Ganapati: Song of the Self
Ganapati: Song of the Self (Suny Series, Religious Studies) by John A. Grimes
English | July 1, 1995 | ISBN: 0791424405 | 256 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | July 1, 1995 | ISBN: 0791424405 | 256 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
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
