• Thirty-two forms of Ganesha are mentioned frequently in devotional literature related to the Hindu god Ganesha. The Ganesha-centric scripture Mudgala...
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    Uchchhishta Ganapati (category Forms of Ganesha)
    rituals. He is one of the thirty-two forms of Ganesha, frequently mentioned in devotional literature. Herambasuta was one of the exponents of the Uchchhishta...
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    Heramba (category Forms of Ganesha)
    one of the most popular of the thirty-two forms of Ganesha. The Mudgala Purana mentions Heramba Ganapati as one of the thirty-two names of Ganesha. The...
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    Mahaganapati (category Forms of Ganesha)
    sect. He is one of the most popular of the thirty-two forms of Ganesha, worshipped as a representation of the ultimate truth Para brahman. Mahaganapati...
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    meditation form used by the devotee, with many different traditional forms ranging from Ganesha as a young boy (Sanskrit: बाल गणपति; bālagāņapati) to Ganesha as...
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    Ganesha (Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and...
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    Haridra Ganapati (category Forms of Ganesha)
    one of the most popular thirty-two forms of Ganesha. The iconographical treatises Niyotsava and the Mantra-maharnava have similar descriptions of Haridra...
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    traditions of Mahayana Buddhism. He is the Buddhist equivalent of the Hindu god Ganesha. In Tibetan Buddhism he is also known as the Red Lord of Hosts (Tibetan:...
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  • Ganapatya (category Ganesha)
    aspect of Ganesha. Versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama are found in the Ganesha Purana. Herambasuta Mahaganapati Thirty-two forms of Ganesha Ganapatyas...
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    Bala Ganapati (category Forms of Ganesha)
    is about to eat the sweet. Bala Ganapati is also the first of the thirty-two forms of Ganesha listed in the Sritattvanidhi. He has an elephant head and...
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    examples of two-headed forms in which one head is human other than the Dwimukhi-Ganesha form. In the thirty-two mediation forms of Ganesha that are described...
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    Sritattvanidhi (category Ganesha)
    together several forms of Shiva, Vishnu, Skanda, Ganesha, different goddesses, the nine planets (navagraha), and the eight protectors of the cardinal points...
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  • Thirty-two forms of Ganesha in Hinduism, Ganesha is sometimes presented nude, in both infant (Bala Ganapati) and erotic (Uchchhishta Ganapati) forms....
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  • 32 (number) (redirect from Thirty-Two)
    list of 32 physical characteristics. The Hindu scripture Mudgala Purana also describes Ganesha as taking 32 forms. In chess, the total number of black...
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    [citation needed] Ganesha idol at a height of 3000 feet is amidst the lush green forests of Bailadila ranges. The path to the peak is full of beautiful sightings...
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    a temple dedicated to Ganesha, Shiva, and Durga. In 1977, a group of South Indian community leaders formed the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago organization...
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    is upon the mountain Kailasha. He is often represented with two sons, Kartikeya and Ganesha. His mount is the bull called Nandi. He is usually depicted...
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    Shiva (redirect from Dances of Creation)
    Kailasa as well as a householder with his wife Parvati and his two children, Ganesha and Kartikeya. In his fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying...
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    monolithic Ganesha; the Kadalekalu Ganesha and the Sasivekalu Ganesha. The Kadalekalu Ganesha, named after Ganesha's gram-shaped belly, is in the middle of Hampi's...
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    Kangiten (category Forms of Ganesha)
    and Tendai schools of Japanese Buddhism who is the Buddhist equivalent of the Hindu god Ganesha. Although Kangiten (Shōten) and Ganesha share a common origin...
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  • Yuga cycle (category Units of time)
    direction, two hundred and thirty-two thousand, two hundred and thirty-eight; (34) Of the asterisms, one billion, five hundred and eighty-two million, two hundred...
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  • there, practising a brahmacharya lifestyle for thirty-two years. The two form different interpretations of the philosophy they had learnt, and hence spread...
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    ("fifth"). The goddesses are flanked by Virabhadra (Shiva's fierce form) and Ganesha (Shiva's elephant-headed son and wisdom god). Varahi is worshipped...
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  • or a form of Indra. Pravirakarna - Is a chiranjeevi owl who lives in the Himalayas. Uluka - The owl of Lakshmi. Mushika - the rat mount of Ganesha. Ganesha...
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    shikhara. The deities are: Ganesha, the god of new beginnings, wisdom, and luck, and remover of obstacles Durga, the goddess of preservation, power, energy...
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    Diwali (redirect from Festival of Noise)
    widely associated with Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, and Ganesha, the god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles. Other regional traditions connect...
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    them the śuddhāśuddha (pure-impure) and śuddha (pure tattvas), enumerating thirty-six distinct tattvas, with purusha being counted among the śuddhāśuddha...
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    Patal Bhuvaneshwar (category Caves of Uttarakhand)
    human head of lord Ganesha which was cut down by lord Shiva, is situated here who creates obstacles for bad people to improve. This form of Ganesha is popularly...
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  • Narasimhi from Narasimha and Vinayaki from Ganesha. Originally believed to be a personification of the seven stars of the star cluster the Pleiades, they became...
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    Shivleni Caves (category Caves of Maharashtra)
    Saptamatrukas and Ganesha. The site is listed in "List of State Protected Monuments in Maharashtra" as a protected monument in the care of the Department of Archaeology...
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