Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Somaskanda-murti
This chapter describes Somaskanda-murti located on page 304 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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Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) [by K. Vidyuta]
Similarly the Somaskanda murti has to be fixed in the south-west; while the Kankala murti is placed in the north-west, the Bhikshatana form of Shiva is to be established in the east (in the place of Jayanta) (XLIII. 70cd-1): shamkare nrittamurtistu agneyyam vrishavahanam || umaskandam ca sahitam nairritye parikalpayet | kankalam vayudigbhage bhikshatanam jayantake || The Sukhasana murti is to be placed in the place of Satya (east); the Tripurantaka murti in the place of Vitatha (south); Shankaranarayana...
Read full contents: 7. Favourable Directions for Installing the Shiva Murtis
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
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
Plate CXVH, of Somaskanda murti, is from the Airavatesvara temple. Arurar speaks always of Parvati and Shiva being together. In ten places he refers to Shiva as the father of Muruka and at least two places he speaks of Parvati as his mother. These references taken together describe the Somaskanda murti. Uma sahita murti without Skanda is like the Somaskanda murti above described. It is found in Plate XXXIX, fig. 3. The back right arm of Shiva probably holds a rosary....
Read full contents: Chapter 1.3 - Umabhaga-murti (depiction of the Mother Goddess)
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