CHAPTER VIII.
SONS OF SIVA AND PARVATI.
I. Ganesa.
Ganesa is usually regarded as the elder son of Siva and Pārvati, but the Purānas differ very considerably
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GANESA.
in their accounts of his origin. Sir W. Jones says[1] that “Ganesa, the Indian god of Wisdom, has the same characteristics as Janus of the Latins. All
- ↑ “Asiatic Researches,” i, 227.
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