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The Ganapati Atharvashirsa (Sanskrit: गणपत्यथर्वशीर्ष, Gaṇapatyatharvaśīrṣa) is a Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. It is a late Upanishadic text dedicated to Ganesha, the deity representing intellect and learning. It asserts that Ganesha is same as the eternal underlying reality, Brahman. The text is attached to the Atharvaveda, and is also referred to as the Sri Ganapati Atharva Sirsha, the Ganapati Atharvashirsha, the Ganapati Atharvasirsa, or the Ganapati Upanishad. The text exists in several variants, but with the same message. Ganesha is described to be same as other Hindu gods, as ultimate truth and reality (Brahman), as satcitananda, as the soul in oneself (Atman) and in every living being, as Om.

ganesha atharvashirsha atharvaveda

References

  1. Ghurye, G. S. Gods and Men. (Bombay: 1962) pp. 101-2.
  2. Courtright (1985) p. 252.
  3. Anita Raina Thapan (1997). Understanding Gaṇpati. Manohar Publishers. p. 40. ISBN 978-81-7304-195-2. 
  4. Grimes 1995, pp. 17-19 with footnotes.
  5. Grimes 1995, pp. 17-19, 201.
  6. Rigveda Mandala 2, Hymn 2.23.1, Wikisource, Quote: गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं कवीनामुपमश्रवस्तमम् । ज्येष्ठराजं ब्रह्मणां ब्रह्मणस्पत आ नः शृण्वन्नूतिभिः सीद सादनम् ॥१॥; For translation, see Grimes (1995), pp. 17-19 https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/ऋग्वेद:_सूक्तं_२.२३
  7. Deussen 1997, pp. 556-557.
  8. Bühnemann, Gudrun. Budha-Kauśika's Rāmarakṣāstotra. Publications of the De Nobili Research Library, vol. 10. (Ed. Gerhard Oberhammer: Vienna, 1983), p. 103.
  9. Bühnemann, Gudrun. Some Remarks on the Structure and Application of Hindu Sanskrit Stotras. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 28, pp. 73-104.
  10. Kennedy, Vans. Researches into the Nature and Affinity of Ancient and Hindu Mythology. (London: 1831) pp. 493-94.
  11. J. R. Sartha, ed., Śrī Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa. (Bombay, 1969).
  12. Courtright (1985) Appendix.
  13. Swami Chinmayananda. Glory of Ganesha. (Central Chinmaya Mission Trust: Bombay, 1987). pp. 121-131. Other reprint editions: 1991, 1995.
  14. Material on the Atharvaśīrṣa is pp. 21-36 in: Grimes, John A. Ganapati: Song of the Self. (State University of New York Press: Albany, 1995) ISBN:0-7914-2440-5 In his notes Grimes cites the Courtright and Chinmayananda editions, as well as Navaratnam, Aum Gaṇeśa, 101-18.
  15. Kennedy 1831, p. 442.
  16. McDaniel 2004, p. 90.
  17. Deussen 1997, pp. 769-772.
  18. Grimes 1995, p. 22.
  19. Hattangadi 2004, p. 1.
  20. Grimes 1995, pp. 22-24.
  21. Deussen 1997, pp. 155-161 (Volume 1).
  22. Grimes 1995, pp. 23-26.
  23. Coburn 1991, p. 136.
  24. Translation by Courtright (1985) p. 253
  25. Chinmayananda (1985) p. 125. In Chinmayananda's numbering system this is upamantra 1.
  26. Grimes 1995, pp. 23-24.
  27. Chinmayananda (1987) p. 127. In Chinmayananda's numbering system this is upamantra 8.
  28. Grimes 1995, pp. 24-26.
  29. Chinmayananda (1987) p. 127. In Chinmayananda's numbering system this is part of upamantra 7.
  30. Hattangadi 2004, p. 2.
  31. Grimes 1995, pp. 27-29.
  32. Chinmayananda (1987) p. 127. In Chinmayananda's numbering system this is part of upamantra 9; Quote: One should first utter the first syllable "ग" in the word "गण" followed by "अ" the first of the alphabets. Add an अनुस्वार (a nasal म् indicated by a dot above the line). Then adorn it by a crescent (also a nasal). Prefix ॐ to it. And this represents (O Lord Ganapati!) your terrestrial form endowed with gunas.
  33. Grimes 1995, p. 29.
  34. This is verse 29 in the Chinmayananda variant. Text and verse numbering are given in Chinmayananda (1987) p. 131.
  35. This is verse 21 in the Chinmayananda variant. Chinmayanada notes that his version numbering may differ from that in other variants. Text and verse numbering are given in Chinmayananda (1987) p. 130. Courtright translates the verse as "This text was told by the Atharvan sage." Courtright (1985) p. 254. Chinmayananda comments on this claim of lineage saying that "it may or may not be so", noting that such an attribution of authorship is not found in the body of many of the upanishads. Chinmayananda (1987) p. 122.
  36. Grimes 1995, pp. 32-33.
  37. Grimes 1995, pp. 21-22.
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