Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Seated Images
This chapter describes Seated Images located on page 296 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]
A manuscript of the Visvakarma Vastusastram in the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute,Poona gives a prescription for the form of a Lakulisa image,according to which Lakulisa should be represented with urdhvamedhra (ithyphallic),either resting on a lotus seat or in padmasana and holding a citron in his right hand and staff in the left. It also indicates that the Matulinga (citron),an attribute of Lakulisa represents many atoms of the universe....
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The Agni Purana [by N. Gangadharan]
After having worshipped (lord) Shiva (seated in) a firm seat and (again in) a firm seat for the sake of weapons, (the preceptor) should as before touch with the udbhavamudra (posture made with the fingers denoting generation). 34. “O lord of the universe you protect this sacrifice of thy own self out of compassion for the devotee”. After having addressed these words, (the preceptor) should place the sword in the pitcher. 35....
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Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) [by Bhagyashree Sarma]
History shows that from the date of antiquity people used to connect themselves with their lords through the medium of the images of different deities in different forms. Thus the practice of image making had come forward. Different treatises of Sanskrit literature deal with the topic of image making....
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]