Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Bhairava with Consort
This chapter describes Bhairava with Consort located on page 339 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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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Bhairava with Consort” according to 113 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: प्रमथा भैरवा भूता वेटला योगिनी-गणाः अट्ट-हासं प्रकुर्वन्तो नृत्यन्तो रण-मण्डले pramatha bhairava bhuta vetala yogini-ganah atta-hasam prakurvanto nrityanto rana-mandale pramatha—goblins; bhairava—bhairavas; bhuta—ghosts; vetala—vetalas; yogini-ganah—yoginis; atta—loud; hasam—laughter; prakurvantah—doing; nrityantah—dancing; rana-mandale—in the battlefield....
Read full contents: Verse 6.1.30
The Agni Purana [by N. Gangadharan]
(One should worship first) Asitanga (black-coloured one), Ruru, Canda (wrathful), Krodha (angry one), Unmatta (intoxicated), Kapali (one wielding the human skull), Bhishana (the dreadful one), Samhara (the destroyer) and Bhairava (the terrible one) in order. (The Goddesses) Brahmi, Hrasva, Bhairava, Brahmani, Shanmukha and Dirgha (should be worshipped)....
Read full contents: Chapter 313 - The mantras relating to the worship of different gods
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) [by Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja]
Similarly, it should be understood that Lord Shiva s consort, Durga, and her variegated pastime expansions, like the goddess Camunda, the consort of Bhairava, are also the shaktis of Bhagavan....
Read full contents: Verse 2.4.172
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]