File:Nepalese - Bhairava with Goddess - Walters 543024 (2).jpg

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Original file ‎(1,115 × 1,517 pixels, file size: 411 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

This blue god of ferocious form and ten arms is Bhairava, the angry manifestation of Shiva. In Nepal, he is popular with both Hindus and Buddhists and is also known as Mahakala. His posture is somewhere in between the militant "pratyalidha" posture of Bhairava and the bent-kneed posture of Mahakala. His stretched left leg is sufficiently bent to balance his spouse on the thigh, while the right presses down on his mount, who is the man ("nara"). Nine of his ten arms radiate symmetrically on either side, except one that holds the skull cup against his chest. The others hold various weapons and emblems. By contrast, his spouse only has two arms and sits in the graceful "lalitasana" posture, although not too comfortably. Her dangling left leg rests on her lion mount. The right hand displays the gesture of charity and the left holds a skull cup.

Licensing

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:17, 5 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 22:17, 5 January 20171,115 × 1,517 (411 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)This blue god of ferocious form and ten arms is Bhairava, the angry manifestation of Shiva. In Nepal, he is popular with both Hindus and Buddhists and is also known as Mahakala. His posture is somewhere in between the militant "pratyalidha" posture of Bhairava and the bent-kneed posture of Mahakala. His stretched left leg is sufficiently bent to balance his spouse on the thigh, while the right presses down on his mount, who is the man ("nara"). Nine of his ten arms radiate symmetrically on either side, except one that holds the skull cup against his chest. The others hold various weapons and emblems. By contrast, his spouse only has two arms and sits in the graceful "lalitasana" posture, although not too comfortably. Her dangling left leg rests on her lion mount. The right hand displays the gesture of charity and the left holds a skull cup.
  • You cannot overwrite this file.

The following 2 pages link to this file:

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=File:Nepalese_-_Bhairava_with_Goddess_-_Walters_543024_(2).jpg&oldid=723555538"