Soma, Gaṇeśa R̥gveda divinity metaphors, tridhātu Gaṇeśa Indus Sarasvati Script hypertext.pdf (original) (raw)

Why is Gaṇeśa called Lambodara? Gaṇeśa holds Soma in the belly. Soma is amśu a kind of सोम libation (Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa) cognate ancu 'iron' (Tocharian) Gaṇeśa is tridhātu. Note on ancu, ‘iron’ (Tocharian) Source: A Dictionary of Tocharian B - Volume 1 - Page 85 Thanks to Dr. Vipin Kumar for providing the lead. ब्रह्मवैवर्त ३.४४.९१ पुराणे उल्लेखमस्ति – यतः गणेशः विष्णोः नैवेद्यम् उदरे धारयति, अनेन कारणेन तस्य संज्ञा लम्बोदरमस्ति। http://puraana.tripod.com/pur\_index30/soma.htm An answer is provided by Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणम्/खण्डः ३ (गणपतिखण्डः)/अध्यायः ४४ विष्णुदत्तैश्च नैवेद्यैर्यस्य लम्बं पुरोदरम् ।। पित्रा दत्तैश्च विविधैर्वन्दे लम्बोदरं च तम् ।। ९१ ।। लम्बो* दर [p= 897,2] mf(ई)n. having a large or protuberant belly , potbellied ( -ता f. ) MBh. Ka1d. Katha1s.; m. N. of गणेश Pan5car. Katha1s. Protuberant belly is a characteristic seen on Gardez Gaṇeśa Mūrti which is explained as a hypertext of Indus Sarasvati Script. Soma in the belly of Gaṇeśa is concordant with the script cipher of elephant-face related to iron working, metals manufactory: karibha, ibha 'elephant' rebus: karba, ib 'iron'; ib 'needle (writing stylus); mũh 'a face' in Indus Script Cipher signifies mũh, muhã 'ingot' or muhã 'quantity of metal produced at one time in a native smelting furnace.'; फडा phaḍā 'cobra hood (worn on the yajñopavita) rebus: फडा phaḍā 'metals manufactory'; paũjā ʻ paw ʼ (CDIAL 8018) Rebus: pã̄jā ʻkiln, furnaceʼ (CDIAL 7686) kola 'tiger' rebus: kolhe 'smelter'; kol 'working in iron'. गणे* श m. (= °ण-नाथ) N. of the god of wisdom and of obstacles (son of शिव and पार्वती , or according to one legend of पार्वती alone ; though गणे*श 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 नमो गणे*शाय विघ्ने*श्वराय ; 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 गणे*श , with other similar compounds , alludes to his office as chief of the various classes of subordinate gods , who are regarded as शिव's attendants ; cf. RTL. pp. 48 , 62 , 79 , 392 , 440 ; he is said to have written down the MBh. as dictated by व्यास MBh. i , 74 ff. ; persons possessed , by गणे*श are referred to Ya1jn5. i , 270 ff.) vyāḷa > , n. < vyāḷa. [Kannada. yāḷi.] 1. A mythological lion-faced animal with elephantine proboscis and tusks vyāḷa with tiger face and pronounced feline paws is a hypertext signified on Gardez Gaṇeśa Mūrti. Beginnings of endowing a human body with an elephant face are traceable in Sarasvati Civilization artifacts. Une tête d'éléphant en terre cuite de Nausharo (Pakistan) In: Arts asiatiques. Tome 47, 1992. pp. 132-136. Jarrige Catherine http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/arasi\_0004-3958\_1992\_num\_47\_1\_1330 The elephant head ligatured with a buffalo at Nausharo is a curtain-raiser for the practice of ligaturing in Indian tradition for utsava bera 'idols carried on processions'. The phrase utsava bera denotes that processions of the type shown on Mesopotamian cylinder seals or Mohenjo-daro tablets are trade processions for bera 'bargaining, trade'. Thus, the processions with hieroglyphs may be part of trade-exchange fairs of ancient times. It is significant that the utsava bera of Ganesa is shown together with a rat or mouse -- as vāhana: ibha 'elephant' Rebus: ib 'iron'. mūṣa 'rat, mouse' Rebus: mūṣa 'crucible'. Thus both rat/mouse and elephant face ligatured to a body, are Meluhha hieroglyphs related to metallurgical processes. Material: terra cotta. Dimensions: 4.8 cm height, 5.4 cm width, 4.6 cm breadth. Harappa Museum, H87-348 Elephant trunk LUS winnowing fan: karibha 'elephant trunk' rebus: karba 'iron' ibha 'elephant' rebus: ib '''iron' PLUS kulA 'winnowing fan' rebus: kol 'working in iron' kolhe 'smelter' kolle 'blacksmith'. Since गण [p= 343,1] is वाच् (i.e. " a series of verses "), Gaṇeśa becomes scribe of Mahābhārata. Gaṇeśa as leader of गण is signified on Sakar (Śankara) Dhar Gaṇeśa Mūrti, 10 miles from Kabul. iṅgaṛa Acanthus Ilicifolius is worn as the antarīya lower garment. Association of Gaṇeśa with iṅgaṛa is a remarkable ketu which signifies link with carburization, infusion of carbon into smelted/molten metal in a furnace: itkaṭa -- , ikkaṭa -- m. ʻ a kind of reed or grass ʼ lex. 2. utkaṭa -- 1 m. ʻ Saccharum sara or similar grass ʼ Suśr., ʻ fragrant bark of Laurus cassia ʼ, °ṭā -- f. ʻ the plant ʼ lex.1. Pk. ikkaḍa -- m. ʻ a sort of grass ʼ; S. ikaṛa f. ʻ wild bush whose leaves are used as a vegetable ʼ; A. ikrā ʻ a kind of reed ʼ; B. ikaṛ ʻ a reed ʼ, ikṛā ʻ a kind of plant ʼ; Or. iṅkaṛa, iṅkara, iṅgaṛa ʻ a reed like sugar -- cane from which pens are made ʼ; Bi. ikkar, ikrī ʻ a kind of grass ʼ; Si. ikili ʻ the plant Acanthus ilicifolius ʼ, ikiliya ʻ the waterplant Trapa bispinosa ʼ, ikiri ʻ the plant Barleria ʼ.2. P. ūklū m. ʻ the vine Staphylea emodi (used to cure snake -- bite), the shrub Abelia triflora (eaten by goats) ʼ, ricch ū° m. ʻ the shrub Viburnum cotinifolium (with a sweet fruit) ʼ.(CDIAL 1563) Rebus:iṁgāra (Pkt.) ingara 'carbon' (which is infused by wheat chaff, godhuma caṣāla atop aṣṭāśri yupa. Yupa or Skambha (AV X.7,8) is the ketu, 'proclamation emblem' of a Soma yāga as shown by Binjor yupa : áṅgāra m. n. ʻ glowing charcoal ʼ RV., °aka -- lex. 2. *iṅgāra -- , iṅgāla -- m. Vāsav. com. 1. Pa. aṅgāra -- m. ʻ charcoal ʼ, Pk. aṁgāra -- , °aya -- , aṁgāla -- , °aya -- m., Gy. eur. angár ʻ charcoal ʼ, wel. vaṅār m. (v -- from m. article), germ. yangar (y -- from yag, s.v. agní -- 1); Ash. aṅāˊ ʻ fire ʼ, Kt. aṅǻ, Gmb. aṅāˊ, Pr. anéye, Dm. aṅgar (a < ā NTS xii 130), Tir. Chilis Gau. K. nār (n < ṅ -- , not ← Psht. nār ← Ar. AO xii 184), Paš. aṅgāˊr, Shum. ã̄r (← Paš. NOGaw 59), Gaw. Kal. Kho. aṅgāˊr, Bshk. äṅgāˊr, Tor. aṅā, Mai. agār, Phal. aṅgṓr, Sh. agāˊr, ha° m.; S. aṅaru m. ʻ charcoal ʼ (a < ā as in Dm.), L. aṅgār m., P. aṅgyār, °rā m., EP. ãgeār (y or e from MIA. aggi < agní -- 1?), WPah. bhid. aṅgāˊrõ n., pl. -- ã, Ku. aṅār (ḍaṅār id. X ḍājṇo < dahyátē), N. aṅār, A. āṅgār, eṅgār, B. āṅgār, āṅrā, Or. aṅgāra; Bi. ãgarwāh ʻ man who cuts sugar -- cane into lengths for the mill ʼ (= pakwāh); OMth. aṁgāra, Mth. ãgor, H. ãgār, °rā m., G. ãgār, °rɔ m., M. ãgār m., Si. an̆gura. -- Wg. ãdotdot;ř, ã̄īˊ ʻ fire ʼ (as opp. to aṅarīˊk ʻ charcoal ʼ, see aṅgāryāˊ -- ) poss. < agní -- 1, Morgenstierne NTS xvii 226.2. Pa. iṅghāḷa -- ʻ glowing embers (?) ʼ, Pk. iṁgāra -- , iṁgāla, °aya -- ; K. yĕngur m. ʻ charcoal ʼ, yĕnguru m. ʻ charcoal -- burner ʼ; M. ĩgaḷ, ĩgḷā m., Ko. ĩgḷo. -- Deriv. M. ĩgḷā m. ʻ a kind of large ant ʼ, ĩgḷī f. ʻ a large black deadly scorpion ʼ. aṅgāraka -- , aṅgāri -- , aṅgāryāˊ -- ; aṅgāradhānī -- , *aṅgāravarta -- , *aṅgārasthāna -- , *aṅgr̥ṣṭha -- . Addenda: áṅgāra -- : Md. an̆guru ʻ charcoal ʼ.(CDIAL 125) Acanthus ilicifolius I submit that this is hypertext of Indus Script Cipher to signify dhamma samjñā 'responsibility indicator' or functions assigned to Gaṇeśa as the Superintendent of metalwork artisans. Sakar Dhar Gaṇeśa Mūrti is signified with two kharva 'dwarfs' rebus: karba, 'iron' PLUS dula 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting'. Gaṇeśa is leader of गण[p= 343,1] m. = वाच् (i.e. " a series of verses ") Naigh. i , 11 m. a particular group of सामन्s La1t2y. i , 6 , 5 VarYogay. viii , 7; N. of गणे*श W.; a single attendant of शिव VarBr2S. Katha1s. Ra1jat. iii , 270; troops or classes of inferior deities (especially certain troops of demi-gods considered as शिव's attendants and under the special superintendence of the god गणे*श ; cf. -देवता) Mn. Ya1jn5. Lalit. &c; m. a flock , troop , multitude , number , tribe , series , class (of animate or inanimate beings) , body of followers or attendants RV. AV. &c; a company , any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims Mn. Ya1jn5. Hit. The combination of Gaṇeśa's elephant trunk and the tiger face with feline paws is the Indus Script hypertext which is the model for the architectural splendour of vyāḷa seen in hundreds of temples in India and Southeast Asia. phaḍa 'metals manufactory' paṭṭaḍe 'metals workshop'. These hypertexts are traceable to Indus Sarasvati Script hypertexts as seen on tiger mask artifacts. Hieroglyphs and rebus readings: mũh 'face' Rebus: mũhe 'ingot' kola 'woman' kola 'tiger' Rebus: kol 'working in iron' Nahali (kol ‘woman’) and Santali (kul ‘tiger’; kol ‘kolhe, smelter’) Slide72. Two composite anthropomorphic / animal figurines from Harappa.Whether or not the attachable water buffalo horns were used in magic or other rituals, unusual and composite animals and anthropomorphic/animal beings were clearly a part of Indus ideology. The ubiquitous "unicorn" (most commonly found on seals, but also represented in figurines), composite animals and animals with multiple heads, and composite anthropomorphic/animal figurines such as the seated quadruped figurines with female faces, headdresses and tails offer tantalizing glimpses into a rich ideology, one that may have been steeped in mythology, magic, and/or ritual transformation. Approximate dimensions (W x H(L) x D) of the larger figurine: 3.5 x 7.1 x 4.8 cm. (Photograph by Richard H. Meadow)Nahali (kol ‘woman’) and Santali (kul, kola ‘tiger’; kol ‘smelter’)