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Ganesha - more info
karrama12
September 2011
Some more info on Ganesha.
In Sri Lanka we have a 2nd Century Ganesha in Buddhist Monastry.Kantaka Cetiya in Mihintale,Ganesha at VahalkadaA very nice image in below link.
https://picasaweb.google.com/105083324174032976964/MihintaleDawnOfSihnalaSculpture#5566740131699465586
5th Century Marble Statue in Afganistan !!!
http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Symbolism_in_Hinduism.htm#Ganesha
- The Lord of Beginnings
Ganesha Hridaya Mantra as taught by Buddha to his disciple Ananda
http://ganesha.bravehost.com/index.html
This tradtion in Tibet is very old one , not less than 7th Century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangyur
Another reference in the names of Kings defeated by Samudragupta isGanapatiNaga.
Very interestingly Edwin Anold mentions of Ganeshaduring Budhha's Time itself !!!Ganapati in Edwin Arnold's Light of Asia
And on the middle porch God Ganesha, 65With disc and hook—to bring wisdom and wealth—Propitious sate, wreathing his sidelong trunk.
http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/English-Texts/Light-of-Asia/02-Book-the-Second.htm
Regards,S.KarthikVandemataram
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