Ganapati: Song of the Self
John A. Grimes
Ganapati is the Hindu Lord of Beginnings, the Keeper of the Threshold, the Remover of Obstacles, Master of the Mind, Son of Siva, Elephant-headed, plump, and loveable. This book offers a wide range of information about Ganapati gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. It considers Ganapati’s complexity: his transcendence of sectarian and territorial limits, his delayed but dramatic development into the religious pantheon, his paradoxical mythology, and his physical manifestation, an elephant’s head on a human body. Ganapati: Song of the Self fosters an understanding from within a tradition. It presents a positive interpretation of the material and encourages an inner quest for spiritual truth.
Thể loại:
Năm:
1995
Nhà xuát bản:
State University of New York Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
166
ISBN 10:
0791424405
ISBN 13:
9780791424407
Loạt:
SUNY Series in Religious Studies
File:
PDF, 4.00 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1995