Worship of Lord Ganesha

[Vidyasankar Sundaresan]

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Comment - gaNAnAM tvA ... is from the brahmaNaspati sUkta in the
Rgveda. There is an excellent article on Ganesha worship, by Anand
Hudli, in our archives. Check
http://www.escribe.com/religion/advaita/m6621.html .

Vidyasankar


>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:37:03 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Sankaran Kartik Jayanarayanan <kartik at tick.ece.utexas.edu>
>To: ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG
>Subject: Re: Worship of Lord Ganesha
>
....
>On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Vivek Anand Ganesan wrote:
>
> > !AUM!
> > Eka dantAya vidmahe
> > vakratundAya dhImahi
> > tanno danta prachodayat
> >
>
>I think that should be:
>
>tat purushhaaya vidmahe
>vakratuNDAya dhImahi
>tanno dantiH prachodayaat.h
>
>at least that's the way the MahAnArAyaNa upanishad has it. Perhaps what
>you have is from another source?
>
> > Hello all :
> >
> >     Today is Ganesh Chaturthi ( in the US ). Greetings to
> > one and all on this festive occassion and may Lord Ganesha
> > shower his blessings upon us. Lord Ganesha is vighna harta
> > - one who removes obstacles in life. We can pray to Him to
> > remove obstacles in our personal/professional lives. Or
> > better still, we can pray to Him to remove obstacles in our
> > spiritual lives. May He grant us the wisdom to see Him.
> >
>
>Thank you for reminding all of us of the importance of this day.
>
>[..]
>
> > 1) Is the worship of Lord Ganesh mentioned in the vedas?
> >    I am aware of an upanishad that mentions gaNapati but
> >    are there vedic mantras? From where does the mantra
> >    that starts as "gaNaNAm gaNapatim mahA have..." come
> >    from?
> >
>
>It is "gaNaanaam tva gaNapatiM havamahe..."
>
>I think that's from the KrishNa yajurveda, and also found in the R^ig veda
>(or is it the other way around?).
>
>[..]
>
>Regards,
>
>Kartik

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