Ganapati Gakara Ashtottara Satanama Stotram
Ganapati Gakara Ashtottara Satanama Stotram
gaNapati gakAra aSTottara zatanAma stotram
gakArarUpo gambIjo gaNezo gaNavanditaH |
gaNanIyo gaNogaNyo gaNanAtIta sadguNaH || 1 ||
gaganAdikasRdgaGgAsutogaGgAsutArcitaH |
gaGgAdharaprItikarogavIzeDyogadApahaH || 2 ||
gadAdharanuto gadyapadyAtmakakavitvadaH |
gajAsyo gajalakSmIvAn gajavAjirathapradaH || 3 ||
gaJjAnirata zikSAkRdgaNitajJo gaNottamaH |
gaNDadAnAJcitogantA gaNDopala samAkRtiH || 4 ||
gagana vyApako gamyo gamAnAdi vivarjitaH |
gaNDadoSaharo gaNDa bhramadbhramara kuNDalaH || 5 ||
gatAgatajJo gatido gatamRtyurgatodbhavaH |
gandhapriyo gandhavAho gandhasindhurabRndagaH || 6 ||
gandhAdi pUjito gavyabhoktA gargAdi sannutaH |
gariSThogarabhidgarvaharo garalibhUSaNaH || 7 ||
gaviSThogarjitArAvo gabhIrahRdayo gadI |
galatkuSThaharo garbhaprado garbhArbharakSakaH || 8 ||
garbhAdhAro garbhavAsi zizujJAna pradAyakaH |
garutmattulyajavano garuDadhvajavanditaH || 9 ||
gayeDito gayAzrAddhaphaladazca gayAkRtiH |
gadAdharAvatArIca gandharvanagarArcitaH || 10 ||
gandharvagAnasantuSTo garuDAgrajavanditaH |
gaNarAtra samArAdhyo garhaNastuti sAmyadhIH || 11 ||
gartAbhanAbhirgavyUtiH dIrghatuNDo gabhastimAn |
garhitAcAra dUrazca garuDopalabhUSitaH || 12 ||
gajAri vikramo gandhamUSavAjI gatazramaH |
gaveSaNIyo gamano gahanastha munistutaH || 13 ||
gavayacchidgaNDakabhidgahvarApathavAraNaH |
gajadantAyudho garjadripughno gajakarNikaH || 14 ||
gajacarmAmayacchettA gaNAdhyakSogaNArcitaH |
gaNikAnartanaprItogacchan gandhaphalI priyaH || 15 ||
gandhakAdi rasAdhIzo gaNakAnandadAyakaH |
garabhAdijanurhartA gaNDakIgAhanotsukaH || 16 ||
gaNDUSIkRtavArAziH garimAlaghimAdidaH |
gavAkSavatsaudhavAsIgarbhito garbhiNInutaH || 17 ||
gandhamAdanazailAbho gaNDabheruNDavikramaH |
gadito gadgadArAva saMstuto gahvarIpatiH || 18 ||
gajezAya garIyase gadyeDyogatabhIrgaditAgamaH |
garhaNIya guNAbhAvo gaGgAdika zucipradaH || 19 ||
gaNanAtIta vidyAzrI balAyuSyAdidAyakaH |
evaM zrIgaNanAthasya nAmnAmaSTottaraM zatam || 20 ||
paThanAcchravaNAt puMsAM zreyaH premapradAyakam |
pUjAnte yaH paThennityaM prItassan tasyavighnarAT || 21 ||
yaM yaM kAmayate kAmaM taM taM zIghraM prayacchati |
dUrvayAbhyarcayan devamekaviMzativAsarAn || 22 ||
ekaviMzativAraM yo nityaM stotraM paThedyadi |
tasya prasanno vighnezassarvAn kAmAn prayacchati || 23 ||
|| iti zrI gaNapati gakAra aSTottara zatanAmastotram ||
About This Stotram
Overview
The Ganapati Gakara Ashtottara Satanama Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of 23 verses that enumerates 108 names of Lord Ganesha, all beginning with the syllable "Ga." Unlike the namavali format (a plain list for ritual offering), this stotram presents the 108 Gakara names within a verse structure (stotra), making it suitable for recitation as a hymn. It belongs to the Ganapatya devotional tradition and is used in Ganesha worship and meditation.
What are the benefits of chanting Ganapati Gakara Ashtottara Satanama Stotram?
- Removal of obstacles (vighna nashanam) in daily life and spiritual practice
- Invoking wisdom and intelligence (buddhi pradam) through hymn recitation
- Seeking success and prosperity in undertakings
- Deepening of Ganesha devotion within a structured hymnic format
When is the best time to recite this?
This stotram is recited in the morning or evening, during Ganesha Chaturthi, on Sankashti Chaturthi, and before beginning important new tasks or ventures.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The stotram version (as opposed to namavali) of the 108 Gakara names of Ganesha presents the same content in a format suited to devotional singing or chanting. Such adaptations of namavali material into verse stotrams are common in Shakta, Shaiva, and Ganapatya traditions. The author and composition date of this text are unknown. The emphasis on "Gakara" names reflects the Tantric mantra shastra tradition in which the initial phoneme of a deity's name is treated as a seed syllable carrying concentrated divine power. The text circulates within broader Ganesha devotional literature.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Ganapati Gakara Ashtottara Sata Namavali — the namavali version of the same 108 Gakara names used in ritual offering (upachara) rather than hymn recitation
- Ganapati Atharva Sheersham — the Upanishadic text foundational to Ganesha worship, recited as a companion to Ganesha stotrams and namavalis