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Ganesha
Ganesha
	Basohli miniature, circa 1730. National Museum, New Delhi, India.
Devanagari	गणेश
Sanskrit Transliteration	gaṇeśa
Tamil script	கணேசா
Affiliation	Deva
Mantra	ॐ गणेशाय नमः ; (Oṃ Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ)
Weapon	Paraśu (axe); Pāśa (lasso); Aṅkuśa (hook)
Symbols	Aum, modak
Consort	Buddhi (wisdom); Riddhi (prosperity); Siddhi (attainment)
Mount	Mouse/rat

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Usage

Egyptian deities

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Etruscan deities

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Greek deities

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Roman deities

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Irish deities

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Norse deities

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Slavic deities

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Turkic deities

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Hindu deities

{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
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| texts                    = <!--eg. Ganesha Purana, Mudgala Purana-->
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Alusi

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All fields

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Examples

{{Infobox deity <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
| type                     = Hindu 
| name                     = Ganesha ({{IAST|Gaṇeśa}})
| image                    = Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg
| image_size               = 250px
| caption                  = [[Basohli Painting|Basohli]] miniature, circa 1730. [[National Museum, New Delhi|National Museum]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]].
| alt                      = Attired in an orange dhoti, an elephant-headed man sits on a large lotus. His body is red in colour and he wears various golden necklaces and bracelets and a snake around his neck. On the three points of his crown, budding lotuses have been fixed. He holds in his two right hands the rosary (lower hand) and a cup filled with three modakas (round yellow sweets), a fourth modaka held by the curving trunk is just about to be tasted. In his two left hands, he holds a lotus above and an axe below, with its handle leaning against his shoulder.
| Devanagari               = {{lang|sa|गणेश}} 
| Sanskrit_transliteration = {{IAST|gaṇeśa}}
| Tamil_script             = 
| affiliation              = [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]]
| mantra                   = {{lang|sa|ॐ गणेशाय नमः}} <br />({{IAST|Oṃ Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ}})
| weapon                   = {{IAST|[[Paraśu]]}} (Axe),<br /> [[Pāśa]] (Lasso), <br />[[Ankus|{{IAST|Aṅkuśa}}]] (Hook)
| consort                  = [[Buddhi]] (wisdom),<br/>[[Riddhi]] (prosperity),<br/>[[Siddhi]] (attainment)
| mount                    = [[Mouse]]/[[rat]]
| symbols                  = [[Aum]], [[modak]]
}}