Mahodara
Mahodara (Great Belly) is an incarnation of Ganesha. This feature is so important that according to the Mudgala Purana, two different incarnations of Ganesha use names based on it: Lambodara (Pot Belly, or, literally, Hanging Belly) and Mahodara (Great Belly).
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- co occurs with
- Bhalachandra, Rina-Mochana-Ganapati, Ekadanta-Ganapati, Mahāmanasvī, Mahāpadma, Mahauṣadhi, Manasvin, Maṇināga, Meruśrī, Mṛgaśīrṣa, Mṛgila, Mṛṣṇāda, Mucilinda, Mudgara, Mukhakarā, Maniakkhita, Śiva, Vasuki, Parvati, Heramba-Ganapati, Ekadanta, Lambodara, Manasā, Mahākāla, Máni
- manifests as
- Ganesha
- allied with
- Chulodara
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“This feature is so important that according to the Mudgala Purana, two different incarnations of Ganesha use names based on it: Lambodara (Pot Belly, or, literally, Hanging Belly) and Mahodara (Great Belly). Both names are Sanskrit compounds describing his belly (IAST: udara). The Brahmanda Purana says that Ganesha has the name Lambodara because all the universes (i.e., cosmic eggs; IAST: brahmāṇḍas) of the past, present, and future are present in him.”
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“Mahodara - A Nāga King ॐ☸”
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“the Buddha, during his second visit to the island, pacified a dispute between two Naga Kings of Nagadeepa, Chulodara and Mahodara over the possession of a gem-studded throne”
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