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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From the Sanskrit word nilakanta, meaning "blue throat," this is an epithet used for the Hindu deity Shiva. According to…
Also known as Muyalaka or Muyalakan, he is a dwarf within Hindu mythology who represents spiritual ignorance and has the…
A set of devotional practices that emerged in South India from the sixth century CE and spread to north India…
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An epithet used for the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, who lived sometime between the fourth to sixth century BCE.…
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