Heramba
हेरम्ब herambaA protective form of Ganesha, usually five-faced and riding a lion, who grants fearlessness and shelters the weak; one of the deity's principal tantric forms.
Where this term appears
- The many faces Treatise
…dess of fortune for prosperity, Maha Ganapati the great tantric form, Heramba the five-faced protector who rides a lion and grants fearlessness, Haridra the golden one the colour of turmeric.
- Why this form exists Treatise
Heramba Ganapati, five-faced and riding a lion, is the granter of fearlessness and the protector of the weak, the form one turns to in danger.