Gangesha, Gaṅgeśa: 5 definitions

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Gangesha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Gaṅgeśa can be transliterated into English as Gangesa or Gangesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Nyaya (school of philosophy)

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Source: Shodhganga: A study of Nyāya-vaiśeṣika categories

Gaṅgeśa (गङ्गेश) or Gaṅgeśa Upādhyāya (13th century A.D.).—The first work of Navya-Nyāya school is Tattvacintāmaṇi which was written by Gaṅgeśa Upādhyāya in about 1200 A.D. This work of Gaṅgeśa is of an epoch-making nature as it has started as if a Nava-yuga (new era) in the development of philosophy in India. From the benedictory verse of the work, it appears that Gaṅgeśa was a devotee of Śiva whom he salutes at the very beginning.

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Nyaya (न्याय, nyaya) refers to a school of Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. The Nyaya philosophy is known for its theories on logic, methodology and epistemology, however, it is closely related with Vaisheshika in terms of metaphysics.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Gaṅgeśa (गङ्गेश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Hariprasāda (Saddharmatattvākhyāhnika). Peters. 2, 188.

2) Gaṅgeśa (गङ्गेश):—Rāmāryāśataka. Kāvyamālā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gaṅgeśa (गङ्गेश):—[from gaṅgā > gaṅga] m. Name of the author of the Tattva-cintāmaṇi.

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Gangesha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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