Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Marriage Procession
This chapter describes Marriage Procession located on page 21 in the book Shiva-Parvati and Allied Images (Their Iconography and Body Language). This book deals with the study of sculptures of Shiva-Parvati and other images such as the Murtis of Anugraha, Umamaheshvara and Umasahita as well as the mythological background of the deities represents by those sculptures. The two volumes contain over 700 images dedicated to the study of postures and body language of various sculptures, the sculptor’s technique.. This chapter is part of the collection Mythological Background: Marriage and conjugal life.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Marriage Procession” according to 165 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Shiva Purana [by J. L. Shastri]
Accompanied by all these sages and decorated in various ways, lord Shiva was going to the abode of the mountain Himalaya for the marriage with Parvati. He shone well. 57. Thus the story of Shiva’s grand procession has been narrated to you....
Read full contents: Chapter 40 - The Marriage Procession of Shiva
Chaitanya Bhagavata [by Bhumipati Dasa]
But I shall tell You a way: On the day before the marriage there is a grand procession to honor the royal family s deity, and in this procession the new bride goes outside the city to visit goddess Girija. ”...
Read full contents: Verse 2.18.91-092
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) [by H. H. Wilson]
sukimshukam shalmalim vishvarupam hiranyavarnam suvritam sucakram | a roha surye amritasya lokam syonam patye vahatum krinushva || English translation: “Ascend, Surya, the chariot made of good kimshuka wood and of shalmali, multiform, decorated withgold, well-covered, well-wheeled, prepare the happy world of the immortals, your marriage procession to yourhusband. ” Commentary by Sayana: Rigveda-bhashya The rica is recited when the bride goes to the house of the husband....
Read full contents: Rig Veda 10.85.20
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]