Vināyakī
Sign in to saveVinayaki (Vināyakī) is an elephant-headed Hindu goddess. Her mythology and iconography are not clearly defined. Little is told about her in Hindu scriptures and very few images of this deity exist.
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- Hindu
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- Ganeshani - Black Stone - Circa 10th Century CE - Bihar - ACCN 3919 - Indian Museum - Kolkata 2015-09-26 3894.JPG
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- Vinayaki, Circa 10th Century CE, Bihar
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- Vinayaki
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- Shakti of Ganesha, Matrika, Yogini
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- Goddess of Beginnings
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- Modak
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- Mouse
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- Ganesha
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Vinayaki (Vināyakī) is an elephant-headed Hindu goddess. Her mythology and iconography are not clearly defined. Little is told about her in Hindu scriptures and very few images of this deity exist.
Due to her elephantine features, the goddess is generally associated with the elephant-headed god of wisdom, Ganesha. She does not have a consistent name and is known by various names, Stri Ganesha ("female Ganesha"), Vainayaki, Gajananā ("elephant-faced"), Vighneshvari ("Mistress of the remover of obstacles") and Ganeshani, all of them being feminine forms of Ganesha's epithets Vinayaka, Gajanana, Vighneshvara and Ganesha itself. These identifications have resulted in her being assumed as the shakti – feminine form of Ganesha.
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