakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarpopavītahārādibhūṣitāyato the one adorned with a snake for a thread and a necklace
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sarpopavītahārādibhūṣitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sindūritamahākumbhasuveṣāyato the one finely dressed, his great temples red with vermilion
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sindūritamahākumbhasuveṣāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- āśāvasanatādṛṣyasaundaryāyato the one clothed in the quarters, whose beauty is a wonder
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ āśāvasanatādṛṣyasaundaryāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kāntāliṅganasañjātapulakāyato the one whose hair stands on end at his consort's embrace
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kāntāliṅganasañjātapulakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇamaṇḍitāyato the one set off by noose, goad, bow and arrow
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇamaṇḍitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- digantavyāptadānāmbusaurabhāyato the one the scent of whose must fills the ends of the quarters
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ digantavyāptadānāmbusaurabhāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sāyantanasahasrāṃśuraktāṅgāyato the one whose body is red as the evening sun
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sāyantanasahasrāṃśuraktāṅgāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sampūrṇapraṇavākārasundarāyato the one beautiful in the full shape of Om
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sampūrṇapraṇavākārasundarāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- brahmādikṛtayajñāgnisambhūtāyato the one who came out of the sacrificial fire made by Brahma and the rest
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ brahmādikṛtayajñāgnisambhūtāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvāmaraprārthanāttavigrahāyato the one who took a body at the prayer of all the gods
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sarvāmaraprārthanāttavigrahāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- janimātrasuratrāsanāśakāyato the one who ended the terror of the gods merely by being born
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ janimātrasuratrāsanāśakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- kalatrīkṛtamātaṅgakanyakāyato the one who made the daughter of Matanga his consort
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ kalatrīkṛtamātaṅgakanyakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- vidyāvadasuraprāṇanāśakāyato the one who took the life of the asura learned in lore
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ vidyāvadasuraprāṇanāśakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sarvamantrasamārādhyasvarūpāyato the one whose own form is what every mantra worships
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sarvamantrasamārādhyasvarūpāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ṣaṭkoṇayantrapīṭhāntarlasitāyato the one who shines inside the seat of the six-cornered yantra
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ṣaṭkoṇayantrapīṭhāntarlasitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- caturnavatimantrātmavigrahāyato the one whose body is the self of ninety-four mantras
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ caturnavatimantrātmavigrahāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- huṅgaṅklāṅglāmmukhānekabījārṇāyato the one whose many seed letters begin with hum, gam, klam and glaum
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ huṅgaṅklāṅglāmmukhānekabījārṇāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bījākṣaratrayāntasthaśarīrāyato the one whose body stands within three seed syllables
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ bījākṣaratrayāntasthaśarīrāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- hṛllekhāguhyamantrāntarbhāvitāyato the one held within the secret mantra of the hrillekha
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ hṛllekhāguhyamantrāntarbhāvitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
hṛllekhā hrillekha — The seed syllable hrim, called the writing on the heart.
- oṃOm
- svāhāntamātṛkāmālārūpādhyāyato the one to be held in mind as the garland of mother-letters ending in svaha
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ svāhāntamātṛkāmālārūpādhyāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- dvātriṃśadakṣaramayapratīkāyato the one whose sign is made of thirty-two syllables
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ dvātriṃśadakṣaramayapratīkāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- śodhanānarthasanmantraviśeṣāyato the one who is that good mantra which cleans harm away
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ śodhanānarthasanmantraviśeṣāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- aṣṭāṅgayoginirvāṇadāyakāyato the one who gives release to the yogi of the eight limbs
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ aṣṭāṅgayoginirvāṇadāyakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- prāṇendriyamanobuddhiprerakāyato the one who sets breath, senses, mind and understanding moving
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ prāṇendriyamanobuddhiprerakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mūlādhāravarakṣetranāyakāyato the lord of the fine field of the muladhara
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ mūlādhāravarakṣetranāyakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
mūlādhāra the muladhara — The first centre in the body, at the base of the spine, which belongs to Ganapati. The names that follow climb from it to the crown.
- oṃOm
- caturdalamahāpadmasaṃviṣṭāyato the one seated in the great four-petalled lotus
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ caturdalamahāpadmasaṃviṣṭāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- mūlatrikoṇasaṃśobhipāvakāyato the fire that shines in the triangle at the root
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ mūlatrikoṇasaṃśobhipāvakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- suṣumnārandhrasañcāradeśikāyato the guide who moves through the opening of the sushumna
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ suṣumnārandhrasañcāradeśikāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ṣaṭgranthinimnataṭinītārakāyato the one who ferries us over the river that runs past the six knots
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ṣaṭgranthinimnataṭinītārakāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
granthi a knot — The knots along the inner channel that practice is said to loosen one by one.
- oṃOm
- daharākāśasaṃśobhiśaśāṅkāyato the moon that shines in the small space within the heart
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ daharākāśasaṃśobhiśaśāṅkāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
daharākāśa the small space — The tiny space within the heart spoken of in the Chandogya Upanishad, said to hold everything.
- oṃOm
- hiraṇmayapurāmbhojanilayāyato the one whose home is the lotus of the golden city
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ hiraṇmayapurāmbhojanilayāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- bhrūmadhyakomalārāmakokilāyato the cuckoo in the soft garden between the brows
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ bhrūmadhyakomalārāmakokilāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- ṣaṇṇavadvādaśāntasthamārtāṇḍāyato the sun standing at the end of six, nine and twelve
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ṣaṇṇavadvādaśāntasthamārtāṇḍāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- manonmaṇīsukhāvāsanirvṛtāyato the one at rest in the happy dwelling of Manonmani
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ manonmaṇīsukhāvāsanirvṛtāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
manonmanī Manonmani — A name of the goddess, and of the state in which the mind has gone past mind.
- oṃOm
- ṣoḍaśāntamahāpadmamadhupāyato the bee at the great lotus at the end of sixteen
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ṣoḍaśāntamahāpadmamadhupāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- sahasrārasudhāsārasecitāyato the one bathed in the flow of nectar from the thousand-petalled lotus
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ sahasrārasudhāsārasecitāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
- oṃOm
- nādabindudvayātītasvarūpāyato the one whose own form is past both nada and bindu
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ nādabindudvayātītasvarūpāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
nādabindu nada and bindu — Sound and the point it gathers into, the last two stages before silence. The list ends by putting him past both.
- oṃOm
- ucchiṣṭagaṇanāthāyato Ucchishta Gananatha
- maheśāyato the great lord
- namo namaḥsalutation and salutation
- oṃOm
anvaya oṃ ucchiṣṭagaṇanāthāya maheśāya namo namaḥ oṃ
chandas Prose, a name with salutation
note The last of the hundred and eight, which names the form the whole list belongs to.