Pillaiyar

Meanings

proper noun

HinduismSynonym of Ganesha.
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.
2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 31
Synonyms: Ganesha

proper nounSynonym of Ganesha.

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Borrowed from Tamil பிள்ளையார் (piḷḷaiyār).

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