Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Dear Gurus and members, I am interested in obtaining a statue of Dancing Ganesha but am aware that most statues show his right leg raised but I've came across a photo that has his left leg raised. Can someone please tell me if the difference is significant and, if so, what is the meaning of the symbolism? Many thanks in advance. Best Wishes, Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 || Om Gurave Namah || Namaste Karen, Let me try to rephrase what Guruji has written in /message/4063 There are two sadhana's one left hand and the other right handed. The left handed sadhana is for desires and right handed sadhana is for moksha and knowledge. Left handed sadhana is done in Krishna Paksha and Right Handed sadhana is done in Shukla paksha. As you maybe knowing the in case of legs it's reveresed something like the control body parts by apposite side of brain. The leg that bears the weight is denotes the purpose. So reversing we get that Right leg holding weight is for moksha and left leg holding the body weight is for desires. Since the Ganesha is having the left leg raised The body weight of Ganesha is resting on Right Leg which is very good for moksha and divine knowledge. I presume that for people with marriage related problem should have the Ganesha standing on Left Leg and right leg lifted. Guruji and other learned members can comment on this. Warm Regards S. Prabhakaran Om Tat Sat varahamihira , Karen Skoler <nykaren@o...> wrote: > Dear Gurus and members, > > I am interested in obtaining a statue of Dancing Ganesha but am aware that most statues show his right leg raised but I've came across a photo that has his left leg raised. Can someone please tell me if the difference is significant and, if so, what is the meaning of the symbolism? > > Many thanks in advance. > > Best Wishes, > Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Dear Karen/Sanjayprabhakaran, If I may add, it is also likely that the photograph that Karen saw was of a wrongly sculpted Idol. Now a days artisans of many countries like China and even the famous Dresden China people are manufacturing images of Hindu Gods. So it could even be a incorrectly done statue. In case of Ganesha it is the turn of his trunk right/left that has religious significance. Chandrashekhar. sanjayprabhakaran wrote: || Om Gurave Namah || Namaste Karen, Let me try to rephrase what Guruji has written in /message/4063 There are two sadhana's one left hand and the other right handed. The left handed sadhana is for desires and right handed sadhana is for moksha and knowledge. Left handed sadhana is done in Krishna Paksha and Right Handed sadhana is done in Shukla paksha. As you maybe knowing the in case of legs it's reveresed something like the control body parts by apposite side of brain. The leg that bears the weight is denotes the purpose. So reversing we get that Right leg holding weight is for moksha and left leg holding the body weight is for desires. Since the Ganesha is having the left leg raised The body weight of Ganesha is resting on Right Leg which is very good for moksha and divine knowledge. I presume that for people with marriage related problem should have the Ganesha standing on Left Leg and right leg lifted. Guruji and other learned members can comment on this. Warm Regards S. Prabhakaran Om Tat Sat varahamihira , Karen Skoler <nykaren@o...> wrote: > Dear Gurus and members, > > I am interested in obtaining a statue of Dancing Ganesha but am aware that most statues show his right leg raised but I've came across a photo that has his left leg raised. Can someone please tell me if the difference is significant and, if so, what is the meaning of the symbolism? > > Many thanks in advance. > > Best Wishes, > Karen |Om Tat Sat| http://www.varahamihira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 Dear Chandrashekar, Namaste. Thank you for you comments. Just to clarify, are your of the opinion that it doesn't matter which leg is lifted since it's the trunk that determines the left- or right-handed path? Or that one form is the correct form and others are errors? I've seen quite a few photos of both forms. As an aside to all, a great way to search online photos is to go to www.google.com and select the "images" tab. Thanks in advance. with best wishes, Karen - Chandrashekhar Sharma varahamihira Friday, October 31, 2003 3:20 PM Re: |Sri Varaha| Re: Dancing Ganesha Dear Karen/Sanjayprabhakaran,If I may add, it is also likely that the photograph that Karen saw was of a wrongly sculpted Idol. Now a days artisans of many countries like China and even the famous Dresden China people are manufacturing images of Hindu Gods. So it could even be a incorrectly done statue. In case of Ganesha it is the turn of his trunk right/left that has religious significance.Chandrashekhar.sanjayprabhakaran wrote: || Om Gurave Namah ||Namaste Karen,Let me try to rephrase what Guruji has written in /message/4063There are two sadhana's one left hand and the other right handed. Theleft handed sadhana is for desires and right handed sadhana is formoksha and knowledge. Left handed sadhana is done in Krishna Pakshaand Right Handed sadhana is done in Shukla paksha.As you maybe knowing the in case of legs it's reveresed somethinglike the control body parts by apposite side of brain. The leg thatbears the weight is denotes the purpose. So reversing we get thatRight leg holding weight is for moksha and left leg holding the bodyweight is for desires.Since the Ganesha is having the left leg raised The body weight ofGanesha is resting on Right Leg which is very good for moksha anddivine knowledge. I presume that for people with marriage relatedproblem should have the Ganesha standing on Left Leg and right leglifted. Guruji and other learned members can comment on this.Warm RegardsS. PrabhakaranOm Tat Satvarahamihira , Karen Skoler <nykaren@o...> wrote:> Dear Gurus and members,> > I am interested in obtaining a statue of Dancing Ganesha but amaware that most statues show his right leg raised but I've cameacross a photo that has his left leg raised. Can someone pleasetell me if the difference is significant and, if so, what is themeaning of the symbolism?> > Many thanks in advance.> > Best Wishes,> Karen|Om Tat Sat|http://www.varahamihira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2003 Report Share Posted November 1, 2003 Dear Karen, At the risk of inviting critism, I would say that yes that is the correct position. Idols of God are but reproduction of what form an artist sees the diety to be in his imagination. If you happen to read Linga Purana, it would be clear that humans and human forms had different styles of dressing in different yugas. It therefore follows that the dieties of those yugas would be wearing clothes other than what they are shown to wear in todays representations. Nritya or dance form is not a static pose like mudras of yoga, and to me giving different meanings to them might be self defeating as the Lord God in essence is Formless, without beginning and end. Hope this helps. Chandrashekhar. Karen Skoler wrote: Dear Chandrashekar, Namaste. Thank you for you comments. Just to clarify, are your of the opinion that it doesn't matter which leg is lifted since it's the trunk that determines the left- or right-handed path? Or that one form is the correct form and others are errors? I've seen quite a few photos of both forms. As an aside to all, a great way to search online photos is to go to www.google.com and select the "images" tab. Thanks in advance. with best wishes, Karen ----- Original Message ----- Chandrashekhar Sharma To: varahamihira Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 3:20 PM Subject: Re: |Sri Varaha| Re: Dancing Ganesha Dear Karen/Sanjayprabhakaran, If I may add, it is also likely that the photograph that Karen saw was of a wrongly sculpted Idol. Now a days artisans of many countries like China and even the famous Dresden China people are manufacturing images of Hindu Gods. So it could even be a incorrectly done statue. In case of Ganesha it is the turn of his trunk right/left that has religious significance. Chandrashekhar. sanjayprabhakaran wrote: || Om Gurave Namah || Namaste Karen, Let me try to rephrase what Guruji has written in /message/4063 There are two sadhana's one left hand and the other right handed. The left handed sadhana is for desires and right handed sadhana is for moksha and knowledge. Left handed sadhana is done in Krishna Paksha and Right Handed sadhana is done in Shukla paksha. As you maybe knowing the in case of legs it's reveresed something like the control body parts by apposite side of brain. The leg that bears the weight is denotes the purpose. So reversing we get that Right leg holding weight is for moksha and left leg holding the body weight is for desires. Since the Ganesha is having the left leg raised The body weight of Ganesha is resting on Right Leg which is very good for moksha and divine knowledge. I presume that for people with marriage related problem should have the Ganesha standing on Left Leg and right leg lifted. Guruji and other learned members can comment on this. Warm Regards S. Prabhakaran Om Tat Sat varahamihira , Karen Skoler <nykaren@o...> wrote: > Dear Gurus and members, > > I am interested in obtaining a statue of Dancing Ganesha but am aware that most statues show his right leg raised but I've came across a photo that has his left leg raised. Can someone please tell me if the difference is significant and, if so, what is the meaning of the symbolism? > > Many thanks in advance. > > Best Wishes, > Karen |Om Tat Sat| http://www.varahamihira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2003 Report Share Posted November 2, 2003 Dear Chandrashekar-ji, Thanks for your reply and offering your opinion. Of course I am in agreement that God ultimately is formless. But also I understand that physical representations of different facets of God's infinite attributes make it easier for our limited mentality to understand and conceptualize a certain aspect of God. The posture, symbols etc often tell us something or point to a story in the sacred literature, as was asking whether the posture in this statue was symbolic of something deeper. You made very good point that dancing is not static, and hence it can have many positions showing the movement of the dance Thanks again for you reply. With best wishes, Karen Dear Karen,At the risk of inviting critism, I would say that yes that is the correct position. Idols of God are but reproduction of what form an artist sees the diety to be in his imagination. If you happen to read Linga Purana, it would be clear that humans and human forms had different styles of dressing in different yugas. It therefore follows that the dieties of those yugas would be wearing clothes other than what they are shown to wear in todays representations. Nritya or dance form is not a static pose like mudras of yoga, and to me giving different meanings to them might be self defeating as the Lord God in essence is Formless, without beginning and end.Hope this helps.Chandrashekhar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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