A representation of the Hindu god Vishnu, which shows him reclining atop a coiled form of the serpent Ananta, on top of the Kshira Sagara or “ocean of milk.” Within iconographic traditions, this depiction of the deity symbolises the cosmic balance.
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An aspect of the Hindu deity Shiva, where he is depicted seated in padmasana and worshipped as the lord of…
Mother goddess worshipped in Nepal and India. In Nepal, she has been worshipped since at least the twelfth century CE;…
Another name for one of the mortal Buddhas, it literally translates to "the lion of the Shakyas," the clan to…
One of the thirty-two lakshanas within Buddhist iconography, the ushnisha is an oval arrangement of hair on top of the…
In Hinduism, Kama is the god of love and desire. Some of his iconographical attributes are a bow made from…
A text of the Lokottaravada school of early Buddhism, it was written in Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit between the second…
A series of Indian comics begun in 1967 by Anant Pai, based on religious mythology, legends, folktales and biographies of…
A major Vedic deity, he is believed to be the king of the realm of gods within Hinduism and Buddhism,…