| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 231 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series in religious studies |
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SUNY series in religious studies.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Ganapati: Song of the Self -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Scheme of Transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- 2. In the Beginning ... -- 3. Naming is a Very Serious Business -- 4. Fingers Pointing at the Moon -- 5. Songs That Ring, Songs That Roar -- 6. Who Am I? -- 7. Worship of Ganapati (Puja) -- 8. Lovers of the Beloved -- 9. Who Is Ganapati/Ganesa? -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Y |
| Summary |
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 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
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Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity) |
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RELIGION -- Hinduism -- Theology.
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Ganesja.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
94019601 |
| ISBN |
0585045798 |
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9780585045795 |
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9781438405018 |
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1438405014 |
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