- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವಿನಾಯಕಾಯ (vināyakāya)to the one who is the supreme leader or the remover of obstacles
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation, bowing down
anvaya ಓಂ ವಿನಾಯಕಾಯ ನಮಃ
ವಿನಾಯಕಾಯ to Vinayaka — Vi-nayaka: the one who leads, with no leader over him.
note The 108 names of Vinayaka are said in puja, one name with each offering of a flower, a blade of durva or a few grains of rice. Every name is in the dative, 'to the one who', set between Om and namah, 'salutations'.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವಿಘ್ನರಾಜಾಯ (vighnarājāya)to the King of obstacles
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ವಿಘ್ನರಾಜಾಯ ನಮಃ
ವಿಘ್ನರಾಜಾಯ to the king of obstacles — As their king, he can put obstacles in the way and he can take them away.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಗೌರೀಪುತ್ರಾಯ (gaurīputrāya)to the son of Gaurī
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಗೌರೀಪುತ್ರಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಗಣೇಶ್ವರಾಯ (gaṇeśvarāya)to the Lord of the Ganas
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಗಣೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸ್ಕನ್ದಾಗ್ರಜಾಯ (skandāgrajāya)to the elder brother of Skanda
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸ್ಕನ್ದಾಗ್ರಜಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
ಸ್ಕನ್ದಾಗ್ರಜಾಯ to Skanda's elder brother — Here Ganesha is the elder of Shiva's two sons, as in most South Indian tellings.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಅವ್ಯಯಾಯ (avyayāya)to the imperishable one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಅವ್ಯಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಪೂತಾಯ (pūtāya)to the Pure One
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಪೂತಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದಕ್ಷಾಯ (dakṣāya)to the capable one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದಕ್ಷಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಾಯ (adhyakṣāya)to the overseer/presiding lord
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದ್ವಿಜಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ (dvijapriyāya)to the one dear to the twice-born
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದ್ವಿಜಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
ದ್ವಿಜ twice-born — Those who have had the sacred thread ceremony, counted as a second birth.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಅಗ್ನಿಗರ್ವಚ್ಛಿದೇ (agnigarvacchide)to the destroyer of the pride of Agni
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಅಗ್ನಿಗರ್ವಚ್ಛಿದೇ ನಮಃ
note The story behind this name is not widely told.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಇನ್ದ್ರಶ್ರೀಪ್ರದಾಯ (indraśrīpradāya)to the giver of Indra's glory
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಇನ್ದ್ರಶ್ರೀಪ್ರದಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವಾಣೀಪ್ರದಾಯಕಾಯ (vāṇīpradāyakāya)to the giver of speech
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ವಾಣೀಪ್ರದಾಯಕಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸರ್ವಸಿದ್ಧಿಪ್ರದಾಯ (sarvasiddhipradāya)to the giver of all perfections
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸರ್ವಸಿದ್ಧಿಪ್ರದಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶರ್ವತನಯಾಯ (śarvatanayāya)to the son of Śarva (Shiva)
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಶರ್ವತನಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶರ್ವರೀಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ (śarvarīpriyāya)to the beloved of the night
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya [ಅಹಂ] ಓಂ ಶರ್ವರೀಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಕರೋಮಿ]
note Sharvari means night. The exact sense of the name is not certain.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸರ್ವಾತ್ಮಕಾಯ (sarvātmakāya)to Him whose soul is all
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸರ್ವಾತ್ಮಕಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತ್ರೇ (sṛṣṭikartre)to the creator of creation
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದೇವಾನೀಕಾರ್ಚಿತಾಯ (devānīkārcitāya)to the one worshipped by the host of gods
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ [ಅಸ್ಮೈ] ದೇವಾನೀಕಾರ್ಚಿತಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶಿವಾಯ (śivāya)to the auspicious one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಶಿವಾಯ ನಮಃ
ಶಿವಾಯ to the auspicious one — Shiva, 'auspicious', is his father's name, given here to the son.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸಿದ್ಧಿಬುದ್ಧಿಪ್ರದಾಯ (siddhibuddhipradāya)to the giver of success and intellect
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಬುದ್ಧಿಪ್ರದಾಯ ನಮಃ
ಸಿದ್ಧಿಬುದ್ಧಿ success and wisdom — Siddhi and Buddhi are also the names of his two consorts.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶಾನ್ತಾಯ (śāntāya)to the peaceful one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಶಾನ್ತಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು] ಓಂ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿಣೇ (brahmacāriṇe)to the one who practices brahmacarya (celibacy/study of Veda)
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿಣೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಗಜಾನನಾಯ (gajānanāya)to the elephant-faced one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation, homage
anvaya ಓಂ [ತಸ್ಮೈ] ಗಜಾನನಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದ್ವೈಮಾತುರಾಯ (dvaimāturāya)to the one having two mothers
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದ್ವೈಮಾತುರಾಯ ನಮಃ
ದ್ವೈಮಾತುರಾಯ to the one with two mothers — An old name of Ganesha, listed in the Amarakosha. The stories differ on who his two mothers were.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಮುನಿಸ್ತುತ್ಯಾಯ (munistutyāya)to the one praised by the sages
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಮುನಿಸ್ತುತ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಭಕ್ತವಿಘ್ನವಿನಾಶನಾಯ (bhaktavighnavināśanāya)to the destroyer of the obstacles of the devotees
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಭಕ್ತವಿಘ್ನವಿನಾಶನಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಏಕದನ್ತಾಯ (ekadantāya)to the one having a single tusk
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಏಕದನ್ತಾಯ ನಮಃ
ಏಕದನ್ತಾಯ to the single-tusked one — In one well-known telling he broke off a tusk to write down the Mahabharata as Vyasa spoke it.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಚತುರ್ಬಾಹವೇ (caturbāhave)to the four-armed one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಚತುರ್ಬಾಹವೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಚತುರಾಯ (caturāya)to the clever, skilled, or adept one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಚತುರಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶಕ್ತಿಸಂಯುತಾಯ (śaktisaṃyutāya)to the one united with Shakti
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಶಕ್ತಿಸಂಯುತಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಲಮ್ಬೋದರಾಯ (lambodarāya)to the one with the pendulous belly
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಲಮ್ಬೋದರಾಯ ನಮಃ
ಲಮ್ಬೋದರಾಯ to the big-bellied one — Traditionally the belly that holds all the worlds.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶೂರ್ಪಕರ್ಣಾಯ (śūrpakarṇāya)to the one with winnowing-basket-like ears
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಶೂರ್ಪಕರ್ಣಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
ಶೂರ್ಪಕರ್ಣಾಯ to the one with ears like winnowing fans — A winnowing fan keeps the grain and blows away the husk, and his ears are often read the same way.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಹರಯೇ (haraye)to the remover/destroyer
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಹರಯೇ ನಮಃ
ಹರಯೇ to Hari — Usually a name of Vishnu. It means 'the one who takes away', and here it is given to Ganesha.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವಿದುತ್ತಮಾಯ (brahmaviduttamāya)to the best of the knowers of Brahman
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವಿದುತ್ತಮಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಕಾವ್ಯಾಯ (kāvyāya)to the poet / to the very form of poetry
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಕಾವ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಗ್ರಹಪತಯೇ (grahapataye)to the lord of the planets
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಗ್ರಹಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಕಾಮಿನೇ (kāmine)to the fulfiller of desires
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಕಾಮಿನೇ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸೋಮಸೂರ್ಯಾಗ್ನಿಲೋಚನಾಯ (somasūryāgnilocanāya)to Him whose eyes are the Moon, the Sun, and Fire
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸೋಮಸೂರ್ಯಾಗ್ನಿಲೋಚನಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಪಾಶಾಙ್ಕುಶಧರಾಯ (pāśāṅkuśadharāya)to the one who holds the noose and the goad
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ [ಅಸ್ಮೈ] ಪಾಶಾಙ್ಕುಶಧರಾಯ ನಮಃ
ಪಾಶಾಙ್ಕುಶ noose and goad — With the noose he draws his devotees close; with the goad he drives obstacles away.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಚಣ್ಡಾಯ (caṇḍāya)to the fierce one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಚಣ್ಡಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಗುಣಾತೀತಾಯ (guṇātītāya)to the one who has transcended the guṇas
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಗುಣಾತೀತಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ನಿರಞ್ಜನಾಯ (nirañjanāya)to the One who is free from stain or impurity
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ನಿರಞ್ಜನಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಅಕಲ್ಮಷಾಯ (akalmaṣāya)to the one who is without impurity
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಅಕಲ್ಮಷಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸ್ವಯಂ (svayaṃ)by oneself
- ಸಿದ್ಧಾಯ (siddhāya)to the self-established one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಚಿತಪದಾಮ್ಬುಜಾಯ (siddhārcitapadāmbujāya)to Him whose lotus-feet are worshipped by the Siddhas
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಚಿತಪದಾಮ್ಬುಜಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಬೀಜಾಪೂರಫಲಾಸಕ್ತಾಯ (bījāpūraphalāsaktāya)to the one fond of the citron fruit
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ [ಅಸ್ಮೈ] ಬೀಜಾಪೂರಫಲಾಸಕ್ತಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
ಬೀಜಾಪೂರ the citron — One of the things held by the ten-armed Maha Ganapati.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವರದಾಯ (varadāya)to the giver of boons
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ವರದಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶಾಶ್ವತಾಯ (śāśvatāya)to the eternal one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಶಾಶ್ವತಾಯ ನಮಃ ಓಂ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಕೃತಿನೇ (kṛtine)to the accomplished one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಕೃತಿನೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದ್ವಿಜಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ (dvijapriyāya)to the one dear to the twice-born
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದ್ವಿಜಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
ದ್ವಿಜ twice-born — Those who have had the sacred thread ceremony, counted as a second birth.
- ವೀತಭಯಾಯ (vītabhayāya)to the fearless one / to him who is devoid of fear
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation / salutation
anvaya ವೀತಭಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಗದಿನೇ (gadine)to the mace-bearer
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation / reverence
anvaya ಓಂ ಗದಿನೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಚಕ್ರಿಣೇ (cakriṇe)to the holder of the discus
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಚಕ್ರಿಣೇ ನಮಃ ಓಂ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಇಕ್ಷುಚಾಪಧೃತೇ (ikṣucāpadhṛte)to the holder of the sugarcane bow
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಇಕ್ಷುಚಾಪಧೃತೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶ್ರೀದಾಯ (śrīdāya)to the giver of wealth and prosperity
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಶ್ರೀದಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಅಜಾಯ (ajāya)to the Unborn
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಅಜಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಉತ್ಪಲಕರಾಯ (utpalakarāya)to the one who holds a blue lily in his hand
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಉತ್ಪಲಕರಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಶ್ರೀಪತಿಸ್ತುತಿಹರ್ಷಿತಾಯ (śrīpatistutiharṣitāya)to the one who is gladdened by the praise of Śrīpati (Viṣṇu)
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya [ಯಸ್ಮೈ] ಶ್ರೀಪತಿಸ್ತುತಿಹರ್ಷಿತಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಕುಲಾದ್ರಿಭೇತ್ತ್ರೇ (kulādribhettre)to the breaker of principal mountains
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಕುಲಾದ್ರಿಭೇತ್ತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಜಟಿಲಾಯ (jaṭilāya)to the one with matted locks
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಜಟಿಲಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಚನ್ದ್ರಚೂಡಾಯ (candracūḍāya)to the moon-crested one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಚನ್ದ್ರಚೂಡಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಅಮರೇಶ್ವರಾಯ (amareśvarāya)to the Lord of the immortals
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಅಮರೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ನಾಗಯಜ್ಞೋಪವೀತವತೇ (nāgayajñopavītavate)to Him who has the serpent as His sacred thread
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ನಾಗಯಜ್ಞೋಪವೀತವತೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಕಲಿಕಲ್ಮಷನಾಶನಾಯ (kalikalmaṣanāśanāya)to the destroyer of the impurities of the Kali age
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಕಲಿಕಲ್ಮಷನಾಶನಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸ್ಥುಲಕಣ್ಠಾಯ (sthulakaṇṭhāya)to the thick-necked one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸ್ಥುಲಕಣ್ಠಾಯ ನಮಃ
note The printed ಸ್ಥುಲ is the usual ಸ್ಥೂಲ, 'thick'.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸ್ವಯಙ್ಕರ್ತ್ರೇ (svayaṅkartre)to the self-creator / one who acts by himself
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya [ಅಸ್ಮೈ] ಸ್ವಯಙ್ಕರ್ತ್ರೇ ನಮಃ ಓಂ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸಾಮಘೋಷಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ (sāmaghoṣapriyāya)to one to whom the chanting of the Saman is dear
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸಾಮಘೋಷಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಪರಾಯ (parāya)to the supreme
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಪರಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸ್ಥೂಲತುಣ್ಡಾಯ (sthūlatuṇḍāya)to the one with the thick trunk
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸ್ಥೂಲತುಣ್ಡಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಅಗ್ರಣ್ಯಾಯ (agraṇyāya)to the foremost one / to the leader
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಅಗ್ರಣ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಧೀರಾಯ (dhīrāya)to the courageous and steadfast one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಧೀರಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವಾಗೀಶಾಯ (vāgīśāya)to the Lord of speech
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation, salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ವಾಗೀಶಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸಿದ್ಧಿದಾಯಕಾಯ (siddhidāyakāya)to the giver of success
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ [ಗಣೇಶಾಯ] ಸಿದ್ಧಿದಾಯಕಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದೂರ್ವಾಬಿಲ್ವಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ (dūrvābilvapriyāya)to one to whom dūrvā grass and bilva leaves are dear
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದೂರ್ವಾಬಿಲ್ವಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
ದೂರ್ವಾಬಿಲ್ವ durva and bilva — Durva grass is Ganesha's own offering. Bilva leaves are usually offered to Shiva, and here they are offered to his son as well.
- ಕಾನ್ತಾಯ (kāntāya)to the charming or beloved one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಕಾನ್ತಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಪಾಪಹಾರಿಣೇ (pāpahāriṇe)to the remover of sins
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಪಾಪಹಾರಿಣೇ ನಮಃ
- ಸಮಾಹಿತಾಯ (samāhitāya)to the composed, focused, or tranquil one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಸಮಾಹಿತಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಆಶ್ರಿತಶ್ರೀಕರಾಯ (āśritaśrīkarāya)to the giver of prosperity upon those who have taken refuge
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಆಶ್ರಿತಶ್ರೀಕರಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸೌಮ್ಯಾಯ (saumyāya)to the gentle or benign one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation, salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸೌಮ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಭಕ್ತವಾಞ್ಛಿತದಾಯಕಾಯ (bhaktavāñchitadāyakāya)to the giver of the desires of devotees
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಭಕ್ತವಾಞ್ಛಿತದಾಯಕಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶಾನ್ತಾಯ (śāntāya)to the peaceful one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಶಾನ್ತಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು] ಓಂ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಅಚ್ಯುತಾರ್ಚ್ಯಾಯ (acyutārcyāya)to the one who is worshipped by Achyuta (Viṣṇu)
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಅಚ್ಯುತಾರ್ಚ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಕೈವಲ್ಯಾಯ (kaivalyāya)to Kaivalya (absolute emancipation)
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಕೈವಲ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ
ಕೈವಲ್ಯಾಯ to kaivalya — Kaivalya is the complete freedom of liberation, when the soul stands free of everything else.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸಚ್ಚಿದಾನನ್ದವಿಗ್ರಹಾಯ (saccidānandavigrahāya)to one whose form is existence, consciousness, and bliss
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸಚ್ಚಿದಾನನ್ದವಿಗ್ರಹಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಜ್ಞಾನಿನೇ (jñānine)to the wise one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಜ್ಞಾನಿನೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದಯಾಯುತಾಯ (dayāyutāya)to the one endowed with compassion
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದಯಾಯುತಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ದಾನ್ತಾಯ (dāntāya)to the self-controlled one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ದಾನ್ತಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಬ್ರಹ್ಮದ್ವೇಷವಿವರ್ಜಿತಾಯ (brahmadveṣavivarjitāya)unto one who is devoid of hatred toward Brahman
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮದ್ವೇಷವಿವರ್ಜಿತಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಪ್ರಮತ್ತದೈತ್ಯಭಯದಾಯ (pramattadaityabhayadāya)to the giver of fear to arrogant demons
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya [ವಿನಾಯಕಾಯ] ಪ್ರಮತ್ತದೈತ್ಯಭಯದಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವ್ಯಕ್ತಮೂರ್ತಯೇ (vyaktamūrtaye)to the One who has a manifest form
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ವ್ಯಕ್ತಮೂರ್ತಯೇ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು] ಓಂ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಅಮೂರ್ತಿಮತೇ (amūrtimate)to Him who possesses no gross form
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಅಮೂರ್ತಿಮತೇ [ಗಣೇಶಾಯ] ನಮಃ
note This name and the one before it are a pair: he has a form that can be seen, and he is beyond all form.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶೈಲೇನ್ದ್ರತನುಜೋತ್ಸಙ್ಗಖೇಲನೋತ್ಸುಕಮಾನಸಾಯ (śailendratanujotsaṅgakhelanotsukamānasāya)to the one who longs to play in the lap of the mountain king's daughter
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutations
anvaya ಓಂ ಶೈಲೇನ್ದ್ರತನುಜೋತ್ಸಙ್ಗಖೇಲನೋತ್ಸುಕಮಾನಸಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸ್ವಲಾವಣ್ಯಸುಧಾಸಾರಜಿತಮನ್ಮಥವಿಗ್ರಹಾಯ (svalāvaṇyasudhāsārajitamanmathavigrahāya)to the one whose own nectar-sweet beauty outshines the form of Kama
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutations
anvaya ಓಂ ಸ್ವಲಾವಣ್ಯಸುಧಾಸಾರಜಿತಮನ್ಮಥವಿಗ್ರಹಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸಮಸ್ತಜಗದಾಧಾರಾಯ (samastajagadādhārāya)to the support of all worlds
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation / salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಸಮಸ್ತಜಗದಾಧಾರಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಮಾಯಿನೇ (māyine)to the wielder of māyā
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
anvaya ಮಾಯಿನೇ ನಮಃ ಓಂ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಮೂಷಕವಾಹನಾಯ (mūṣakavāhanāya)to the one who has a mouse as a vehicle
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಮೂಷಕವಾಹನಾಯ ನಮಃ
ಮೂಷಕವಾಹನಾಯ to the rider of the mouse — The huge god on the tiny mouse: nothing is too small to carry him.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ರಮಾರ್ಚಿತಾಯ (ramārcitāya)to the one worshipped by Ramā (Lakṣmī)
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ರಮಾರ್ಚಿತಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ವಿಧಯೇ (vidhaye)unto the Ordainer or Dispenser
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ವಿಧಯೇ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಶ್ರೀಕಣ್ಠಾಯ (śrīkaṇṭhāya)to Śrīkaṇṭha (one who has a glorious and auspicious throat)
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation / salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಶ್ರೀಕಣ್ಠಾಯ ನಮಃ
ಶ್ರೀಕಣ್ಠಾಯ to Shrikantha — Usually a name of Shiva, whose throat turned blue from the poison he drank to save the world.
- ವಿಬುಧೇಶ್ವರಾಯ (vibudheśvarāya)to the lord of the gods
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
anvaya ವಿಬುಧೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು] ಓಂ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಚಿನ್ತಾಮಣಿದ್ವೀಪಪತಯೇ (cintāmaṇidvīpapataye)to the lord of the Cintāmaṇi (wish-fulfilling gem) island
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಚಿನ್ತಾಮಣಿದ್ವೀಪಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
ಚಿನ್ತಾಮಣಿದ್ವೀಪ the island of the wish-granting gem — In tantric worship Ganesha's home is a jewelled island in an ocean of sugarcane juice.
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನೇ (paramātmane)to the Supreme Self
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನೇ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಗಜಾನನಾಯ (gajānanāya)to the elephant-faced one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation, homage
anvaya ಓಂ [ತಸ್ಮೈ] ಗಜಾನನಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು]
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಹೃಷ್ಟಾಯ (hṛṣṭāya)to the joyful one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ಹೃಷ್ಟಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ತುಷ್ಟಾಯ (tuṣṭāya)to the satisfied one
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
anvaya ಓಂ ತುಷ್ಟಾಯ ನಮಃ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಾತ್ಮನೇ (prasannātmane)to one whose mind or self is serene and gracious
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation / salutation
anvaya ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಾತ್ಮನೇ ನಮಃ ಓಂ
- ಓಂ (oṃ)Om
- ಸರ್ವಸಿದ್ಧಿಪ್ರದಾಯಕಾಯ (sarvasiddhipradāyakāya)to the giver of all perfections and accomplishments
- ನಮಃ (namaḥ)salutation
- 108 (108)number one hundred and eight
anvaya [ಅಸ್ಮೈ] ಸರ್ವಸಿದ್ಧಿಪ್ರದಾಯಕಾಯ ನಮಃ [ಅಸ್ತು] ಓಂ 108
note The hundred and eighth name. Many families end the list by offering a last flower with all the names together.
