Part III:
- Representations
- 4 Forms
- Avatar
- God descends to earth to solve worldly problems
- Ganesha has four in different yugas
- Krita Yuga
- Riding a lion he killed demon brothers Narnataka and Devantaka
- Treta Yuga
- Riding a peacock he killed the demon Sindhu
- Dvapara Yuga
- Riding a rat he killed the demon Sindura
- Kali Yuga
- Riding a horse he kills the demon
- 8 Avatars
- In Mudgala Purana Ganesha takes 8 forms to kill 8 demons
- Vakratunda
- God with curved trunk
- Rides lion to kill Matsara
- Demon of jealousy
- Ekadanta
- God with one tusk
- Rides rat to kill Mada
- Demon of vanity
- Mahodara
- God with great belly
- Rides rat to kill Moha
- Demon of attachment
- Gajanana
- God with elephant head
- Rides a rat to kill Lobha
- Demon of greed
- Lambodara
- God with pot belly
- Rides a rat to kill Krodha
- The demon of rage
- Vikata
- God with deformed body
- Rides a peacock to overpower Kama
- Lord of lust
- Vighnaraja
- Master of obstacles
- Rides a serpent to kill Mama
- Demon of self indulgence
- Dhumravarna
- Smoke-colored god
- Rides a rat to kill Ahamkara
- Demon of arrogance
- 32 Images
- King of Mysore
- Ordered list of all images of the gods to be made
- Sri-Tattva-Nidhi
- 32 various forms of Ganesha
- Collective
- Ganesha controls and mitigates two bodies
- Nava-Graha
- Nine male deities
- Nine celestial bodies
- Sapta-Matrika
- Nine female deities
- Diseases that affect children
- Ganesha became known as the remover of obstacles
PartIV:
- Stories
- Lord of Obstacles
- Always have to propitiate to Ganesha before any activity
- If you don't you do so at your own parel
- Parashuram
- Gave his axe to Ganesha
- The Moon
- No one looks at moon on Ganesha Chaturthi because it will bring bad luck
- Syamantaka
- Krishna looked at moon on Ganesha Chaturthi and was cursed
- Race
- Narada offered a mango to whichever one of Shiva's sons could go around the world three times the fastest.
- Kartikeya went right away
- Ganesha waited until Kartikeya was just about to finish the third round before he got up and quickly ran around his parents three times
- He went around his subjective world while Kartikeya went around his objective world
- Valli's Marriage
- Kartikeya fell in love with Valli (Beautiful tribal girl)
- Prayed to his brother for help
- Got the girl in the end
- Vyasa's Scribe
- Asked Ganesha to help him make sense of the events of the Mahabharata
- Ganesha became Vyasa's scrive
- Wrote the Mahabharata down
- Kaveri
- South India prayed to Ganesha to end drought
- With the water came prosperity and joy
- Ravan
- Ganesha stopped Ravan from becoming invincible
- Vibhishan
- Ganesha became the famous Ganesha of rock-fort temple
- Kuber
- Kuber
- Treasurer of the gods
- Thought he could satiate Ganesha's appetite
- Couldn't
- Ganga to Godavari
- Ganga flows South as river Godavari
- Divodasa
- Kashi people worshipped Shiva and Gansha because they drove away the unrighteous King Divodasa
- Paradisa
- Ganesha described as paradise in Ganesha Purana
Part V:
- Symbols
- Elephant Head
- Represents prosperity and power
- Human Body
- When people can overcome their animistic desires and use their human brain they can achieve a lot
- Pot Belly Lambodara
- Represents wealth with the least amount of effort
- Curved Trunk
- Right
- Spiritual reality
- In temples
- Left
- Material world
- In house
- Red Color
- Material relity
- Axe and Noose
- Parashu=Axe
- Symbol of analysis
- Pasha=Noose
- Symbol of synthesis
- Goad
- Elephant goad
- Symbol of encouragement and restraint
- Sugarcane
- Association with all things material and sensual
- Single Tusk
- Domesticated elephant
- Rat
- Ganesha removes the pest of problems from our lives
- Snake
- Ganesha holds the potential prosperity of the cosmos in his huge belly
- He holds it all in with the serpent wrapped around his stomach
- Peacock
- Represents the joy of nature when rain arrives
- Modaka
- AKA Laddus
- Symbol of wealth and all the sweet pleasures that wealth gives man
Ganesha running around his parents three times
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