Thursday, July 19, 2012

The name Sumukha

                                                      The name Sumukha                        

The name Sumukha is of Sanskrit origin.  Su= a good one mukha= face. Sumukha refers to god Ganesh.
In Hinduism, elephant is always hailed as sacred. God Ganesh has the face of elephant. He is popularly knows elephant headed God.
When Siddharth( Buddha) 's mother was pergnant, and the child to be born is Siddharth, she had dreamt that a white elephant (Iravat?) had come in her dream. Thus born Siddharth who later became Buddha.
God Vishnu is also hailed as Sumukha.

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