development, Hinduism has adopted several iconic symbols, forming part of Hindu iconography, that are imbued with spiritual meaning based on either the scriptures...

Instruments Dholak Harmonium Karatalas Khol Manjira Mridangam Tabla Veena Iconography Ashtadhatu Lingam Murti Om Panchaloha Pindi Pillaiyar Suḻi Shaligram...

the partnership between the deity and his vahana is woven much iconography and Hindu theology. Deities are often depicted riding (or simply mounted upon)...

Elements of Hindu iconography. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 1–8. ISBN 978-81-208-0878-2. Banerjea, JN (September 2004). The Development of Hindu Iconography. Kessinger...

temples; it is the most commonly recurring creature in Hindu and Buddhist temple iconography, and also frequently appears as a gargoyle or as a spout...

Iconography, as a branch of art history, studies the identification, description and interpretation of the content of images: the subjects depicted, the...

romanized: Baṭukabhairava) or Vatuka Bhairava is a fierce form of Shiva in Hindu iconography, associated with his manifestation of Bhairava. This form of Shiva...

skulls, in Hindu iconography and Tibetan Buddhist iconography. In Hinduism, the mundamala is a characteristic of fearsome aspects of the Hindu Divine Mother...

Press, ISBN 978-0-521-44110-0 T. A. Gopinatha Rao (1993). Elements of Hindu iconography. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-0878-2. Rajan, K.V. Soundara...

concept in Hindu iconography, in which a deity is represented with five heads. Several Hindu deities are depicted with five faces in their iconography, such...

Durga, Kali and Saraswati. Hindus revere it with the divinities Vishnu and Lakshmi often portrayed on a pink lotus in iconography; historically, many deities...

couple, Shiva (Maheshvara) and Parvati (Uma), in Hindu iconography. It features the two principle Hindu deities in a benign form. It is one of the panchavimshatimurti...

light that surrounds a person in works of art. The halo occurs in the iconography of many religions to indicate holy or sacred figures, and has at various...

is his elder brother, and Manasa, another naga, is his sister. In Hindu iconography, he is generally depicted coiling around the neck of Shiva, who is...

represented with one or more human faces in Hindu iconography. A lingam is an aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva. Mukhalingas may be of stone or...

Shiva rather than the avatar concept. Hindu denominations Hindu iconography Hindu mythology Puranas List of Hindu deities Rigvedic deities For translation...

concept in Hindu iconography in which a deity is depicted with four arms. Several Hindu deities are often portrayed with four arms in their iconography, featured...

(Sanskrit: सोमास्कन्द, romanized: Somāskanda) is a medieval form of Hindu iconography, a representation of Shiva with his consort Uma (Parvati), and their...

(1916). Elements of Hindu Iconography. Vol. 2: Part I. Madras: Law Printing House, T.A. Gopinatha (1916). Elements of Hindu Iconography. Vol. 2: Part I....

Pakistan Ganesha and Shiva-linga, Chiang Rai, Thailand Banalinga Hindu iconography Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - a Lingam stone plays a central...

Gopinatha (1914). Elements of Hindu Iconography. Vol. 1: Part I. Madras: Law Printing House. Walker, Benjamin (1968). Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey...

Indus Publishing. 1998 p. 163. Stutley, Margaret (2019-04-09). The Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography. Routledge. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-429-62425-4....

Music of Tibetan Buddhism Rao, T. A. Gopinatha (1985). Elements of Hindu iconography. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. ISBN 9780895817617. Retrieved...

of Skanda by Agni before his battle with Tarakasura. Vel Shankha Hindu iconography Bonnefoy, Yves (1993-05-15). Asian Mythologies. University of Chicago...

extract milk from a mixture of milk and water or good from evil. In Hindu iconography, hamsa is the vahana (or vehicle) of Brahma, Gayatri, Saraswati, and...

 'Lotus', IAST: Padma) is one of the four attributes borne by Vishnu in his iconography. It is associated with Vishnu's abode upon water, as well as his role...

of Hindu Iconography. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 223–229, 237. ISBN 978-81-208-0877-5. T. A. Gopinatha Rao (1997). Elements of Hindu Iconography. Motilal...

Elements of Hindu iconography. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 201–204. ISBN 978-81-208-0878-2. T. A. Gopinatha Rao (1993). Elements of Hindu iconography. Motilal...

and immortality. The kalasha is often seen in Hindu iconography as an attribute, in the hands of Hindu deities like the creator god Brahma, the destroyer...

moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself. In Hindu Iconography, Shiva is often shown wearing a crescent moon on his head, symbolising...