Gaṇeśa, the Enchanter of the Three WorldsIn the vast Hindu pantheon, Ganesa is Ganapati, the first among the Gods. This book presents the iconography of Ganesa in India. Each of the forms (there are 32 principal forms) is specified by the alteration of the attributes of the hands, the colour of a particular vehicle, and more. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Gaṇeśa in the Great Epics | 35 |
Stories of Birth According to the Purāņas | 41 |
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Andhra Pradesh anklets attributes beautiful Bhubaneswar Bombay bowl of cakes bracelets Brahma bronze Buddhi Calcutta cave chest colour consorts crown dancing deities Delhi demon depicted district divine Durgā elephant goad elephant-faced famous figurine flowers form of Gaṇeśa four arms Gajānana Gaṇapati ganas Gaṇeśa Gaṇeśa seated Gaṇeśapurāṇa Ganga goddess gods Gujarat Gupta hand holds head Heramba hymn Iconography inscription IXth Karnataka Kerala kilometres king left hand lintel loin-cloth Lord Siva Madhya Pradesh Madras Mahābhārata Maharashtra mantra Mātṛkās modaka Mothers Mudgalapurāṇa Museum namaḥ names of Gaṇeśa namo noose offered to Gaṇeśa Orissa Pallava Pārvatī Pune Purāņas Rajasthan right hand rosary sacred thread sage Sakti Salutation sanctuary Sanskrit Sarasvati Sculptures serpent shows Siddhi single tusk Śiva Skanda South India Śrī Śrītattvanidhi stele stone sweets Tamil Tamilnadu Tanjavur temple terracotta tiny Tiruchchirappalli treatise trunk Uttar Pradesh Varanasi VIIIth century Vinayaka Viṣṇu worshipped XIIth XIth XIXth Xth century yakṣa