Ganesha chaturthi, legends, and prayers

[Vivek Anand Ganesan]

>   prathamaM vakratuNDaM cha ekadantaM dvitIyakaM  |
>   tR^itIyaM kR^ishhNapi.ngAkshhaM gajavaktraM chaturthakaM || 2 ||
>
>   (Now the twelve names of Ganesha are mentioned. One  must
>    utter) first the name Vakratunda, One with a curved trunk,
>    second ekadanta, the single-tusked One, third Krishnapingaksha,
>    the black and red-eyed One, fourth gajavaktra, the God with the
>    face of an elephant,
  I remember a mantra that goes :
    EkadantAya Vidmahe VakratundAya dhImahI

Looks like the order is inverted in the first two invocations.
Any reasons?

-Vivek.
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That may be the Ganesha Gayatri.
Sankar.

--- Vivek Anand Ganesan <v_ganesan at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> >   prathamaM vakratuNDaM cha ekadantaM dvitIyakaM
> |
> >   tR^itIyaM kR^ishhNapi.ngAkshhaM gajavaktraM
> chaturthakaM || 2 ||
> >
> >   (Now the twelve names of Ganesha are mentioned.
> One  must
> >    utter) first the name Vakratunda, One with a
> curved trunk,
> >    second ekadanta, the single-tusked One, third
> Krishnapingaksha,
> >    the black and red-eyed One, fourth gajavaktra,
> the God with the
> >    face of an elephant,
>   I remember a mantra that goes :
>     EkadantAya Vidmahe VakratundAya dhImahI
>
> Looks like the order is inverted in the first two
> invocations.
> Any reasons?
>
> -Vivek.
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