ద్వైమాతురుడు

Telugu

Alternative forms

ద్వైమాతురుఁడు (dvaimāturun̆ḍu)

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्वैमातुर (dvaimātura, “having two mothers”) +‎ -డు (-ḍu).

Proper noun

ద్వైమాతురుడు • (dvaimāturuḍu) m

  1. (Hinduism) an epithet of the god Ganesha: who according to mythology had two mothers; one being Parvati and the other an elephant

References

"ద్వైమాతురుడు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 619

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