Panchavimshatimurti

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The panchavimshatimurti (

main images of the sanctum or sculptures and reliefs in the outer walls of Shiva temples.[3]

Description

The Agama texts describe twenty-five forms of Shiva, offering specifications in which the deity is to be represented. For each form, the attire, ornaments, posture, weapons, as well as the other accessories associated with the form are described, along with associated deities and objects.[4]

Iconography

The common list of the Panchavimshatimurti is given below:[1][5]

Form Depiction Description[6][7]
Bhikshatana Bhikshtana is depicted in the form of a nude four-armed mendicant, adorned with ornaments and holding a begging bowl in his hand.
Kamari Kamari is depicted as the form of the deity that incinerated Kama with his third eye.
Kalantaka Kalantaka is depicted as the form of the deity that rescued his devotee,
Yama
, the god of death.
Kalyanasundara Kalyanasundara is depicted as the form of the deity during his wedding ceremony with Parvati.
Vrisharudha Vrisharudha is depicted as the form of the deity who is accompanied by Parvati and seated on his bull mount, Nandi.
Chandrashekara Chandrashekara is depicted as the form of the deity who wears the crescent moon on his matted hair.
Umamaheshvara Umamaheshvara is depicted as the divine couple of Shiva and Parvati following their wedding.
Nataraja Nataraja is depicted as the form of the deity who is regarded to be the king of the dance.
Tripurantaka Tripurantaka is depicted as the form of the deity that destroyed the three asura cities of Tripura.
Jalandharari Jalandharari is depicted as the form of the deity who slew the asura Jalandhara.
Gajasurasamhara Gajasurasamhara is depicted as the form of the deity who slew the asura Gajasura, who had assumed the form of an elephant.
Virabhadra Virabhadra is depicted as the form of the deity who destroyed the Daksha yajna.
Harihara Harihara is depicted as the syncretic form of the deities Shiva and Vishnu.
Ardhanarishvara
Ardhanarishvara is depicted as the syncretic form of Shiva and Parvati.
Kirata Kirata is depicted as the form of the deity who assumed the form of a hunter, bestowing the Pashupatastra on Arjuna.
Kankalamurti Kankalamurti is depicted as the form of the deity who is regarded to have slain Vishvaksena.
Chandeshanugraha Chandeshanugraha is depicted as the form of the deity who blessed Chandeshvara Nayanar.
Chakraprada Chakrapada is depicted as the form of the deity who granted the Sudarshana Chakra to Vishnu.
Somaskanda Somaskanda is depicted as the form of the deity accompanied by Parvati and Skanda.
Ekapada Ekapada is depicted as the form of the deity who only has one foot, with Brahma and Vishnu emerging from his form.
Vigneshanugraha Vigneshanugraha is depicted as the form of the deity portrayed with Parvati and Vignesha.
Dakshinamurti
Dakshinamurti is depicted as the form of the deity who is associated with the south and wisdom.
Nilakantha Nilakantha is depicted as the form of the deity who bears a blue throat, having consumed the halahala poison during the churning of the ocean.
Lingodbhava Lingodbhava is depicted as the form of the deity emerging from a pillar of light amidst Brahma and Vishnu.
Sukhasana Sukhasana is depicted as the form of the deity sitting in ease.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Durai Raja Singam, S. (1977). Ananda Coomaraswamy, the Bridge Builder: A Study of a Scholar-colossus. Khee Meng Press. p. 8.
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  5. ^ Subas Rai, Bhanu Agrawal (1995). Third eye: myth or a scientific reality?. Pandey Publications House. p. 3.
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