Ganesha

English

A statue of Ganesha

Alternative forms

• Ganesa
• Ganesh

Etymology

From Sanskrit गणेश (Gaṇeśa).

Proper noun

Ganesha

1. (Hinduism) A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates, and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva.
2. A male given name used in India.

Synonyms

• Aumkara, Ekadanta, Gajanana, Ganapati, Lambodara, Shurpa Karna, Umaputra, Vakratunda, Vighnaharta, Vinayaka

Translations

Hindu god

• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: গণেশ (bn)
• Catalan: Ganesha (ca)
• Danish: Ganesha (da)
• Dutch: Ganesh (nl), Ganesha (nl)
• French: Ganesh (fr)
• German: Ganesha (de)
• Gujarati: ગણપતિ (gu) (gaṇapati), ગણપતિં (gu) (gaṇapatĩ)
• Hebrew: גנש (he)
• Hindi: गणेश (hi) (gaṇeś) m
• Italian: Ganesha (it)
• Japanese: ガネーシャ (ja) (ganēsha)
• Kannada: ಗಣೇಶ (kn) (ganneesha)
• Khmer: វិឃ្នេស (km) (vikneih), ឍុណ្ឍិ (km) (tʰuntʰi)
• Latin: Ganesha (la)
• Lithuanian: Ganešas (lt)
• Malayalam: ഗണേശന്‍ (ml)

• Marathi: गणपती (gaṇapati)
• Oriya: ଗଣେଶ (or)
• Polish: Ganeśa
• Portuguese: Ganesa (pt)
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Гане́ша (ru) (Ganéša) m
• Sanskrit: गणेश (sa) (gaṇeśa) m, गणपतिं (sa) (gaṇapatĩ) m, गणपति (sa) (gaṇapati) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ганеш (sh) m

  Roman: Ganeš (sh) m

• Slovene: Ganeša (sl)
• Spanish: Ganesha (es)
• Swedish: Ganesha (sv)
• Tamil: விநாயகர் (ta) (Vināyagar)
• Telugu: గణేశుడు (te)
• Urdu: گنیش (ur) (ganeś) m

External links

• Ganesha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia