Ganapati Gakara Ashtottara Satanama Stotram
Ganapati Gakara Ashtottara Satanama Stotram
Ganapati Gakara Ashtottara Satanama Stotram
gaṇapati gakāra aṣṭottara śatanāma stotram
gakārarūpo gambījo gaṇeśo gaṇavanditaḥ |
gaṇanīyo gaṇogaṇyo gaṇanātīta sadguṇaḥ || 1 ||
gaganādikasṛdgaṅgāsutogaṅgāsutārcitaḥ |
gaṅgādharaprītikarogavīśeḍyogadāpahaḥ || 2 ||
gadādharanuto gadyapadyātmakakavitvadaḥ |
gajāsyo gajalakṣmīvān gajavājirathapradaḥ || 3 ||
gañjānirata śikṣākṛdgaṇitajño gaṇottamaḥ |
gaṇḍadānāñcitogantā gaṇḍopala samākṛtiḥ || 4 ||
gagana vyāpako gamyo gamānādi vivarjitaḥ |
gaṇḍadoṣaharo gaṇḍa bhramadbhramara kuṇḍalaḥ || 5 ||
gatāgatajño gatido gatamṛtyurgatodbhavaḥ |
gandhapriyo gandhavāho gandhasindhurabṛndagaḥ || 6 ||
gandhādi pūjito gavyabhoktā gargādi sannutaḥ |
gariṣṭhogarabhidgarvaharo garalibhūṣaṇaḥ || 7 ||
gaviṣṭhogarjitārāvo gabhīrahṛdayo gadī |
galatkuṣṭhaharo garbhaprado garbhārbharakṣakaḥ || 8 ||
garbhādhāro garbhavāsi śiśujñāna pradāyakaḥ |
garutmattulyajavano garuḍadhvajavanditaḥ || 9 ||
gayeḍito gayāśrāddhaphaladaśca gayākṛtiḥ |
gadādharāvatārīca gandharvanagarārcitaḥ || 10 ||
gandharvagānasantuṣṭo garuḍāgrajavanditaḥ |
gaṇarātra samārādhyo garhaṇastuti sāmyadhīḥ || 11 ||
gartābhanābhirgavyūtiḥ dīrghatuṇḍo gabhastimān |
garhitācāra dūraśca garuḍopalabhūṣitaḥ || 12 ||
gajāri vikramo gandhamūṣavājī gataśramaḥ |
gaveṣaṇīyo gamano gahanastha munistutaḥ || 13 ||
gavayacchidgaṇḍakabhidgahvarāpathavāraṇaḥ |
gajadantāyudho garjadripughno gajakarṇikaḥ || 14 ||
gajacarmāmayacchettā gaṇādhyakṣogaṇārcitaḥ |
gaṇikānartanaprītogacchan gandhaphalī priyaḥ || 15 ||
gandhakādi rasādhīśo gaṇakānandadāyakaḥ |
garabhādijanurhartā gaṇḍakīgāhanotsukaḥ || 16 ||
gaṇḍūṣīkṛtavārāśiḥ garimālaghimādidaḥ |
gavākṣavatsaudhavāsīgarbhito garbhiṇīnutaḥ || 17 ||
gandhamādanaśailābho gaṇḍabheruṇḍavikramaḥ |
gadito gadgadārāva saṃstuto gahvarīpatiḥ || 18 ||
gajeśāya garīyase gadyeḍyogatabhīrgaditāgamaḥ |
garhaṇīya guṇābhāvo gaṅgādika śucipradaḥ || 19 ||
gaṇanātīta vidyāśrī balāyuṣyādidāyakaḥ |
evaṃ śrīgaṇanāthasya nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 20 ||
paṭhanācchravaṇāt puṃsāṃ śreyaḥ premapradāyakam |
pūjānte yaḥ paṭhennityaṃ prītassan tasyavighnarāṭ || 21 ||
yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ śīghraṃ prayacchati |
dūrvayābhyarcayan devamekaviṃśativāsarān || 22 ||
ekaviṃśativāraṃ yo nityaṃ stotraṃ paṭhedyadi |
tasya prasanno vighneśassarvān kāmān prayacchati || 23 ||
|| iti śrī gaṇapati gakāra aṣṭottara śatanāmastotram ||
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
This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.
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