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What is the origin of Ganesha in India?
Ganesha is the god of wisdom and the god of breaking obstacles in Hinduism and Hindu mythology. He is the spiritual son of Lord Shiva and the mountain goddess Parvati. Ganesha has a wide audience.
In Tibetan Buddhism, it is called Zizaitian, Huanxitian, Shengtian, and is the guardian deity; in Japan, it is regarded as the god of consummation of the couple and the god of wealth; Among them, he is the god of removing obstacles, the god of wealth, the god of destiny, the god of learning, representing wisdom, symbolizing good luck and success, and is the most popular god in India. Its image is an elephant-headed person, with a big belly, a single tooth, holding an axe, candy, rosary, and lotus. The mount is a mouse.
Sanskrit name Gan!es/a, Gan!apati. The god of wisdom believed in by Hinduism combines the wisdom of man and elephant, especially worshipped by the Shiva and Vishnu sects in Hinduism.
Because it rules a group of little gods who are good at making troubles, it is also called ‘group master’. Its shape is a human body, an elephant head, and an ivory; its character is kind and benevolent, but it is brave and firm in war, and its unique symbols are elephant hooks and rosary beads. Tilak, the radical leader of the Hindu nationalist movement, used the sacrifice of Ganesha to launch a movement against British colonialism, making Ganesha a symbol of the national god.
Hindu legend
Legend has it that Shiva was so addicted to practice that he went out to practice all the year round, and did not knock on the door when he returned home. Once he returned from his ascetic practice, his wife Parvati was taking a bath, and he was very embarrassed to see her husband come in. So the next time Shiva went out to practice, Parvati made a little boy out of the turmeric clay used for her purification, gave him life, and ordered him to guard the gate, and no one could enter while she was bathing.
At this time, Shiva returned, and as soon as he arrived at the door of the house, he saw a handsome and handsome boy he did not know guarding there. Shiva told him that he was Parvati’s husband. Who knows that the boy who only obeyed his mother’s instructions would not refuse. Putting him in, Shiva lost his patience, and while he was talking, he started a war with the boy, and cut off the boy’s head with a trident (Trishula).
After Parvati finished bathing, he found that his son was murdered by his unknowing father when he was in the house. He was very sad and angry, and immediately asked Shiva to save their son.
However, the powerful trident had already cut off Ganisa’s head and flew away. Shiva had to ask the creator god Brahma for help. Brahma told Shiva that the head of the first creature he encountered with its head facing north could be used as the head of Ganesha in place of Ganesha’s head, so Shiva sent his mount bull. Nandi searched around and finally found an idol of Indra’s mount facing the north, so he put the head of the elephant on Ganesh and resurrected it.
The creation of the world’s longest poem “Mahabharata” is also inseparable from the Ganesha, and almost all of today’s Indian mythology is included in this masterpiece.
The goddess of wisdom, Saraswati, gave Ganesh the magic pen and ink to make him the god of learning. Legend has it that the creator of “Mahabharata”, Guangbo Xianren, realized the truth after experiencing the battle for power between the two royal families, Pandu and Kuru, and came up with epic lyrics and songs in his mind, but he could not do it while dictating. To record, he turned to Brahma, the creator god.
After Brahma’s instruction, the immortal found Ganesh for help, and recorded the oral content of Guangbo immortal with Ganesh’s magic pen. However, because of the huge length of this epic, Ganesh’s magic pen was broken, in order not to interrupt the immortal’s writing. Thinking of ideas, Ganesh was anxious, broke his right tooth, stained it with ink, continued to listen to the dictation of Immortal Guangbo, kept writing, and finally recorded this masterpiece, which is regarded as one of the greatest classics in India.
Since then, Ganesh has become what he is today with only left tusks and no right tusks.
Buddhist legend
There is a story in the Buddhist scripture “Four Vinayaka Laws” of “the Great Sage Joyful Heaven”.
In order to subdue his desolation and violence, Guanyin Bodhisattva transformed himself into a woman and went to him. When he saw the woman, his heart was burning and he wanted to hug her body. The woman refused and said, “You want to touch my jade body, can you protect the Dharma? After relying on me to protect the Dharma, can there be no obstacles?” He replied, “I will follow your predestined relationship from now on.”
So Vinayada accepted his embrace with a smile and got his favor, so he subdued him into Buddhism, so everyone was very happy, and it was named “Great Sage Joyful Heaven”.
