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fulfilling-tree). The four-faced creator and the gods and
demons who sit near him find it difficult to behold his
lustrous countenance whose effulgence is compared to a
crores of the suns put together. (SLP, 1.1-2)
Wearing the precious gem-studded crown, ear-rings
and bracelets and a necklace as white as the moon-beams,
the lord with four hands and five faces, has three eyes.
on each head. He bears river Ganges and the lunar digit
on the matted locks of hairs over his head and takes a
tiger-skin as the upper-garment (uttariya). Two of his
hands are in the postures of blessing and assurance
(varabhaya) while in other two, he holds a wild-beast
(m峁泎a) and a hatchet (parasu)
1 respectively. Eight
aisvarvas (manifestations of powers) in their embodied form,
keep on attending him. In his Royal Assembly, he is
being served by the pramathas ( a class of attendants of
Siva) headed by Nandi, Isa and Bhr峁単i. The lord is
surrounded by the principal hermits, great yogins and the
eight custodians of quarters (dikpalas). (2-6)
1a. Aisvarvas are described to be:
1. Animan
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the power of becoming as minute as an atom
2. Laghiman- extreme lightness 3. Prapti- attaining anything
4. Pr膩kamya irresistible will 5. Mahiman illimitable bulk
6. Isita - Supreme dominion 7. Vasita- subjugation by
magic.
8. K膩mavasayit膩 - Suppressing of all desires (SED P. 978).