Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Umasahita-murti
This chapter describes Umasahita-murti located on page 290 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.
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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
Plate LV, fig. 1 gives Parvati and Shiva standing as in Umasahita Candrasekhara form. We suggested this may be Tripurantaka. Plate LVII is also an Umasahita murti but this is Gajaha murti. Plate LIX is also an Umasahita murti but this is Gangadhara. Plate XCVH, fig. 1 (to our right side) is another Umasahita murti. It is unique inasmuch as Parvati is on the right side of Shiva, as mentioned in some Agamas. This sculpture is from the Muktesvara temple....
Read full contents: Chapter 1.3 - Umabhaga-murti (depiction of the Mother Goddess)
Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)
Comments (in Tamil) திரà¯à®®à®¨à¯à®¤à®¿à®°à®®à¯ > ஒனà¯à®ªà®¤à®¾à®®à¯ தநà¯à®¤à®¿à®°à®®à¯ > 21 தோதà¯à®¤à®¿à®°à®®à¯� > பாடலà¯�: 2985 Alternative transliteration: pukuntunin ranenkal punniya murtti, pukuntunin ranenkal potari valan, pukuntunin ranati yartankal nencam, pukuntunin ranaiye porrukin rene. pugunthunin ranengal punniya murthi, pugunthunin ranengal pothari valan, pugunthunin ranadi yarthangal nencham, pugunthunin ranaiye porrugin rene....
Read full contents: Verse 2985: He Entered in Me
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) [by Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja]
He says, “He was Yajna-murti, the embodiment of sacrifice, in the sense that His very body was yajna....
Read full contents: Verse 2.2.49
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
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[Introduction]