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品名（中）	四臂甘尼莎舞
品名（英）	Four-Armed Ganesha Dancing
入馆年号	1992年，1992.384
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1500 - 公元 1699
创作地区
分类	雕塑（Sculpture）
尺寸	高 6 7/16 (16.4 厘米); 宽 4 7/16 英寸 (11.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	这块牌匾描绘了流行的印度教神甘尼萨。Ganesha被普遍认为是湿婆和帕尔瓦蒂的儿子，并因其消除障碍的能力而受到崇拜。他也是门口的守护者和开端之主，在任何新的事业开始之前，他的名字都会被调用。虽然有许多故事描述了他如何得到他的大象头，但最常见的故事是，当湿婆不在时，帕尔瓦蒂用她在浴缸里脱落的干燥皮肤创造了甘尼沙。她派他去守卫她浴室的门。当湿婆回到家时，他没有意识到守门的是他妻子的儿子。他被拒绝进入她的房间，当两人来打击时，他从甘尼莎的头上掉了下来。当他发现真相时，湿婆下令将第一个进入视野的众生的头颅交给甘尼沙。因此，他收到了一头大象的头。Ganesha当时只是一个孩子，他通常被描绘成一个胖乎乎的身体，手里拿着一碗甜肉，图中他的左下手。他的其他三个人拿着念珠、一把斧头和一根折断的象牙。最后一个物体暗指一个著名的故事，在月亮看到他的胃因暴饮暴食而爆裂后，身材魁梧的甘尼沙尴尬地向月亮投掷了一根獠牙。
介绍（英）	This plaque depicts the popular Hindu god Ganesha. Ganesha is popularly thought of as the son of Shiva and Parvati and is worshipped for his ability to remove obstacles. He is also the guardian of doorways and the lord of beginnings and his name is invoked before any new undertaking is commenced. Although there are a number of stories describing how he received his elephant head, the most common recounts that Parvati, while Shiva was away, created Ganesha from the dry skin she sloughed off in a bath. She sent him to guard the door to her bath. When Shiva returned home he did not realize that it was his wife's son guarding the door. Denied entry to her chamber, he lopped off Ganesha's head when the two came to blows. When he discovered the truth, Shiva ordered that the head of the first sentient being that came into view be given to Ganesha. Thus, he received the head of an elephant. Ganesha was just a child at the time and he is usually depicted with a chubby body and holding a bowl of sweetmeats, shown here in his lower left hand. His other three hold a rosary, an ax, and a broken tusk. The last object alludes to a well-known tale in which the portly Ganesha hurled a tusk at the moon in embarrassment after the moon saw his stomach burst from overeating.