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Ganapati: Song of the Self Hardcover - 1995

by John A. Grimes


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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 fosters an understanding from within a tradition. It presents a positive interpretation of the material and encourages an inner quest for spiritual truth.

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  • Title Ganapati: Song of the Self
  • Author John A. Grimes
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 231
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press
  • Date July 1995
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780791424391 / 0791424391
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Hindu
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94-19601
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.521

About the author

John A. Grimes is the author of A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy and Problems and Perspectives in Religious Discourse: Advaita Vedanta Implications, also published by SUNY Press. He has taught in universities in India, Canada, and the United States.

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Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. First printing (full number line). Hardcover. Small bump and crack to rear board at fold; else overall near fine thus. No jacket (as issued). Large octavo in purple paper-backked illus boards; xviii, 231 pages): illustrations; bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index. Contents: Intro -- Ganapati: Song of the Self -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Scheme of Transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- 2. In the Beginning ... -- 3. Naming is a Very Serious Business -- 4. Fingers Pointing at the Moon -- 5. Songs That Ring, Songs That Roar -- 6. Who Am I? -- 7. Worship of Ganapati (Puja) -- 8. Lovers of the Beloved -- 9. Who Is Ganapati/Ganesa? -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Y . SUNY series in religious studies. Ganesh; Ganesha; Ganesja. Religion. Philosophy & Religion. Hinduism ; Ganesa (Hindu deity).
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