A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.574

c5.574

Ganesa is also called Gajānana, Gaja-vadana, and Kari-mukha, ‘elephant-faced;’ Heramba;’ ‘boastful;’ Lamba-karna, ‘longeared;’ Lambodara, ‘pendant-bellied;’ Dwi-deha, ‘double-bodied;’ Vighnesa, Vighna-hārī, ‘remover of obstacles.’ A peculiar appellation is Dwai-mātura, ‘having two mothers,’ in allusion, it is said, to his birth from the scurf of Pārvatī’s body.