Particularly important are chapters that deal with his Buddhist and Tantric forms. Here is the God in his multiple forms from the different geographical areas in Asia. This book examines the complete Ganesh for the first time. It is especially significant for the insight it provides into Tantric practices in Tibet and Japan. The book will be useful to those who want to explore a single theme that has run through South Southeast and East Asia. The depth of detail it makes available the transitions of texts otherwise not available the data on actual rituals and the data it gives on Tantrism. I liked the wide-range of information presented about Ganesa from a variety of Asian countries. It is a case of strength through diversities of scholarly in original sources. No single scholar could take on the range of traditions texts languages and practices that are represented here. This book displays state of the art scholarship on the mythology literature iconography and practice surrounding Ganesa.
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