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Gaṇeśa himself narrates his thousand names to his father Śiva. Bhāskararāya's Khadyota commentary is the authoritative gloss.
Source: Gaṇeśa Purāṇa (Upāsanā Khaṇḍa, Ch. 46)
Ganesha Sahasranama is the PujaKit hub for names of Ganapati connected with auspicious beginnings, wisdom, thresholds, and disciplined effort. Browse the full sequence with Devanāgarī, IAST transliteration, Roman reading, and concise meanings across all 1,000 names.
The corpus is presented as a Ganesha Purana-based devotional name tradition. The hub gathers meaning context in one strong page while individual names stay secondary.
Ganesha Sahasranama is useful before new beginnings, study, travel, exams, vrata, and puja where devotees seek clarity and the removal of obstacles.
Meaning clusters include auspicious beginnings, wisdom, protection, sweetness, strength, remover of obstacles, guardian of thresholds, and lord of ganas.
Traditional recitation supports confidence, humility, and focused effort. It works best as part of sincere prayer, preparation, and disciplined action.
Ganeshvaraya
Lord of the Ganas.
Ganapataye
Lord of all multitudes.
Vighneshvaraya
Lord of Obstacles.
Gajananaya
The Elephant-Faced One.
Lambodaraya
The Huge-Bellied One.
Ekadantaya
The One-Tusked One.
Vakratundaya
The Curved-Trunk One.
Shurpakarnaya
The Fan-Eared One.
Bhalachandraya
The Moon-Crested One.
Herambaya
Beloved of the Mother.
Ganeshvaraya
Lord of the Ganas.
Ganakridaya
Delighting in the Ganas.
Many devotees chant the full sahasranama on special days and use a smaller daily portion when time is limited.
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1000 names
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