[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.574 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.574 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.574 - **Language:** English ### [c5.574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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. - [Previous: c5.573](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.573) - [Next: c5.575](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.575) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.574) · Pramāṇa