Govindaraja-perumal, Govindarāja-perumāl, Govindarajaperumal: 1 definition
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Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (śilpa)Śrī Tillai Govindarāja Perumāl is the name of a deity depicted in the Thillai Nataraja Temple in Cidambaram (Chidambaram) which is one of the Pañcasabhā or “five halls where Śiva is said to have danced”.—Govindarāja Perumāl is the śayana-mūrti (the reclining posture of the lord). In front of him is the smaller sthānaka-mūrti of Viṣṇu. Govindarāja Perumāl is found lying flat on the pīṭa in ardhaśayana-āsana with the right hand near the head, the left hand in kaṭaka-hasta near the right leg, and Bhūdevī (goddess of the earth) and Śrīdevī (goddess of the sky) near the left leg. Brahmā is also found in this figure. While depicting in dance Govindarāja Perumāl is found in pārśvasūcī-sthānaka with one leg fully stretched to the side (as if lying flat on the ground) with the right hand in patāka and the left hand in kapittha-hasta.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
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Partial matches: Perumal, Govindaraja.
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