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Respected Devdutt ji...Thanx for sharing this unusual blog on Female Ganesha. This is Like (1)
something new to me as i had never read about this before. i will feel highly obliged if you
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can put more light on this subject as my daughter fasts every month on Ganesh chaturthi.
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Upavasa (Fasting) means forgetting food, when you are immersed in God. (Upa =
Near God, Vasa = Immersed). But today people are fasting by force, suffering with
hunger. This is not Upavasa. When you do such fasting, Yogi Vemana says Kuudu
Vidachi Malamu Kudchura Upavasai. This means a little excretory matter is left
over in the digestive system after motion. When you fast the digestive system
assimilates this little excretory matter. So on that fasting day, one has eaten the
excretory matter instead of food!

Similarly if you do not get sleep due to thinking of God, that is Jagaranam (Not
sleeping in the night. But people are stopping their sleep by force.

There should not be force to stop eating or sleeping. If they are stopped without
force, automatically due to immersion in God and then only Upavasa and
Jagaranam are fruitful. Aspiring some benefit, people are doing Upavasa and
Jagaranam by force. Such acts are waste and useless. The right knowledge is
necessary in any religious deed.

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It helps the immunity system, to get one day to digest all that we have
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But the asura had a magic power; every drop of his blood that touched the ground
turned into another Andhaka. The only way to kill him was to ensure that not a single
drop of his blood touched the ground, while he was impaled on Shivas trident.
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Parvati knew that every divine being is a mixture of male and female forms, the male
form representing mental potential and the female form representing material resources (shakti). Parvati,
therefore, called out to all the shaktis.

On her request, every divine being released their female energy who would drink the blood of Andhaka
before it touched the ground. Soon the battlefield was filled with the shaktis of every god imaginable.
Indras shakti emerged as Indrani, Vishnus shakti emerged as Vaishnavi and Brahmas shakti emerged Ram Setu: Should Reasons that
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as Brahmini. These shaktis drank the blood of Andhaka before it touched the ground. Thus Andhaka was fiction? built agai.. reality
destroyed.

Matsya Purana and Vishnu-dharmottara Purana list even Ganapatis shakti in the list of female warrior
goddesses. Her name was Vinayaki, also known as Ganeshvari. This form of Ganapati is adored in the
Vana-Durga-Upanishad.

Images of the female Ganesha start appearing from 16th century onwards. Some are of the opinion that
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these images, perhaps, represent Malini, the elephant-headed companion of Parvati, nursemaid to Niti: Chapter Superstitions Niti: Chapter
Ganesha, occasionally referred to in the Puranas. 1 of the .. 2

The idea of a female elephant-headed deity, whether it is the shakti of Ganesha or the handmaid of
Parvati, is an integral part of tantric practices that preferred to see the divine in female, rather than the related topics
more dominant male form. This could be because in occult sciences, the female form is seen as the
source of all generative powers. While the spark of life came from the male body, life finally was created RITUALS RAHAT NUSRAT FATEH..

and nourished by the female body. Or the reason could be more metaphysical. The female form was a
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code for material resources.
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Sages in India have always had this debate between what matters more: the world of thoughts or mental
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potential or the world of things or material resources. Those who veered towards intangible thoughts
eventually came to be associated with Vedic practices while those who veered towards tangible things SCRIPTURES LAKSHMI PLEASURE
eventually came to be associated with tantric practices. The former coded their ideas through male forms
while the latter coded their ideas through female forms. And so Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, SERMON OH MY GOD ADVISE BE
gained popularity in Vedic circles; his female form, Vinayaki, became popular in tantric circles.
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Were there stories associated with Vinayaki? We will never know as most of these ideas were oral. What
we do know is that the fourth day after the new moon is called Vinayaki Chaturthi. This day is sacred to recent articles
Ganesha and is named after his female form.
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Sorry Swamiji....i wanted to know more about the female form of Ganesha.
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Veda says Yavteervai Devataah which means that all deities are present
in Satguru who preach true meaning of Veda. In this Mantra, Satguru is devdutt pattanaik 's articles
referred as Brahmana. Brahmana means Satguru who knows Brahman.
Brahman means Veda. Lord alone knows true meaning of Veda as said in
Veda (Brahmavit Brahmaiva). Lord comes in human form & appears before Love Goddess
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eyes of human beings here itself as said in Veda (Yat Saakshaat
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Aparokshaat). So such human form of Lord is abode of all deities. Arjuna
could see all deities in Viswa Roopa of Lord Krishna. Arjuna saw Let go of a part of you
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Shiva. His preaching is Saraswati. Guru Dakshina given to Him is Lakshmi.
His super power is Parvati. His capacity to finish His mission inspite of
obstacles is Ganapati. His courage without any fear is Hanuman. His
severe anger to punish atheists is Veera Bhadra. Removal of dark
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all living beings according to their deeds is nine planets. Like this Satguru Monsoon God
in human composite of all deities. Such human form of Lord comes in
every generation so that He is not partial to any generation.
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Ganesh Vigyan mentioned in Ganesh Atharva Mantra is stunning Like (3)
it refers to theory of relativity and depiction of a most advanced science but unfortunately Neela Raju
selfish brahmins interpretated it very wrongly to fulfill their selfish demands of chadhava
and placed this deity in temples in stead of science texts i made a blog long ago in
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lord ganesh is worshipped and the first PRANAM in every worship is of lord Ganesh is well
known in hindu rituals
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not reasoning is the cause of every evil and this is also a big sin to worship anything without
reasoning and this trend is responsible for destruction of our philosophy and science. The
world also laugh over us as a community who worship such funny things as elephant riding
a rat . I went thro Ganesh ATHARVA and meditated over it and when the truth came out it
was a billion volt shock to me i never imagined that our philosophical depiction of this god is
such a scientific fact which can teach the whole world a Great scientific law on which whole
science is sustained or we can say the pillar of the modern science or law of relativity which
is based on the fact that space is bent.

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in fact this depiction is the depiction of VAISHWANAR (SPACE)and SWAPITI (TIME)

the round and spherical laddus denotes the spiral of energy or this universe of infinite stars
and planets
the spce is just like a huge animal with bent trunks and this is a very witty depiction of the
diagram of the space
the time or kaal eats up every thing as the rats eats up every thing and as the space is
sitting on the vehicle of time same way this lord rides the rat
if any scientific mind wants to discuss with me i accept his challenge i can prove that Lord

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Ganesh and his vehicle denotes space-time which is the sustainer of every particle of
energy or this universe

Therefore it is wise and logical to first thank this great deity space which sustains us please
interact and tell me any doubt iam sure it can be cleared

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Thanks for sharing your knowledge about the meaning of Lord Ganesha, first time I
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came to know this. As I read earlier, the origin of Lord Ganesha was, to protect
Parvathi from demons was by Shiva. In the beginning, Lord Ganesha was not
having an elephant head. The story goes ........ Once, Parvathi was taking bath,
and she appointed Lord Ganesha outer side of stream, during that time, Lord
Shiva, the creator of Lord Ganesha came and asked permission to go inside and
Ganesha not denied on the ground of trust with mother like Devi Parvathi & the rule
of protection by a protector.

The quick temper Lord shiva got angry and a fierce war has taken place between
Lord Shiva and Ganesha, this war was prolonged for a long time as Lord Ganesha
was a fierce warrior and unbeatable, and at the end, Lord Shiva cut the head of
Ganesh and thrown. Immediately after war, Parvathi entered the place, and while
seeing the death of Sri.Ganesha, got upset, in utter grief, and became angry to
Lord Shiva. She insisted Ganesha wanted to live at any cost, without any solutions,
Lord Shiva taken head of an elephant nearby, and joint it with the body of
Ganesha, and the creation of Elephant headed God, Lord Ganesha....... the purana
goes........

Whatever will be purana is, how you are able to correlate the "Space-Time"
concept to the birth of Lord Ganesha, can you please explain me? I wanted to
know more about it.......... thanks in advance,

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The Purana - stories are to make the concepts conceivable to the small
children... Since if we talk about space, time, destruction etc, it would not
be pictured by any youngster.
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Gautam ji,
I had read that the Ganesh figure symbolizes that there are destructive
forces in every individual (like the rat), these forces should be over-ridden
by a cool (elephant) head, since the head should rule every action.
Please elaborate more on the snakes, and the symbolization of the wives
of Ganesha ...

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Rat is not a destructive force in this depiction it is the vehivle of space and Like
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spacei sanskrit grammer it is called dwand

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All these stories are created by Brahmins to protect their idiot offsprings so Like
that they can loot the money of chadhava
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i think the most authentic description of Ganesh is in Ganesh A tharva and
it clearly resembles it with Ganesh who is bent space
Shiva is straight space which is found only in the depths of every nucleus
vedas first declares tthat science mentioned in Vedas are Symbolic

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II Meaning of Shree Ganesha Shloka II
I bow to Lord Ganesha who has an elephant head, who is attended by the band of his
followers, who eats his favorite wood-apple and rose-apple fruits, who is the son of
Goddess Uma (Parvati), who is the cause of destruction of all sorrow. And I salute to his
feets which are like lotus.

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