Anyonyahastakalita: 1 definition

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyonyahastakalita (अन्योन्यहस्तकलित):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-taḥ-tā-tam) Held reci-procally in (his several) hands. This word occurs in an example of permutation, given in the Līlavatī, where the question is put, ‘how many are the variations of form of the god Śiva by the exchange of his ten attributes held reciprocally in his hands viz. the rope, the elephant’s hook &c., as those of Viṣṇu by the exchange of the mace &c.?’ (the practical purpose apparently being to know the number of variations that may be effected in the representation of the idol): pāśāṅkuśāhiḍamarūkakapālaśūlaiḥ . khaṭvāṅgaśaktiśaracāpayutairbhavanti . anyonyahastakalitaiḥ kati mūrtibhedāḥ śambhorhareriva gadārisarojaśaṅkhaiḥ (The answer is in the case of Śiva: 3628800; in that of Viṣṇu: 24; and Colebrooke adds (Alg. p. 124 note): ‘the 24 different representations of Viṣṇu, arising from his diversity in the manner of placing the weapons or attributes in his four hands, are distinguished by as many discriminative titles of the god alloted to those figures in the theogonies of the Purāṇas. It does not appear that distinct titles have been in like manner assigned to any part of the more than three millions of varied representations of Śiva’.) E. anyonya-hasta and kalita.

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