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Reading Notes: Pattanaik's 99 Thoughts On Ganesha Part D

Part X

  • History
    • Meteoric Rise
      • Shows up in 5th century AD
      • Widespread worship of him in 12th century AD
    • Indus
      • Elephant images appeared in this region around 2500 BC
    • Vedic Ganapati
      • Appeared in Rig Veda around 1500 BC
    • Vinayaka of Sutra and Smiti
      • Manava-griha-sutra refers to him at around 500 BC
    • Yakshas
      • Class of beings that were Shiva devottees
    • Indo-Greeks
      • Indo-Greek coins have elephant images
    • Hastimukha
      • Scriptures written after Rig Veda invoke deities with elephant attributes
    • Ganapatya
      • 8th century AD scholar observed Hindus could be classified into five groups
    • Tamil and Sri Lanka
      • Stories of Ganesha spread here
    • Morya
      • Morya Gosavi is a saint who was exclusively devoted to Ganesha
    • Maratha Influence
      • Ganesha became personal deity of the Maratha community
    • Tilak
      • 1893 Ganesha Chaturthi became a public festival
Part XI
  • Spread
    • Nepal
      • Worshiped by Hindus and Buddhists
      • Worship Heramba form of Ganesha
    • Tibet
      • Buddhists worship Ganesha
      • AKA Vinayaka
    • Mongolia
      • 10th century AD
    • Burma
      • Is one of the Nats guarding the Pagodas
    • South East Asia
      • 10th century AD
    • Japan
      • Minor Buddhist deity 
Part XII 
  • Wisdom
    • Kathenotheism
      • Worshiping one God at a time
    • Shankhya and Yoga
      • Act of analysis where one focuses on the parts
      • Act of synthesis where one focuses on the whole
    • Muladhara
      • First chakra 
      • Ganesha is its deity
    • Liminal
      • A space that is amorphous, shape-shifting, a bit of this and a bit of that
      • Ganesha connects two apparently opposing realities
    • Tantrik or Vedic
      • Ferocious forms
      • Gentle forms
    • Omkar
      • The syllable Om
    • Swastika
      • Symbol of auspiciousness and good luck in India
    • Shri
      • Material auspiciousness
    • In the Beginning
      • We worship at the beginning of ventures in the hope that we will be ushered closer towards what we deserve
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