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GANESA, or GANESH

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GANESA, or GANESH , in See also:Hindu See also:mythology, the See also:god of See also:wisdom and prudence, always represented with an See also:elephant's See also:head possibly to indicate his sagacity. He is the son of See also:Siva and Parvati. He is among the most popular of See also:Indian deities, and almost every See also:act, religious or social, in a Hindu's See also:life begins with an invocation to him, as do most books. He typifies not the wisdom of knowledge but that worldly wisdom which results in See also:financial success, and thus he is particularly the god of the Hindu shopkeeper. In his divine aspect Ganesa is ruler over the hosts of See also:heaven, the See also:spirits which come and go to do See also:Indra's will.

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