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Vinayaki, one of the 64 yoginis in Chausathi Jogini Temple.. Elephant-headed females appearing in the Puranas are demonesses or cursed goddesses. In a tale about Ganesha's birth, the elephant-headed demoness Malini gives birth to Ganesha after drinking the bath-water of Parvati, Ganesha's mother.
The Mothers were identified with fourteen vowels plus the anusarva and visarga, making their number sixteen. [ 80 ] In Tantra , the fifty or fifty-one letters including vowels as well as consonants from A to Ksha, of the Devanagari alphabet itself, the Varnamala of bija , have been described as being the Matrikas themselves.
[22] [23] The Amarakosha, [24] an early Sanskrit lexicon, lists eight synonyms of Ganesha: Vinayaka, Vighnarāja (equivalent to Vighnesha), Dvaimātura (one who has two mothers), [25] Gaṇādhipa (equivalent to Ganapati and Ganesha), Ekadanta (one who has one tusk), Heramba, Lambodara (one who has a pot belly, or, literally, one who has a ...
One who has two Mothers Dvaimatura Om Dvaimaturaya Namah। द्विमुख ॐ द्विमुखाय नमः। Lord with two Heads Dwimukha Om Dwimukhaya Namah। प्रमुख ॐ प्रमुखाय नमः। Supreme Head of the Universe Pramukha Om Pramukhaya Namah। सुमुख
The Vināyakas were a group of four troublesome demons who created obstacles and difficulties in Hindu mythology, [1] but who were easily propitiated. [2] One theory of the origin of Ganesha is that he gradually came to prominence in connection with the Vināyakas.
Brahmani emerged from Brahma, Vaishnavi from Vishnu, Maheshvari from Shiva, Indrani from Indra, Kaumari from Skanda, Varahi from Varaha and Chamunda from Devi, [7] and additionals are Narasimhi, Vinayaki. This is one of the Saptamangai sthalams, seven sacred places devoted to Devi. [4] They are also called as Saptastanam of Chakkarappalli. [8 ...
According to one non-mainstream tradition, Ganesha was a brahmacārin, that is, unmarried. [6] This pattern is primarily popular in parts of southern India. [7] This tradition was linked to the controversial concept of the relationship between celibacy and the commitment to spiritual growth. [8]
Benzaiten (left), Kangiten (center) and Tamonten (right) in Daishō-in temple (Itsukushima, Hiroshima Prefecture). Ganesha's emergence in the historical record is linked to the vināyakas, a group of troublesome demons in Hindu texts which were known to create obstacles for Buddhist practitioners.