Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Mahabhairavi/Siddhi-Laksmi
This chapter describes Mahabhairavi/Siddhi-Laksmi located on page 348 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.
Full contents not available online!
To read the full text of Shiva-Parvati (Iconography), you can buy Thomas Eugene Donaldson’s book from Exotic India
You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Mahabhairavi/Siddhi-Laksmi” according to 162 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya [by Shri Gunaraja Khan]
Text 9 kanaka-campaka-kanti bame lakshmi-debi durba-dala-shyama-kanti dakshine prithibi kanaka-gold; campaka-campaka flower; kanti-splendor; bame-on the left; lakshmi-debi-Laksmi-devi; durba-durva grass; dala-blade; shyama-dark; kanti-splendor; dakshine-on the right; prithibi-Prthivi-devi. On His left is Lakshmi-devi, splendid like a golden campaka flower. On His right is Prithivi-devi, splendid like a blade of durva grass....
Read full contents: Chapter 9 - Description of the Lord's Four-armed Form (Hillola-raga)
Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita [by Pranab Jyoti Kalita]
Goddess Lakshmi. As a goddess of wealth and prosperity, though, Lakshmi enjoys a well-exalted place in Hindu society, but, in the Atharvaveda, Lakshmi is interpreted as all sorts of wealth. There, it is stated that Lakshmi, i. e. all riches belong to the almighty Ucchishta. In another reference, it is said that there are one hundred Lakshmis born along with the birth of a man. They are, again, of two types, papishtha, i. e. sinful and shiva, i. e. propitious....
Read full contents: 12. Goddess Lakshmi
The Markandeya Purana [by Frederick Eden Pargiter]
Arjuna the son of Kritavirya, on succeeding to his kingdom, resolves to rule worthily—His minister Garga advises him to propitiate the Muni Dattatreya—And narrates how, when the Daityas and Danavas had conquered the gods, the gods hy Vrihaspati s counsel propitiated Dattatreya, who, being an incarnation of Vishnu, was enjoying himself with Lakshmi; and how, when the demons penetrated to Dattatreya s hermitage and seized Lakshmi, they were destroyed by Dattatreya....
Read full contents: Canto XVIII - Garga’s speech
Total 162 books found: See all results here.
Summary:
You can return to the book Index to buy or shop for other books, or you can read the available online pages below:
[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]