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of the Linga should be round and the portion below it eight
sided and further below four-sided. The round portion of it
should be made visible, the octagonal portion should be inserted
in the Pindika and the square portion in the Brahmapitha.
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line on the top of the Linga should be well rounded and curvated
upwards. It should be double in length and perpendicular as in
Brahmasutra.
Siva is also represented in his human form in various
types in a large mumber of sculptures. The Siva images are
very popular and universally adored. The Matsya Purana
Chapters 258 and 259 describe the varieties of Siva images such
as Siva, Natar膩ja siva, Yogesvara Siva and Bhairava. First as
a youth of sixteen as if witnessing a dance; second as a dancer
with ten arms wearing the hide of an elephant; third a figure
with sixteen hands representing the burning of the three cities;
fourth of eight or four hands in the Yogesvara form and fifth
of the Bhairava form. We have also prescriptions of the making
of Ardhanarisvara image.
be half man and half woman
As the name indicates this form should
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the right siva and Parvati. Emblems
like Jatamukuta, crescent moon, sarpa-kundala, trisula and other
weapons should be shown on the right half and on the left
counterpart are karanda
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mukuta, tilaka mark, kapala, darpana etc.
This is the Saumya and Santa murti of Siva. Many Indian sculptures
depict this form.
T.A.G. Rao has given eight illustrations of the Ardha
n膩ri svara sculptures found at Badami, Kumbakonam, Canjivaram,