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SIVA-DIFFERENT FORMS (Contd.)
MAHAKALA
MAHESVARA
LAKULISA
RUDRA
KANKALA-MURTI (Page 40)
Hands
Two or four
Four
Four or ten
Two
Four
Objects in hands
Prahara, in mouth of deer, staff (pichchadanda) & big drum
Sword, munda (human head), sula & shield
Ten hands: rosary, trident, shield, staff, lotus, bow, mahālunga, mirror, vase & shield
Staff and mahalunga
Protection pose, battle-axe, deer & boon-giving pose
Colour
White
Black
Asana
Simhasana
Padmasana
Misc.
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Jată crown. Moon crescent in jata & cobra. Dagger in belt on left side Accompanied by rishis, Gandharvas, Siddhas, Vidyadharas, ladies carrying fly-whisks and umbrellas
Three eyes. White or black garments
Wears a black coat. Embracing Mahakali. Drinking liquor from the Brahmānda (the huge shell from which Brahma was born) Accompanied by Kala & Mrityü (Death)
Garland of skulls, jață, crescent of moon, sacred thread of Vasuki (serpent)
Five heads, four pacific, one terrible
Variations
1-Two-handed: bow
and arrow, 3 eyes. Jaţă crown
I-Two hands-deer & danda
(staff) 11- Four hands-kankala
(bone) & damaru (drum) in two hands. Two seem to carry a corpse
1-Four-handed: kuthara
(axe), deer, protection & boon-giving poses. Five
heads, tiger-skin. Three eyes JI-Ten-handed: protection pose,
sūla, battle-axe, thunderbolt, sword, shield, goad, noose, bell, boon-giving pose 5 heads, 12 eyes, 4 noses Accompanied by Sakti with 4 hands—boongiving, lotus, necklace & protection. Karanda crown, 3 eyes
