The names of vigneswarar in the “amara” (Sanskrit dictionary)

The names of vigneswarar in the "amara" (Sanskrit dictionary)

 

In the amara (kosa) when the names of vigneswarar are mentioned, the list begins with vinayaka. [The acharya recites the names silently, counting them with his fingers] in our sastras we have 16 names. However, in the kosa written by the Jain author amarasimhan there are only 8 names – half the 16 –

 

Vinayako vignaraja dwaimathura ganathipaa:|

Ap-yekadanta heramba lambodhara gajananaa:||

 

In these, vinayaka, vignaraja, ekadanta, heramba, lambodhara, and gajanana are six names which come in our 16 names as well. Ganathipa comes as ganathyaksha in the 16 names. The one name that is not in the 16 but in the "amara" is "dwaimathura". It means the one who has two mothers. Goddess mother is one. Ganga is another. The spark of fire from the third eye of lord Siva fell in to the saravana water fall in Ganga, and gave birth to the lord subramanian, and therefore ganga is indirectly the mother of the lord subramanian. Therefore, the lord is also called "kangeyan". For lord vigneswarar though there is no direct relationship with ganga, because she is on the head of his father, lord Siva, in the position of a wife, she is called by protocol as a mother.

 

I told that vinayaka comes as the first name in the amara. In a chapter (nikandu) when one name of a deity comes first in the list of name, that name is considered more important.