Apasmara (Sanskrit: अपस्मार, IAST: Apasmāra) is a diminutive man who represents spiritual ignorance and ahamkara in Hindu mythology. He is also known...
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with historic period and region, trampling upon a demon shown as a dwarf (Apasmara or Muyalaka) who symbolizes spiritual ignorance. The classical form of...
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Javed Pathan as Shumbha Ravish Rathi as Nishumbha Deepak Kumar Verma as Apasmara Gurpreet Singh as Bhagiratha Kartikey Malviya as Shani Unknown as Rambha...
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portion of the linga the god is standing on the shoulders of a figure of Apasmara, a dwarf who represents spiritual ignorance. The figure of Shiva resembles...
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front, holding an antelope and axe in his hands. He stands on top of a Apasmara (demon) dwarf, who symbolizes spiritual ignorance, greed, sensual desires...
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his instruction. He is shown as seated with his right foot on mythical apasmara (a demon which in Hindu mythology, is the personification of ignorance)...
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asura from the Mahabharata ॐ Andhaka ॐ Anuhlāda - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu ॐ Apasmāra ॐ☸ Aśva - Son of Diti ॐ Atikāya - Son of Rāvaṇa ॐ Āyu - Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu...
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Vināyakas, Kotarī, Revatī, Jyeṣṭhā, Pūtanā, and other Mātṛkās, Unmāda, Apasmāra, and other devils inimical to the mind, the body and the senses, and other...
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Yama, Asuras, Yaksa, Raksasa, ghosts and spirits, Putana, Kataputana, Apasmara, mosquitoes, gnats, tortoises, dogs, pythons, birds, ferocious animals...
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immediately enamored by Guruji's sermon about returning to the Satya Yuga. 11 3 "Apasmara" Neeraj Ghaywan & Anurag Kashyap Pooja Tolani 15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)...
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an apasmara (a dwarf) in this configuration and the image as that of Shiva as Nataraja, the Lord of Dance who is depicted trampling the apasmara. Markandeya...
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to supreme mystical cognition or samādhi. Lakulisha stands on top of an Apasmara (demon dwarf), who symbolizes spiritual ignorance, greed, sensual desires...
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left foot, which signifies liberation. His right foot tramples the dwarf Apasmara, who represents ignorance. Shiva's right front hand is raised in the "fear-not"...
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the gesture of the abhaya mudra. His right foot stands upon the demon Apasmara, the embodiment of ignorance. The Vijayanagara Empire was the last major...
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Four armed Siva as "Vinadhara Dakshinamurti" Siva as "Tripurantaka" (with Apasmara under left his foot) Siva as "Nataraja" with Parvati Krairiksh, Piriya...
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(or in rare cases, the right leg) and balancing over a demon or dwarf (Apasmara) who symbolizes ignorance. Dakshinamurti or Jnana Dakshinamurti (Tamil:...
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medicine and its integral concepts to the age old system of Indian Medicine ("Apasmara"-Epilepsy). A comparison of "Yogis" and "Control subjects" with regard...
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