Anantashayana Vishnu, the Glossary
Anantashayi Vishnu, also known as Anantashayana Vishnu (both literally "sleeping on the serpent Ananta"), is a large open air horizontal rock relief of the Hindu god Vishnu, carved during the early 9th century in Saranga village, under the Parjang police station, in the Dhenkanal district of Orissa, India.[1]
Table of Contents
33 relations: Angul district, Archaeological Survey of India, Bahubali, Bhauma-Kara dynasty, Bhubaneswar, Brahma, Brahmani River, Dhenkanal, Dhenkanal district, Elephanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Hindus, India, Kshira Sagara, Mace (bludgeon), Maharashtra, Mamallapuram, National Highway 42 (India), Odisha, Rajim, Reclining Buddha, Rock relief, Sandstone, Sanskrit, Shankha, Shesha, Sirpur Group of Monuments, South India, Sudarshana Chakra, Talcher, Tamil Nadu, Vaishnavism, Vishnu.
- 9th-century Hindu temples
- 9th-century establishments in India
- Archaeological monuments in Odisha
- Hindu temples in Dhenkanal district
- Rock reliefs in India
Angul district
Angul district; also known as Anugul, is one of the thirty districts of Odisha in eastern India.
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Archaeological Survey of India
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country.
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Bahubali
Bahubali was the son of Rishabhanatha (the first tirthankara of Jainism) and the brother of the chakravartin Bharata.
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Bhauma-Kara dynasty
The Bhauma dynasty, also known as Kara dynasty, ruled in eastern India between 8th and 10th centuries.
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Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha, located in the Khordha district.
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Brahma
Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.
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Brahmani River
The Brahmani is a major seasonal river in the Odisha state of eastern India.
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Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal is a town and a municipality in Dhenkanal district in the state of Odisha, India.
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Dhenkanal district
Dhenkanal district is one of the 30 districts of the state of Odisha in Eastern India.
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Elephanta Caves
The Elephanta Caves are a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, which have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Ellora Caves
The Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India (now renamed to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district).
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Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Kshira Sagara
In Hindu cosmology, the Kshira Sagara (italic) or Ocean of Milk is the fifth from the centre of the seven oceans.
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Mace (bludgeon)
A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes.
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.
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Mamallapuram
Mamallapuram (also known as Mahabalipuram), is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram.
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National Highway 42 (India)
National Highway 42 (NH 42), (previously part of old National Highways 205 and 219), is a major National Highway in India, that runs in the states of Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
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Odisha
Odisha (English), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India.
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Rajim
Rajim is a town which is proposed to be in Raipur district but officially in Gariaband district, Chhattisgarh, India.
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Reclining Buddha
A reclining Buddha is an image that represents Buddha lying down and is a major iconographic theme in Buddhist art.
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Rock relief
A rock relief or rock-cut relief is a relief sculpture carved on solid or "living rock" such as a cliff, rather than a detached piece of stone.
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Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
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Sanskrit
Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Shankha
A shankha has religious ritual importance in Hinduism.
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Shesha
Shesha, also known by his epithets Sheshanaga and Adishesha, is a serpentine demigod (naga) and king of the serpents (Nagaraja), as well as a primordial being of creation in Hinduism.
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Sirpur Group of Monuments
Sirpur Group of Monuments are an archaeological and tourism site containing Hindu, Jain and Buddhist monuments from the 5th to 12th centuries in Mahasamund district of the state of Chhattisgarh, India.
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South India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.
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Sudarshana Chakra
The Sudarshana Chakra is a divine discus, attributed to Vishnu in the Hindu scriptures.
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Talcher
Talcher, known as the "City Of Black Diamond" in Odisha, is a major industrial coal city and municipality.
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.
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Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
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Vishnu
Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
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See also
9th-century Hindu temples
- Anantashayana Vishnu
- Avantiswami Temple
- Baitala Deula
- Belesvara Shiva Temple
- Chausath Yogini Temple, Hirapur
- Chausath Yogini Temple, Khajuraho
- Chausath Yogini Temple, Ranipur Jharial
- Chokkeeswarar Temple
- Jageshwar
- Koodalmanikyam Temple
- Kumararama
- Lumbung
- Mallikarjunar Temple, Dharmapuri
- Manasbal Lake
- Mangaladevi Temple
- Nageshvara Temple, Begur
- Nageswaraswamy Temple
- Navalinga Temple
- Odhanavaneswarar Temple, Tiruchotruturai
- Parthasarathy temple, Parthivapuram
- Pazhaya Sreekanteswaram Temple
- Phnom Bakheng
- Pindara Group of Temples
- Ponsei Natrunaiyappar Temple
- Prambanan
- Prambanan Temple Compounds
- Rameshvara Temple, Narasamangala
- Rameshwar Deula
- Ranakdevi's Temple
- Sambisari
- Shankaracharya Temple
- Someshwara Swamy Temple
- Thanthodreeswarar Temple, Woraiyur
- Vijayalaya Choleeswaram
- Vimala Temple
9th-century establishments in India
- Anantashayana Vishnu
- Barwani State
- Chand Baori
- Chandelas of Jejakabhukti
- Garhwal Kingdom
- Kaulas Fort
- Kingdom of Chanda
- Mar Sabor and Mar Afroth Church, Akaparambu
- Paramara dynasty
- Somavamshi dynasty
- Twin Temples, Keezhaiyur
- Utpala dynasty
Archaeological monuments in Odisha
- Ananta Vasudeva Temple
- Anantashayana Vishnu
- Annakoteshvara Temple
- Aruna Stambha
- Asurgarh
- Atharanala
- Bhuvaneshwar Temple, Boudh
- Buddhanath Temple
- Chausath Yogini Temple, Hirapur
- Chausath Yogini Temple, Ranipur Jharial
- Chhatia Bata
- Dhauli
- Durga Temple, Baideshwar
- Haripur Gada
- Jagannath Temple, Puri
- Jaugada
- Konark Sun Temple
- Lingaraja Temple
- Mukteshvara Temple, Bhubaneswar
- Nilamadhav Temple
- Parsurameswara Temple
- Pushpagiri Vihara
- Rajarani Temple
- Ratnagiri, Odisha
- Siddhesvara Siva Temple
- Simhanath Temple
- Sisupalgarh
- Sivatirtha Matha, Old Town
- Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves
- Udayagiri, Odisha
- Varahanatha Temple
Hindu temples in Dhenkanal district
- Anantashayana Vishnu
- Annakoteshvara Temple
- Joranda Gadi
- Kapilash Temple
Rock reliefs in India
- Anantashayana Vishnu
- Chabimura
- Descent of the Ganges (Mahabalipuram)
- Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
- Kalugumalai
- Unakoti
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anantashayana_Vishnu
Also known as Ananta Shayana, Anantashayana, Saranga, Anantashayana,Saranga, Anantashayi Vishnu.