{"product_id":"ganapati-song-of-the-self-9780791424407","title":"Ganapati: Song of the Self","description":"Ganapati is the Hindu Lord of Beginnings, the Keeper of the Threshold, the Remover of Obstacles, Master of the Mind, Son of Siva, Elephant-headed, plump, and loveable. This book offers a wide range of information about Ganapati gathered from such diverse sources as hymns, poems, myths, shrines, practices, and theologies. It considers Ganapati's complexity: his transcendence of sectarian and territorial limits, his delayed but dramatic development into the religious pantheon, his paradoxical mythology, and his physical manifestation, an elephant's head on a human body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGanapati: Song of the Self fosters an understanding from within a tradition. It presents a positive interpretation of the material and encourages an inner quest for spiritual truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John A. Grimes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 5.84w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791424407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn A. Grimes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProblems and Perspectives in Religious Discourse: Advaita Vedanta Implications\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by SUNY Press. He has taught in universities in India, Canada, and the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40133677285491,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cfe5bd6a-bab9-4546-8555-12a39b69049f.jpg?v=1654175621","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ganapati-song-of-the-self-9780791424407","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}