m. (= °ṇa-nātha) N. of the god of wisdom and of obstacles (son of Śiva and Pārvatī, or according to one legend of Pārvatī alone; though Gaṇeśa causes obstacles he also removes them; hence he is invoked at the commencement of all undertakings and at the opening of all compositions with the words namo gaṇeśāya vighneśvarāya; he is represented as a short fat man with a protuberant belly, frequently riding on a rat or attended by one, and to denote his sagacity has the head of an elephant, which however has only one tusk; the appellation Gaṇeśa, with other similar compounds, alludes to his office as chief of the various classes of subordinate gods, who are regarded as Śiva's attendants; cf. [RTL. pp. 48], [62], [79], [392], [440]; he is said to have written down the [MBh.] as dictated by Vyāsa, [MBh. i, 74 ff.]; persons possessed, by Gaṇeśa are referred to, [Yājñ. i, 270 ff.])
N. of Śiva, [MBh. iii, 1629]
= gaṇa-puṃgava, [VarBṛ. xiii, 8]
m. pl. (= vidyeśa or °śvara) a class of Siddhas (with Śaivas), [Hcat. i, 11, 857 ff.]
N. of a renowned astronomer of the 16th century
of a son of Rāma-deva (author of a Comm. on [Nalod.])
of a son of Viśvanātha-dīkṣita and grandson of Bhāvarāma-kṛṣṇa (author of a Comm. called Ciccandrikā)
m. (with Jainas) a disciple who is put in charge of a few others.
See s.v. gaṇá.