Ganesha, Gaṇeśa, Gāṇeśa, Ganeśa, Gana-isha: 32 definitions
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Ganesha has 30 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Gaṇeśa and Gāṇeśa and Ganeśa can be transliterated into English as Ganesa or Ganesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Ganesh.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGaṇeśa (गणेश):—(gaṇa + īśa) m.
1) ein Beiname Śiva’s [Hārāvalī 8.] [Mahābhārata 3, 1629.] —
2) Gaṇeśa, der Anführer des Gefolges von Śiva, ein Sohn dieses und der Pārvatī, der Gott der Klugheit, welcher Hindernisse in den Weg legt, aber, wenn ihm die Gehörige Ehre erwiesen wird, dieselben auch entfernt (deshalb so oft am Eingange eines Werkes angerufen mit den Worten: namo gaṇeśāya vighneśvarāya u.s.w.). Er wird dargestellt mit dem Gesicht des klügsten Thieres, des Elephanten; mit einem Zahne, einem hängenden Bauche und auf einer Ratte (die in die verborgensten Schlupfwinkel zu dringen vermag) stehend. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 207.] Schreibt nach Vyāsa’s Erzählung das Mahābhārata nieder [Mahābhārata 1, 74. fgg.] Besessensein durch Gaṇeśa und seine Besänftigung [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 270. fgg.] gaṇeśapurāṇa [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 469.] —
3) Nomen proprium eines berühmten Mathematikers und Astronomen des 16ten Jahrhunderts [Colebrooke II, 426. 451. 459. 476.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 845.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 248. 253.]
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Gaṇeśa (गणेश):—
2) Ādideva der Śūdra [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 2.] —
3) Nomen proprium anderer Männer [Oxforder Handschriften 126,b,1. 141,a,14.] [HALL 185.] —
4) Zunftmeister [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 13, 8.]
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Gāṇeśa (गाणेश):—adj. zu Gaṇeśa in Beziehung stehend: dāna [Oxforder Handschriften 45,a,35.] purāṇa [78,a, No. 133.] ein Verehrer des G. [16,a, Nalopākhyāna 1.] [VAJRAS. 208] (gaṇeśāḥ gegen das Versmaass).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGaṇeśa (गणेश):—m. —
1) Beiname Śiva's. —
2) der Anführer der Gefolges von Śiva und ein Sohn desselben. Er ist der Gott der Klugheit , der alle Hindernisse zu entfernen vermag. —
3) Pl. bei den mystischen Śaiva eine best. Klasse von Erlösten [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,823,4.fgg.] Ein anderer Name ist vidyeśa oder vidyeśvara. —
4) Zunftmeister. —
5) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer.
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Gāṇeśa (गाणेश):—Adj. zu Gaṇeśa in Beziehung stehend ; m. ein Verehrer des G.
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Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 1 [Invocation to Lord Gaṇeśa] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa]
Verse 304 [Śāktakrama in Cidgaganacandrikā] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]
Verse 76 [Ādya-spandharūpa-Śaktipītha] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.85 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 2.3.88-89 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 2.3.84 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.19.22 < [Chapter 19 - In the First Fortress of Dvārakā, the Glories of Līlā-sarovara, etc.]
Verse 2.9.30 < [Chapter 9 - Brahmā’s Prayers]
Verse 6.19.21 < [Chapter 19 - In the First Fortress of Dvārakā, the Glories of Līlā-sarovara, etc.]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 100g - Pilgrimages of Gaṇeśas, Bhairava etc. < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 100 - Index to Kāśīkhanda < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 3 - The Glory of Kārttika < [Section 4 - Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya]
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya (by Śrī Gunaraja Khan)
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 19 - Gaṇapati’s marriage < [Section 2.4 - Rudra-saṃhitā (4): Kumāra-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 20 - The celebration of Gaṇeśa’s marriage < [Section 2.4 - Rudra-saṃhitā (4): Kumāra-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 27 - Gaurī’s embellishment < [Section 7.1 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (1)]
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