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Phyllis Granoff reviews the internal evidence and concludes that the Mudgala was the last of the philosophical texts concerned with Ganesha [4] R. C. Hazra suggested that the Mudgala Purana is earlier than the Ganesha Purana which he dates between 1100 and 1400 A.D. [5] Granoff finds problems with this relative dating because the Mudgala Purana ...
Thirty-two forms of Ganesha are mentioned frequently in devotional literature related to the Hindu god Ganesha. [1] [2] [3] The Ganesha-centric scripture Mudgala Purana is the first to list them.
Mudgala (Sanskrit: मुद्गल, romanized: Mudgala), sometimes also rendered Maudgalya (Sanskrit: मौद्गल्य, romanized: Maudgalya), is a rishi (sage) in Hinduism. Leading a life of poverty and piety, he is regarded to have mastered the attainment of the state of nirvana. The Maudgalya Brahmanas claim their descent from ...
The Mudgala Upanishad, along with Subala Upanishad, is one of the two Upanishads that discuss the Purusha Sukta of Rigveda. [1] It is notable for asserting that Narayana (Vishnu) is the Brahman (Highest reality, Supreme being), that he created the universe from a fourth part of himself, then became himself the Atman (soul) in individual living ...
The north Indian manuscripts of Padma Purana are very different from south Indian versions, and the various recensions in both groups in different languages (Devanagari and Bengali, for example) show major inconsistencies. [35] Like the Skanda Purana, it is a detailed treatise on travel and pilgrimage centers in India. [34] [36] 3: Vishnu ...
Mudgala Purana: Vulgate Published By Choukhamba, Manuscript unavailable It discusses about Ganesha. 11: Vāruṇa Purāṇa: Twelve: Published: It is narrated by Varuṇa. 12: Kālikā Purāṇa: Ninety-eight: Published: It discusses about Pārvatī. 13: Māheśvara Purāṇa: Twelve: Unpublished, manuscript available: It discusses Shiva and ...
In 1894, the Vangavasi Press, Calcutta published another edition of this text along with a Bengali translation by Panchanan Tarkaratna, who edited it. In 1915, a free and abridged English translation by Syama Charan Banerji was published from Lucknow by the Indian Commercial Press as the first volume of its Rambles in Scripture Land series. [1]
The Mudgala Puranam describes eight avatars of Ganesha: [91] Vakratunda (Vakratuṇḍa) ("twisting trunk"), his mount is a lion. Ekadanta ("single tusk"), his mount is a mouse. Mahodara ("big belly"), his mount is a mouse. Gajavaktra (or Gajānana) ("elephant face"), his mount is a mouse. Lambodara ("pendulous belly"), his mount is a mouse.