THE LIVING ARCHIVE
About Gajamukhasura
The poem distinguishes two elephant-faced figures: the asura who dominates the gods and Vinayaka, another name of Ganesha, who confronts him. Kayamukhan gains his strength through austerities directed toward Shiva. The god grants the protection he requests against powerful opponents and weapons, creating the particular difficulty that must be overcome in the later battle.
AT A GLANCE
Identity & Context
- Identity
- Asura
- Form
- Daitya / Danava / Asura antagonist
- Tradition
- Vedic · Puranic
- World & Associations
- Ganesha narrative settings
Family Context
The available reference record does not establish a complete family genealogy. No parents, consorts, or descendants are inferred from the name alone.
THE STORY
Life & Stories
Story Connections
- Ganesha's Gajamukha encounter
ROLE & ESSENCE
Attributes & Significance
The ending reverses the imposed service that began the conflict. The being who made the gods bow to him must now support the deity who answered their appeal. The rodent is a transformed adversary in this telling, rather than an animal introduced without a preceding relationship.
TRADITION & MEANING
Traditions & Interpretations
This profile follows the named Tamil account. It keeps Kayamukhan separate from Gajasura, Shiva’s opponent at Kashi, and from other explanations of how Ganesha received his mount.
From the Sacred Texts
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Artwork & Archive Notes
Objects & Emblems
No named weapon or artifact is specified in this profile’s reference record. This does not establish that the figure never used one.
Visual Identity
Where artwork is shown, it is a contemporary illustrative interpretation. This reference record does not establish a fixed portrait, colour scheme, or complete set of iconographic attributes for this figure.
Tradition Note
The supplied archive flags an identity or spelling question. A Devanagari rendering identifies this recorded name; it is not proof that similarly named figures are the same person.
The name is used in more than one account. The identity described here is kept distinct from similarly named figures.
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Connected Cards
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Characters & Cosmic Entities3
Ganesha wounds him with a tusk and subdues the rodent form as a mount.
Shiva grants the protection gained through the asura’s austerities.
The Kashi opponent of Shiva belongs to a different checked narrative.