This name is reflected in the naming of the eight famous Ganesha temples in Maharashtra known as the Ashtavinayak (a?avinayaka). Vinayaka (Sanskrit: ? vinayaka) is a common name for Ganesha that appears in the Pura?as and in Buddhist Tantras. The Amarakosha, an early Sanskrit lexicon, lists eight synonyms of Ganesha : Vinayaka, Vighnaraja (equivalent to Vignesha), Dvaimatura (one who has two mothers), Ga?adhipa (equivalent to Ganapati and Ganesha), Ekadanta (one who has one tusk), Heramba, Lambodara (one who has a pot belly, or, literally, one who has a hanging belly), and Gajanana (IAST: gajanana) having the face of an elephant). Ganapati (Sanskrit: ? ga?apati), a synonym for Ganesha, is a compound composed of ga?a, meaning "group", and pati, meaning "ruler" or "lord". Some commentators interpret the name "Lord of the Ganas" to mean "Lord of Hosts" or "Lord of created categories", such as the elements. The term more generally means a category, class, community, association, or corporation. The word gana when associated with Ganesha is often taken to refer to the ganas, a troop of semi-divine beings that form part of the retinue of Shiva (IAST: Siva). The name Ganesha is a Sanskrit compound, joining the words gana (Sanskrit: ? ga?a), meaning a group, multitude, or categorical system and isha (Sanskrit: ? isa), meaning lord or master. At least two different versions of the Ganesha Sahasranama exist one version is drawn from the Ganesha Purana, a Hindu scripture venerating Ganesha. Each name in the sahasranama conveys a different meaning and symbolises a different aspect of Ganesha. One popular way Ganesha is worshipped is by chanting a Ganesha Sahasranama, a litany of "a thousand names of Ganesha". The Hindu title of respect Shri (Sanskrit: ? sri, also spelled Sri or Shree) is often added before his name.
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Ganesha has many other titles and epithets, including Ganapati and Vigneshvara.