[INDOLOGY] Query

Nityanand Misra nmisra at gmail.com
Sat Aug 13 17:28:53 UTC 2016


The term *gaṇapati* famously occurs in Ṛgveda 2.23.1 (*gaṇānāṃ tvā
gaṇapatiṃ havāmahe* ...)





On 13 August 2016 at 21:40, Olivelle, J P <jpo at austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

> With apologies for the cross-posting, I have a quick question. Does anyone
> know when the first known use of the term gaṇapati and vināyaka occurs in
> text or inscription, and related to it, when the first visual images of
> them are found? Do we find a tradition of their worship during or before
> the Gupta period. With thanks,
>
>
> Patrick Olivelle
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