Guest guest Posted November 30, 2002 Report Share Posted November 30, 2002 On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:14:03 -0000 "aqesa" <aqesa writes: > > I think I´ve seen recently on the net, a picture of a statue where > two > Ganesha´s were hugging themselves a femenine and masculine Ganesha. > You > wouldn´t recognise wich one is wich. For me Ganesha has both sexs > and > none at the same time.I tend to think he is closer to the idea of > hermaphroditism although in the relative level of things he may > appear in a "masculine" shape. The two hugging Ganeshas are called "tangi-ken." They are used in esoteric Buddhist rituals in Japan. The feminine Ganesha usually has a tiara or headband. There are illustrations of this type of Ganesha in Getty's "Ganesha," and I believe in Subramunyaswami's "Loving Ganesha." Some sources say the reason Ganesh has a missing tusk is because female Indian elephants have internal (non-projecting) tusks. Therefore half of Ganesha's face is male, and half female. Androgynous! -- Len/ Kalipadma ______________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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