गणेश m. am. (=
°ण-नाथ)
N. of the god of wisdom and of obstacles (son of
शिव and
पार्वती, or according to one legend of
पार्वती alone; though
गणेश causes obstacles he also removes them; hence he is invoked at the commencement of all undertakings and at the opening of all compositions with the words
नमो गणे-शाय विघ्ने-श्वराय; he is represented as a short fat man with a protuberant belly, frequently riding on a rat or attended by one, and to denote his sagacity has the head of an elephant, which however has only one tusk; the appellation
गणेश, with other similar compounds, alludes to his office as chief of the various classes of subordinate gods, who are regarded as
शिव's attendants;
cf. [RTL. pp. 48, 62, 79, 392, 440] ; he is said to have written down the
[MBh.] as dictated by
व्यास,
[MBh. i, 74 ff.] ; persons possessed, by
गणेश are referred to,
[Yājñ. i, 270 ff.] )
N. of
शिव,
[MBh. iii, 1629] गण-पुंगव = ,
[VarBṛ. xiii, 8] विद्येश m. m. pl. (= or
°श्वर) a class of
सिद्धs (with
शैवs),
[Hcat. i, 11, 857 ff] N. of a renowned astronomer of the 16th century
of a son of
राम-देव (author of a
Comm. on
[Nalôd.] )
of a son of
विश्वनाथ-दीक्षित and grandson of
भावराम-कृष्ण (author of a
Comm. called
चिच्चन्द्रिका)
m. m. (with
जैनs) a disciple who is put in charge of a few others.
गणेश b See
s.v. गण॑.