词条 | Ganesha |
释义 | Ganesha Hindu deity also spelled Ganesh, also called Ganapati ![]() Many different stories are told about the birth of Ganesha, including one in which Parvati (Pārvatī) makes her son out of a piece of cloth and asks her consort, Shiva, to bring him to life. One of the best-known myths, however, begins with Parvati taking a bath and longing for someone to keep Shiva from barging in on her, as was his habit. As she bathes, she kneads the dirt that she rubs off her body into the shape of a child, who comes to life. But when Shiva sees the handsome young boy—or when the inauspicious planet Saturn (Shani) glances at it, in some variants of the myth that attempt to absolve Shiva of the crime—he or one of his attendants cuts off the child's head, which is eventually replaced with the head of an elephant. When Shiva cuts off the elephant's head to bestow it on the headless Ganesha, one of the tusks is shattered, and Ganesha is depicted holding the broken-off piece in his hand. According to this version of the myth, Ganesha is the child of Parvati alone—indeed, a child born despite Shiva's negative intervention. Additional Reading Paul B. Courtright, Ganeśa: Lord of Obstacles, Lord of Beginnings (1985), is a comprehensive study of Ganesha and his place in Indian religion and culture. |
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