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MYTHOLOGICAL NOTES
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Guha : A name of the god of war. He is the same as Kārttikeya, also called Skanda. Guha literally means 'the mysterious one'. '
Lambodara : Ganesa or Ganapati is also called Gajānana ‘elephant faced', Lambodara, 'pendantbellied'.
Nandi: The bull of Śiva. He is the chamberlain of Śiva, chief of his personal attendants (gaņas), and carries a staff of office. His image, of a milky white colour, is always conspicuous before the temples of Śiva.
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Parameśvara or Parameśa is an epithet of Śiva, also of Vişnu, of Indra.
2.36 Madhu - Kaitabha : Madhu and Kaitabha were two
horrible demons, who sprang from the ear of Vişnu while he was asleep at the end of a Kalpa, and were about to kill Brahmā, who was lying on the lotus springing from Vişnu's navel. Vişnu killed them, and hence he obtained the names of Madhusudana and Kaitabha-jit.
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Şaņmukha : Or Sadānana is an epithet of Kārtti keya. He is the son of Śiva (but born without the direct intervention of a woman. Most of his epithets have reference to the circumstances of his birth. Śiva cast his seed into agni (who had gone to the god in the form of a dove while he was enjoying Pārvati's company), who being unable to bear it cast it into the river Gangā. It was then transferred to the six Kệttikās
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