Ganapati
song of the self
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Author
Publication
1995 - State University of New York Press, Albany, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
57,750 words, Guess
Page Count
231 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1095103M
- ISBN-100791424391
- OCLC Control Number30671101
- OCLC Control Numberganapatisongofse0000grim
- Library of Congress Control Number94019601
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- Goodreads2618045
- LibraryThing119746
Classifications
- DDC294.5/2113
- LCCBL1225.G34 G75 1995
Description
Ganapati 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 lovable. 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.
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Series Statement
- SUNY series in religious studies
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