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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Also known as Para Vasudeva, it is a manifestation of the Hindu deity Vishnu. The conventional iconography of the form…
A group of ten goddesses from the Tantric Hindu pantheon, consisting of Kali, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuvaneshvari, Chhinnamasta, Bhairavi, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi,…
A non-Vedic ascetic movement that practised austerity and rejected domestic life. Shramana thinkers first conceptualised the philosophies of samsara (the…
The equivalent of the Capricorn Zodiac sign within Hindu astrology, it is a mythical sea creature that is believed to…
A form of Shiva, he was the tutelary deity of the Vijayanagara empire (1336–1646 CE). Within Hindu mythology, he is…
An alternate name to describe the anandatandava, the cosmic dance of Nataraja, a form of the Hindu deity, Shiva.
A composite form of the Hindu god Shiva and his consort Parvati, depicted equally split down the middle, half-male on…
In Hindu epic and Puranic literature, a sage who is the son of the sage Gautama and Ahilya. In the…