Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Ganesa in Japan
This chapter describes Ganesa in Japan located on page 7 of volume Volume 2 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 2 comprises the studies of Prof. Lokesh Chandra on the iconography, syllabary, tantras, cultural heritage in general, defence, Canon and mandalas of Japan, Korea and China.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Ganesa in Japan. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) [by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo]
The second verse records about one Bh mata, the physician who was born of the womb of Ijy and Nannata made a vow in order to donate one prastha measure of paddy every year (apparently for feeding the sages and for the worship of lord Ganesha). B....
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Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) [by S. Krishnamurthy]
Totally eight such rathas can be seen at Mamallapuram, locally known as Draupadi, Arjuna, Dharmaraja, Bhima, Nakula-Sahadeva, Ganesha, Valayankuttai, Northern and Southern Pidari rathas. Of them, the first five are found in a group, accompanied by monolithic gigantic figures of bull, elephant and lion. Of all, the Ganesha ratha is the most finished, both externally and internally, where as, the last three are unfinished and the remaining four are in different stages of workmanship....
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Triveni Journal
They told each other stories of Ganesha s fantastic adventures, referred again and again to his voracious appetite, his insatiable greed for all his favourite delicacies, mimicked his uncouth gait and made fun of his small eyes, large ears and long trunk. Ganesha, the being who was half-God, half-Elephant, had suddenly become a friend, a companion, a playmate to these children. When Bina returned from her visits, her one thought was about Ganesha....
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