Mancana Vadivu, Mañcana Vadivu: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (śilpa)Mañcana Vadivu is the name of a deity depicted at the Nellaiappar Temple at Tirunelveli, representing a sacred place for the worship of Śiva.— Mañcana Vadivu Ampāl is represented as seated in utkutikāsana with the right foot placed on the seat and the left foot on the floor. She is represented with five pairs of hands, where the right hands hold trident, knife, aṅkuśa, saṅgili (chain), abhaya and the left hands hold ḍamaru, bell, shield, kapāla and pāśa. The hastas held in the right hands are mostly kaṭaka/siṃhakarṇa and one in abhaya. The hastas held in the left hands are mostly in kaṭaka/siṃhakarṇa and one in muṣṭi holding the shield. While depicting in dance, the sitting posture of Ampāl can be named aindra-maṇḍala. Hastas are the same as held in iconographic description. Instead of kaṭaka/siṃhakarṇa-hasta, it is kapittha in dance and abhaya is represented as patāka hasta. Muṣṭi is the same.
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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