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1. Om Gajaananaaya Namah
2. Om Ganaadhyakshaaya Namah
3. Om Vighnaraajaaya Namah
4. Om Vighneshvaraaya Namah
5. Om Dvaimaaturaaya Namah
6. Om Dvimukhaaya Namah
7. Om Pramukhaaya Namah
8. Om Sumukhaaya Namah
9. Om Kritine Namah
10. Om Supradeeptaaya Namah
11. Om Sukhanidhaye Namah
12. Om Suraadhyakshaaya Namah
13. Om Suraarighnaaya Namah
14. Om Mahaaganapataye Namah
15. Om Maanyaaya Namah
16. Om Mahaakaalaaya Namah
17. Om Mahaabalaaya Namah
18. Om Herambaaya Namah
19. Om Lambajatharaaya Namah
20. Om Hrasva Greevaaya Namah
21. Om Prathamaaya Namah
22. Om Praajnyaaya Namah
23. Om Pramodaaya Namah
24. Om Modakapriyaaya Namah
25. Om Vighnakartre Namah
26. Om Vighnahantre Namah
27. Om Vishvanetre Namah
28. Om Viraatpataye Namah
29. Om Shreepataye Namah
30. Om Vaakpataye Namah
31. Om Shringaarine Namah
32. Om Aashrita Vatsalaaya Namah
33. Om Shivapriyaaya Namah
34. Om Sheeghrakaarine Namah
35. Om Shaashvataaya Namah
36. Om Balvaanvitaaya Namah
37. Om Baloddataaya Namah
38. Om Bhaktanidhaye Namah
39. Om Bhaavagamyaaya Namah
40. Om Bhaavaatmajaaya Namah
41. Om Agragaamine Namah
42. Om Mantrakrite Namah
43. Om Chaameekara Prabhaaya Namah
44. Om Sarvaaya Namah
45. Om Sarvopaasyaaya Namah
46. Om Sarvakartre Namah
47. Om Sarvanetre Namah
48. Om Sarvasiddhipradaaya Namah
49. Om Sarvasiddhaye Namah
50. Om Panchahastaaya Namah
51. Om Paarvateenandanaaya Namah
52. Om Prabhave Namah
53. Om Kumaaragurave Namah
54. Om Kunjaraasurabhanjanaaya Namah
55. Om Kaantimate Namah
56. Om Dhritimate Namah
57. Om Kaamine Namah
58. Om Kapitthaphalapriyaaya Namah
59. Om Brahma Chaarine Namah
60. Om Brahmaroopine Namah
61. Om Mahodaraaya Namah
62. Om Madotkataaya Namah
63. Om Mahaaveeraaya Namah
64. Om Mantrine Namah
65. Om Mangalasusvaraaya Namah
66. Om Pramadaaya Namah
67. Om Jyaayase Namah
68. Om Yakshakinnara Sevitaaya Namah
69. Om Gangaasutaaya Namah
70. Om Ganaadheeshaaya Namah
71. Om Gambheeraninadaaya Namah
72. Om Vatave Namah
73. Om Parasme Namah
74. Om Jyotishe Namah
75. Om Aakraantapadachitprabhave Namah
76. Om Abheeshtavaradaaya Namah
77. Om Mangalapradaaya Namah
78. Om Avyakta Roopaaya Namah
79. Om Puraanapurushaaya Namah
80. Om Pooshne Namah
81. Om Pushkarotshipta Vaaranaaya Namah
82. Om Agraganyaaya Namah
83. Om Agrapoojyaaya Namah
84. Om Apaakritaparaakramaaya Namah
85. Om Satyadharmine Namah
86. Om Sakhyai Namah
87. Om Saaraaya Namah
88. Om Sarasaambunidhaye Namah
89. Om Maheshaaya Namah
90. Om Vishadaangaaya Namah
91. Om Manikinkineemekhalaaya Namah
92. Om Samastadevataamoortaye Namah
93. Om Sahishnave Namah
94. Om Brahmavidyaadi Daanabhuve Namah
95. Om Jishnuve Namah
96. Om Vishnupriyaaya Namah
97. Om Bhaktajeevitaaya Namah
98. Om Jeevatamanmadhaaya Namah
99. Om Aishvaryakaaranaaya Namah
100. Om Satatotthitaaya Namah
101. Om Vishvagdhrishe Namah
102. Om Vishvarakshaavidhaanakrite Namah
103. Om Kalyaana Gurave Namah
104. Om Unmattaveshaaya Namah
105. Om Parajayine Namah
106. Om Samastajagadaadhaaraaya Namah
107. Om Sarvaishvaryapradaaya Namah
108. Om Shree Vinaayakaaya Namah
Iti Shree Vinaayaka Ashtottara Shatanaamaavali
Meaning
The 108 names of Vinayaka, set out for archana - om gajaananaaya namah, om ganaadhyakshaaya namah, om vighnaraajaaya namah, and so on down the list. It is the namavali a purohit reads while the householder offers garike at each name, and the one families use at home on Chaturthi. Ganesha Chaturthi and the monthly Sankashti are when it is heard most.
Significance
Ganesha is worshipped before everything else, so this list gets used more than any other namavali in a Kannada household - at the start of a marriage, a housewarming, a new shop, the first page of an account book. The names carry the story with them: Gajanana for the elephant face, Ganadhyaksha for the leader of the ganas, Vighnaraja for the one who rules over obstacles, which is worth pausing on. He is not merely the remover of obstacles; he is their master, which means he can set them as well. That is why he is asked first and not last.
Tradition holds that archana with these names before beginning any work clears the way, and that the Sankashti observance in particular relieves difficulty - sankashta is trouble, and Sankashta-hara Chaturthi is named for taking it away. The namavali itself is a worship list and does not carry closing fruit-verses; the promises belong to the vratas and the stotras built around the same names.
How and when to chant
Chaturthi is the tithi. Sankashti Chaturthi, in the dark fortnight, is observed with a fast broken after moonrise, so the archana is done in the evening and the last of it waits for the moon. Ganesha Chaturthi in Bhadrapada is the big one; in Karnataka it arrives as Gauri-Ganesha, with Gauri installed the day before and Ganesha the next morning.
Garike - durva grass - is the offering that goes with the names. Twenty-one blades, tied in small bunches, is the common count, and the grass is preferred in the three or five-bladed form. Then modaka or kadubu, and in Karnataka homes also chakkuli, panchakajjaya and a plate of fruit. Red flowers suit him; tulsi is kept away, with the old reason still repeated in households. Sit facing east, light the lamp, do a short Ganapati puja first, then read the names one by one and offer garike at each.
If you want to do the archana at a temple, Idagunji in Uttara Kannada and Anegudde near Kumbhashi are the Karnataka kshetras where people travel for it, and there is Kurudumale in Kolar for those in the eastern districts.
Frequently asked questions
What are the first names of the Sri Vinayaka Ashtottara Sathanamavali?
Where does the Vinayaka Ashtottara come in Vinayaka Chaturthi puja?
Why does the Vinayaka namavali call him both Vighnakartre and Vighnahantre?
Which foods are named in the Sri Vinayaka Ashtottara?
What does Dvaimaturaya mean in the Vinayaka Ashtottara?
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