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Part animal and part intellectual, an image found in virtually every Indian home, Ganesa, the elephant-headed god, is one of the most important and popular gods throughout India and Hindu Southeast Asia. In this, the first comprehensive, full-length study of Ganesa, Courtright covers not merely the mythology but also the ritual, the political uses, and the modern as well as the Vedic manifestations of the god. The book begins with a consideration of the various myths of Ganesa, stories of his birth, his beheading by his father Siva, and his subsequent restoration as the lord who gives, or...

The book is written for use by health-care workers involved in primary eye care of leprosy patients, particularly in leprosy endemic areas. It is designed for use as a trainer's manual in a structured teaching setting with practice at examination. Using this trainer's manual, together with the companion volume, "Guide to Ocular Leprosy for Health Workers", the trainer can teach the health worker to do the following: recognize, record and manage eye complications from leprosy; recognize, record and manage other common eye diseases; make appropriate referrals to specialized eye-care centres;...

This reference guide is intended for health and paramedical workers involved in the primary eye-care of leprosy patients. It is designed to be used as a companion volume to "Training Health Workers to Recognize, Treat, Refer and Educate Patients about Ocular Leprosy".