Talk:Vahana

message: What a sad sad attempt at translation. I'm listing on the translation requests gren 07:38, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
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message: I created this page about six hours ago because I could find no reference to this important aspect of Hinduism.  After I had researched, written, and uploaded the Vehicle (Hindu) page, and modified the template to include it (with a note on the template's talk page), then I found the Vahana page which I have merged here according to WP:BOLD and the WP:MERGE instructions.  By way of explanation:
:# Vahana v. Vehicle: vahana is a Sanskrit-based word and is not readily found in English dictionaries.  Most native English-speakers will first see references to the vehicle of a Hindu deity, long before they see a reference to a vahana. Like me, they will not find what they are looking for if vahana is the article title.  For the convenience of English speakers, in an English encyclopedia, the English term should be used. 
:# The Vahana article now re-directs to Vehicle (Hindu) and the Vehicle (disambiguation) page has an entry for Vehicle (Hindu).
:# The material I uploaded was heavily sourced.  The material I later merged in from Vahana was not, and had been tagged for it.  I did my best to add sources where I could.  In particular, the section titled "Origin folklore" still needs more sources, particularly for the confusing — and intriguing — folktale about Lord Ganesha bowing down to his own vehicle, the little mouse Mushika.  Is this the origin of the Western myth about elephants being afraid of mice?  Musophobia doesn't have the answer.  It would be nice if it did, but I couldn't locate this tale in a brief Google search.  I hope a later editor can do something verifiable about this. 
:# The section called "Origin theories" is very, very short and the quote is very, very arcane for the average reader.  I did my best to put in an explanation, but more material and/or additional verifiable theories would be helpful.
:# More illustrations would be helpful; right now, there's just one of Shiva's vehicle.
:# Please think long and hard before moving the list of vehicles and their corresponding deities further down in the article!  Leaving it where it is allows most of the wikilinks to appear in one simple section, where almost all the first mentions of the deities and their vehicles occur.  That means the explanatory sections which follow aren't excessively cluttered with blue, which makes them much more readable.  The first mention of the gods and of the animals has already appeared, up in the list.  If that list moves, then the wikilinks have to be re-inserted in the explanatory paragraphs.  
I think the merged article is more complete than either of the original two were on their own, but there is still room for improvement. -- Lisasmall 07:16, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Arguments of New Article [[Vehicle (Hindu)]] Merged As Destination for [[Vahana]] by [[User:Lisasmall|Lisasmall]]

message: # Vahana can be loosely translated into English as "Vehicle", though "Mount" is a better translation. Vehicle by the Longman definition is "a thing such as car, bus etc. that is used for carrying people or things from one place to another". This definition does not describe a vahana and certainly not the essence of the word vahana is captured. Vahanas are much more than just mounts or vehicles, "symbolising or complementing the energy or character of the diety,they came to be integral iconography" - ref: "Animals in mythology, art and folklore" - Insight guide - Indian Wildlife, published by Discovery channel .( note the essay uses the words vahana and mount, not vechicle).
# The Vehicle (Hindu) could have redirected to Vahana article (as now) and the Vehicle (disambiguation) page could have an entry for Vahana directly. (as now)
# No one can deny the fact that Lisasmall has built and improved the article Vehicle (Hindu) but the user could have simply improved the Vahana article itself and merged "Vehicle (Hindu)"'s sourced info into it.
# Even "I think the merged article is more complete than either of the original two were on their own, but there is still room for improvement". We can all work on sourcing on the articles and addition of pictures.--Redtigerxyz 14:17, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Counter arguments

message: * Yana (Buddhism)--Redtigerxyz 08:20, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is this link related with Vahana 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Ketu.jpg

message: It defines Karthikeyan as an elder brother of Lord Ganesha. But isn't he an younger one?--Akiyama(tentative) (talk) 07:24, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks someone took care of. Never mind.--Akiyama(tentative) (talk) 09:04, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Karthikeyan really an elder brother? 

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