Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Somaskanda-murti
This chapter describes Somaskanda-murti located on page 304 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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Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) [by K. Vidyuta]
Similarly the Somaskanda murti has to be fixed in the south-west; while the Kankala murti is placed in the north-west, the Bhikshatana form of Shiva is to be established in the east (in the place of Jayanta) (XLIII. 70cd-1): shamkare nrittamurtistu agneyyam vrishavahanam || umaskandam ca sahitam nairritye parikalpayet | kankalam vayudigbhage bhikshatanam jayantake || The Sukhasana murti is to be placed in the place of Satya (east); the Tripurantaka murti in the place of Vitatha (south); Shankaranarayana...
Read full contents: 7. Favourable Directions for Installing the Shiva Murtis
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
If Shiva is seated we have the Sukhasana murti when alone, the Umasahita murti when seated with Uma, the Umamahesvara murti when Shiva and Uma are found embracing each other, and the Somaskanda murti when Skanda is between the seated Shiva and Uma....
Read full contents: Chapter 1.3 - Umabhaga-murti (depiction of the Mother Goddess)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) [by Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja]
He says, “He was Yajna-murti, the embodiment of sacrifice, in the sense that His very body was yajna. Holding the sruk and sruva ladles and other implements used in sacrifice, He appeared as the personified form of yajna.”...
Read full contents: Verse 2.2.49
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]