Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Reclining
This chapter describes Reclining located on page 494 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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Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation [by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar]
(ii) Reclining on the milk-ocean: This refers to the ‘Vyuha aspect of the Lord reclining on the milky ocean, the centre of creative activity, where the Lord contem-plates the ways and means of reclaiming us all from the ocean of Samsara—birth and bondage. (iii) With all their massive learning, if people are not visibly moved by the Lord s auspicious traits and do not take a deep plunge into them, they should indeed be deemed ignorant....
Read full contents: Pasuram 3.5.6
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) [by Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja]
Reclining on the bed of Shesha-naga, He was delighting the eyes and minds of everyone. Commentary: Dig-darshini-tika with Bhavanuvada (By Shrila Sanatana Gosvami himself including a deep purport of that commentary) The brahmana might ask, “What is Jagadishvara like?” Three verses, beginning here with shrimat explain this. Shri Gopa-kumara says, “I saw Jagadishvara as shrimanta, possessed of all splendor. He had assumed a huge form with thousands of hands, heads and feet....
Read full contents: Verse 2.2.131
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana [by Gaurapada Dasa]
She, who was achieving Hari as a beloved and was exerting herself for my sake, is my confidante who, desiring her benefit, did a deed that is loudly done when the body is reclining. atra sva-sukha-tatparyan mat-kantam ramayanti tvam shatrutvam kritavatiti lakshyo rthah kante saparadhatva-prakashanam vyanjayati....
Read full contents: Text 2.6
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]