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  1. Deities/Shaiva Family/Eternal / Sanatana/free

    Lord Ganesha

    Elder son of Shiva and Parvati, invoked first in every rite as the remover of obstacles and patron of letters. His circumambulation of his parents over chasing the cosmos remains t…

  2. Essay · Lord Ganesha/Shaiva Family/free

    Why every rite begins with him

    … em for those whose intention is sincere. The elephant head, broken tusk and single companion mouse are not decorative — each is read as a working diagram of the discernment (*vivek …

  3. Essay · Lord Ganesha/Shaiva Family/free

    Reading the form

    … rtrait|Gaṇeśa seated, elephant head with one intact and one broken tusk, four arms holding an aṅkuśa, pāśa, modaka, and a hand in abhaya mudrā, the mouse Mūṣika at his feet|entity- …

  4. Story · Mahābhārata (Ādi Parva), Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa/Beginner/5 min/free

    The Scribe of the Epic

    … n the stylus breaks mid-dictation, Gaṇeśa snaps off his own tusk rather than let the flow of knowledge pause.

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