Pillaiyar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil பிள்ளையார் (piḷḷaiyār).

Proper noun

Pillaiyar

  1. (Hinduism) Synonym of Ganesha.
    • 2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 31:
      Just past the bells of the threshold, a friendly, impish Pillaiyar waited. You might know him as Ganesha but that was not what we called him.
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