Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.s1.15

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*Gaṇapati*, mentioned in the Ṛigveda, was the symbol of *Brāhmaṇas-pati* Soma, the universal infinite ocean deemed as the primeval cause of creation. Its elephant head being biggest typifies the same, i.e. *Mahat*. Soma was also called *Madhu* (honey). Its symbol was the sweet cake (*Apūpa*) which in iconography becomes the sweet balls of the Gaṇeśa. The micky mouse shows the mind borrowing in earth or matter.