Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Variant (A); Transitional to Format (E)
This chapter describes Variant (A); Transitional to Format (E) located on page 423 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 Umamahesvara-murti.
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Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) [by Rajendralala Mitra]
It is “non-transitional” (apratisankrama), that which has no transition or passing into another place is so called: by this is meant that it does not mix with anything....
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Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations [by Radhakrishnan. P]
[. . . ] (Phaladeepika 26/22) According to Transitional movement towards 8th bhava (Saggitarious) matching with the natal chart wherein the saturn is loctaed therein; will provide malefic results such as monetary loss,annihilation to progenies, domestic animals, kith and kins and attract adversities and diseases to the native. The aspect of Mars to 8th Bhava enhances the possibility of occurrence of Piles Disease....
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) [by Somadeva]
The variant referred to appears in Buxton’s “Some Navajo Folk-Tales and Customs,” and is as follows:— “Then the man used the lightning and killed the giant. The blood started to run out of his mouth, and flowed back in two streams behind his head. Nayezesegoni stuck his club into the ground to prevent the two streams of blood joining, as if they had the giant would have come to life again.”...
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]