Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hinduism The god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles, son of Shiva and Parvati, depicted as a short fat man with an elephant's head.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of Ganesha.
- n. A male given name used in India.
WordNet 3.0
- n. Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles
Etymologies
- Hindi Gaṇeś, from Sanskrit Gaṇeśaḥ, from gaṇeśaḥ, master of throngs : gaṇaḥ, throng, group of followers + īśaḥ, master (from īṣṭe, īś-, he rules over). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Chitra Ganesh is a Brooklyn-based artist whose drawings, photographs, and digital collages are inspired by Indian's Amar Chitra Katha comix series.”
“Shree Ganesh is the god of Good Luck and Auspiciousness and is the Dispeller of Problems and Obstacles.”
“Ganesh is the "le dieu" (the God) with "la tête d'éléphant" (the elephant's head) and is the deity of knowledge and wisdom (of "le Savoir" and "la Sagesse").”
“According to Ghanapur station circle inspector Muralidhar, a Maoist party member Gajerla Ravi alias Ganesh sent Rs 5 lakh to Mr Kondal Rao, who had been associated with the Naxals for a long time.”
“Mohd Abbas, a native of Velvarthi, reportedly joined the CPI Maoist party Krishnapatti dalam under the influence of one Rapolu Nagabhushanam alias Ganesh of the same village and went underground.”
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“Limited, in Dholpur to a private company called Ganesh Explosives in the state's Sagar district.”
“[Anglicized "Ganesh"] a popular HINDU GOD who was the son of iva and KL.”
“September 5th, 2009 Sravanti Ravikishore is producing 'Ganesh”
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“That I never raise my voice (except in joyous song, and by "song", I mean the tuneful chanting of the names of Hindu gods such as Ganesh - portrayed in statuary as a many-limbed elephant who likes offerings of candy and fresh flowers, and Hanuman - depicted as an athletic-looking cross between a man and a monkey; never mind that as a Jew I am pretty much honor bound not to worship idols or animals or basically anything that is not the one and only "God" of my people).”
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