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Ganesh
 
SYLLABICATION:Ga·nesh
PRONUNCIATION:  g-nsh
VARIANT FORMS: also Ga·ne·sha (-nsh)
NOUN: Hinduism The god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles, son of Shiva and Parvati, depicted as a short fat man with an elephant's head.
ETYMOLOGY:Hindi Gae, from Sanskrit Gaea, from gaea, master of throngs : gaa, throng, group of followers + a, master (from e, -, he rules over; see aik- in Appendix I).
 
 
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