Ganapati: Song of the SelfGanapati is the Hindu Lord of Beginnings, the Keeper of the Threshold, the Remover of Obstacles, Master of the Mind, Son of Siva, Elephant-headed, plump, and loveable. This book offers a wide range of information about Ganapati gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. It considers Ganapati's complexity: his transcendence of sectarian and territorial limits, his delayed but dramatic development into the religious pantheon, his paradoxical mythology, and his physical manifestation, an elephant's head on a human body. Ganapati: Song of the Self fosters an understanding from within a tradition. It presents a positive interpretation of the material and encourages an inner quest for spiritual truth. |
Contents
IV | 1 |
V | 5 |
VI | 13 |
VII | 14 |
VIII | 17 |
IX | 21 |
X | 22 |
XI | 25 |
XL | 100 |
XLI | 105 |
XLII | 110 |
XLIII | 112 |
XLIV | 115 |
XLV | 116 |
XLVI | 117 |
XLVII | 118 |
XII | 27 |
XIV | 30 |
XVI | 31 |
XVII | 32 |
XVIII | 33 |
XIX | 37 |
XX | 38 |
XXI | 51 |
XXII | 55 |
XXIII | 63 |
XXIV | 64 |
XXV | 68 |
XXVI | 75 |
XXVII | 77 |
XXVIII | 83 |
XXIX | 84 |
XXX | 85 |
XXXIII | 91 |
XXXIV | 92 |
XXXV | 93 |
XXXVI | 94 |
XXXVII | 97 |
XXXIX | 99 |
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Common terms and phrases
Agni amukadevatābhyo namaḥ appeared Author's condensed avatāra Avvaiyar Ballāļa beginning blessings bliss body boon born Brahman Brāhmaṇa Bṛhaspati cakra cave chanting child Chinmayananda condensed and paraphrased consciousness cosmic Courtright darśana deity Delhi demon devas devotees Divine Ekadanta elephant elephant's head embodiment Gajānana Gana Ganapati Ganapati/Gaṇeśa Ganesa Gaṇeśa Purāṇa gods Guru human incarnation Indian individual Indra invoke J. L. Shastri jambū fruits Kailāsa kāma known Kubera kuṇḍalinī śakti Lambodara Lenyadri linga Lord Gaṇeśa Lord Siva lotus Mahābhārata mahāvākya manifestation mantra māyā meaning meditate mind mouse Mudgala Purāṇa mūrti name and form nonduality one's oneself paraphrased version Pārvatī performed physical pūjā Purāṇic story Rg Veda ritual sacred sacrifice sage śakti Salutations samarpayāmi Sanskrit says Siddhi Siddhi Vinayaka Śiva song space spiritual Śrī symbol tat tvam tat tvam asi temple thought three worlds Tradition Trans truth tusk universe Upanisad Vakratunda Varada Vedic Viṣṇu wisdom word worshipped Gaṇeśa Yajur Veda गं