[Advaita-l] Who is Vighneshwara?

Venkata sriram P venkatasriramp at yahoo.in
Mon Sep 5 11:46:01 CDT 2016


Sarma garu,

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vinayakas are different from vighneswara.

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True.  Shri.Bhaskaraya Makhin while commenting on gaNesha sahasranAma writes as:

"ग्रहा विनायकाभिख्याः सार्धकोटि त्रयात्मकाः"

There are 3.5 crores of grahAs called "vinAyka grahAs" and gaNesha presides over them and hence the name "शिवाभवाद्युष्टकोटिविनायकधुरन्धरः" which is the 995th name.

regs,
sriram


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