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Ganesha type Hindu name Ganesha gender Male father Shiva mother Parvati siblings Kartikeya (brother) consort Riddhi and Siddhi or celibate deity_of God of New Beginnings, Wisdom and Luck Remover of Obstacles Supreme God (Ganapatya) affiliation Deva), Brahman (Ganapatya), Saguna Brahman (Panchayatana puja) abode • Mount Kailash (with parents) • Svānandaloka weapon (axe), (noose), (elephant goad) mount Mouse symbols Swastika, Om, Modak festivals Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali texts Ganesha Purana, Mudgala Purana, Ganapati Atharvashirsa equivalent1_type Buddhists equivalent1 Kangiten Ganesha (गणेश, ), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities) in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in Ganapatya sect....

Ganesha drinking milk miracle !Ganesh with flower The Ganesha drinking milk miracle was a phenomenon which occurred on 21 September 1995, in which statues of the Hindu deity Ganesha were thought to be drinking milk offerings. The news spread very quickly in various Indian and American cities, as Indians everywhere tried to “feed” idols of Ganesha with milk and spread the news through telephones and word of mouth, attracting significant attention in the Indian media....

Ganesha in world religions !Manjangan India and Hinduism has influenced many countries in other parts South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia as a result of commercial and cultural contacts. Ganesha is one of many Hindu deities who reached foreign lands as a result. Ganesha was a deity particularly worshipped by traders and merchants, who went out of India for commercial ventures. The period from approximately the tenth century onwards was marked by the development of new networks of exchange, the formation of trade guilds, and a resurgence of money circulation, and it was during this time that Ganesha became the principal deity associated with traders....

Ganesha pancharatnam Ganesha Pancharatnam is a stotra composed by Sri Adi Sankara in the 8th century on Lord Ganesha. Ganesha is referred to as Vinayaka in the strota, and the title itself can be translated as “The five jewels in praise of Sri Ganesha”. The five jewels are the first five verses, while the sixth verse implores the listener to themselves read or recite the strota and tells them the resulting benefits....

Ganesha Purana !Ganesha (musée de Dahlem, Berlin) (3095871343)_(3095871343).jpg?width=300) The Ganesha Purana (Sanskrit:गणेश पुराणम्; ) is a Sanskrit text that deals with the Hindu deity Ganesha. It is an Upapurana (minor Purana) that includes mythology, cosmogony, genealogy, metaphors, yoga, theology and philosophy relating to Ganesha. The text is organized in two voluminous sections, one on mythology and genealogy (Krida-khanda, 155 chapters), and the other on theology and devotion (Upasana-khanda, 92 chapters). It exists in many versions....

Ganesha Sahasranama The Ganesha Sahasranama (Sanskrit:गणेश सहस्रनाम; ) is a list of the names of Hindu deity Ganesha. A sahasranama is a Hindu hymn of praise in which a deity is referred to by 1,000 or more different names. Ganesha Sahasranamas are recited in many temples today as a living part of Ganesha devotion. There are two different major versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama, with subvariants of each version. One major version appears in chapter I....

Ganganath Jha name Ganganath Jha birth_date 25 December 1872 birth_place gandhwari(Pandaul), Madhubani, Bihar death_date 9 November 1941 death_place Prayagraj, India occupation Sanskrit scholar Sir Gaṅgānāth Jhā (25 December 1872 – 9 November 1941) was a scholar of Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy. Service At the age of 24, he was appointed a librarian of the Darbhanga state by its Maharaja. In 1902, he was appointed a Professor of Sanskrit at Muir College in Allahabad, which he left in 1918 to become the first Indian principal of the Government Sanskrit College in Benares....

Garbha Upanishad name Garbha devanagari गर्भ meaning Human womb type Samanya, Physiology veda Krishna Yajurveda, Atharvaveda verses Unknown, manuscripts are incomplete philosophy Vedantic The Garbha Upanishad (गर्भ उपनिषत्), or Garbhopanishad, is one of the minor Upanishads, listed number 17 in the modern anthology of 108 Hindu Upanishadic texts. Written in Sanskrit, it is associated with the Krishna Yajurveda by some, and as a Vedantic Upanishad associated with the Atharvaveda by other scholars....

Garbhodaksayi Vishnu !Vishnu1 Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu is an expansion of Mahavishnu. In Gaudīya Vaishnavism, the Sātvata-tantra describes three different forms of Vishnu as: Mahāvishnu, Garbhodakaśāyī Vishnu and Ksirodakaśāyī Vishnu (Paramātmā). Each form has a different role in the maintenance of the Universe and its inhabitants. The commentary on the Bhagavad Gita describes this form of Vishnu: In Srimad Bhagavatam, this is explained as: Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal time, space, cause and effects, mind, the elements, the material ego, the modes of nature, the senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the sum total of all living beings, both moving and non-moving....

Gardez Ganesha name Gardez Ganesha image_caption The Ganesha from Gardez, Afghanistan. material Marble size 24 inches high x 14 inches wide created mid-8th century CE discovered Gardez 34.52528°N, 69.17833°W location Dargha Pir Rattan Nath temple, Kabul The Gardez Ganesha is a statue of the Hindu god Ganesha, discovered in Gardez, near Kabul in Afghanistan. It is considered as “a typical product of the Indo-Afghan school”. It was dedicated by a king named Khingal....

Garga (sage) Garga was an ancient Indian sage who composed a Rigveda hymn. He is also known as Garga Bhāradvāja (“Garga, the descendant of Bharadvaja”) to distinguish him from other people of same name. Ancestry Katyayana’s Sarvanukramani attributes the Rig Veda hymn 6.47 to Garga. This text describes Garga as a son of Bharadvaja Barhaspatya. Katyayana was himself a descendant of Bharadvaja, but appears to have abridged the genealogy between Bharadvaja and Garga....

Garga Samhita (Vaishnavite text) religion Hinduism language Sanskrit verses 12,000 chapters 267 author Garga Garga-samhita (गर्ग संहिता, IAST: Garga-saṃhitā) is an ancient Sanskrit-language Vaishnavite scripture based on Hindu deities Radha and Krishna. Its authorship is attributed to the sage Garga, the head priest of Krishna’s clan Yadava. It is the earliest text that associates Radha Krishna and gopis with the Holi festival. Chapters # Khanda (Book) Number of chapters Content 1 Goloka-khanda 20 Pastimes of Radha Krishna in Goloka, Structure of Goloka....

Garuda Upanishad name Garuda Upanishad devanagari गरुडोपनिषद् sanskrit_transliteration Garuḍopaniṣad meaning The Upanishad of Garuda type Vaishnava veda Atharvaveda chapters 1 verses 25 Garuda Upanishad or Garudopanishad is one of 108 Upanishadic Hindu scriptures, written in Sanskrit language. It is dedicated to Garuda, the eagle-demigod mount of the god Vishnu. It is a Vaishnava Upanishad, and associated with the Vaishnava sect, which worships Vishnu, and is associated with the Atharvaveda. It is considered as “late” Upanishad in terms of dating....

Gaudapada name Gauḍapāda religion Hinduism founder Shri Gaudapadacharya Math philosophy Advaita Vedanta Gauḍapāda (Sanskrit: गौडपाद; c. 6th century CE), also referred as Gauḍapādācārya (“Gauḍapāda the Teacher”), was an early medieval era Hindu philosopher and scholar of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. While details of his biography are uncertain, his ideas inspired others such as Adi Shankara who called him a Paramaguru (highest teacher). Gaudapada was the author or compiler of the , also known as Gaudapada Karika....

Gautam (etymology) The name Gautam (also transliterated as Gautama or Gauthama and a vrddhi patronymic of Gotama) is one of the ancient Indian names and is derived from the Sanskrit roots “gŐ(गः)” and “tama (तम)”. “Tama” means “darkness” and “gŐ” means inter alia “bright light”. Together they indicate one, who dispels darkness (i.e., ignorance) by his brilliance (i.e., spiritual knowledge). The name Gautam is a masculine name. The feminine counterpart is known as Gautami....