Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Standing Images
This chapter describes Standing Images located on page 290 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 Iconography and Images of Umasahita/alingana-murti.
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Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) [by Geetika Kaw Kher]
Two armed Siva, carved in high relief,standing on a yaksa presupposes the form of later mukhalingas to some extent but seems to be a direct prototype for the Lakulisa images seen at Karvan though iconographically there are some differences. As the image is not ithyphallic one can read it as a Siva image, probably PreLakulisa image but with strong Pasupata leanings. [Illustration 9. Lakulisa, 7th -8th CE, Karvan, Gujarat ] [Illus 10....
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari [by K. A. Subramania Iyer]
Thus, if there are, say, ten images, there will be ten words. Then P. 1. 2. 64 will operate and we will get the form Kashyapah, standing for all the ten images. At this stage P. 1. 2. 51, cannot apply because it has already been applied once. So there cannot be any singular number, based on the original singular number of the stem. ]...
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The Agni Purana [by N. Gangadharan]
(The image of) Saubhagya (is made) as holding fruits in the folded palms on the right side. (The image of) Lakshmi holds the lotus in the right hand and the shriphala (bilva fruit) in the left. 16. (The image of) Sarasvati (should be made as holding) a book, rosary and lute in the hands. (The image of) Jahnavi (the river Ganges) (is represented) as holding a pot and flower in the hand (and standing) on the crocodile and of white complexion. 17....
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
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