Kankalamurti, the Glossary
Kankalamurti (Sanskrit: कङ्कालमूर्ति, romanized: Kaṅkālamūrti, lit."skeleton form"), also known as Kankala ("skeleton") or Kankala-Bhairava, is an iconographical form of the Hindu god Shiva.[1]
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47 relations: Añjali Mudrā, Agama (Hinduism), Avatar, Bhairava, Bhikshatana, Brahma, Chaturbhuja, Damaru, Darasuram, Datura, Gana, Goblin, Gopuram, Kalyanasundara, Kapala, Kapalika, Kurma Purana, Mahabali, Makara, Matsya Purana, Nageswaraswamy Temple, Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, North India, Paduka, Parashu, Romanization, Sanskrit, Saptarshi, Shaivism, Shilparatna, Shiva, Somaskanda, South India, Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Maratha Palace, Thanumalayan Temple, Thirumarugal, Trishula, Upanayana, Vamana, Vamana Purana, Varanasi, Vedas, Veena, Veerabhadra Temple, Lepakshi, Vishnu, Vishvaksena.
Añjali Mudrā
Añjali Mudrā (अञ्जलि मुद्रा), is a hand gesture mainly associated with Indian religions and arts, encountered throughout Asia and beyond.
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Agama (Hinduism)
The Agamas (Devanagari: आगम, IAST) (ākamam) (Bengali: আগম, ISO15919: āgama) are a collection of several Tantric literature and scriptures of Hindu schools.
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Avatar
Avatar is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means.
Bhairava
Bhairava (भैरव), or Kala Bhairava, is a Shaivite and Vajrayāna deity worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists. Kankalamurti and Bhairava are forms of Shiva.
Bhikshatana
Bhikshatana (भिक्षाटन;; literally, "wandering about for alms, mendicancy") or Bhikshatana-murti is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as the "Supreme mendicant" or the "Supreme Beggar". Kankalamurti and Bhikshatana are forms of Shiva.
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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.
Chaturbhuja
Chaturbhuja is a concept in Hindu iconography in which a deity is depicted with four arms.
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Damaru
A damaru (डमरु,; Tibetan ཌ་མ་རུ་ or རྔ་ཆུང) is a small two-headed drum, used in Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism.
Darasuram
Darasuram or Dharasuram is a neighbourhood in the city of Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Datura
Datura is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
Gana
The word (Sanskrit: गण) in Sanskrit and Pali means "flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, category, series, or class".
Goblin
A goblin is a small, grotesque, monstrous creature that appears in the folklore of multiple European cultures.
Gopuram
A gopuram or gopura (Tamil: கோபுரம், Telugu: గోపురం, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South Indian architecture of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana, and Sri Lanka.
Kalyanasundara
Kalyanasundara (कल्याणसुन्दर, literally "beautiful wedding"), also spelt as Kalyansundar and Kalyana Sundara, and known as Kalyanasundara-murti ("icon of the beautiful wedding"), Vaivahika-murti (वैवाहिक-मूर्ति, "nuptial icon") and Panigrahana-murti (पाणिंग्रहण-मूर्ति) ("icon related to panigrahana ritual"), is the iconographical depiction of the wedding of the Hindu deities Shiva and Parvati.
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Kapala
A kapala (Sanskrit for "skull") is a skull cup used as a ritual implement (bowl) in both Hindu Tantra and Tibetan Buddhist Tantra (Vajrayana).
Kapalika
The Kāpālika tradition was a Tantric, non-Puranic form of Shaivism which originated in Medieval India between the 4th and 8th century CE.
Kurma Purana
The Kurma Purana (IAST: Kūrma Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, and a medieval era Vaishnavism text of Hinduism.
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Mahabali
Mahabali (IAST: Mahābalī), also known as Bali, Indrasenan, or Māveli, is a daitya king featured in Hinduism.
Makara
Makara (translit) is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology.
Matsya Purana
The Matsya Purana (IAST: Matsya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major Puranas (Mahapurana), and among the oldest and better preserved in the Puranic genre of Sanskrit literature in Hinduism.
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Nageswaraswamy Temple
Nageswaraswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram
Thillai Nataraja Temple, also referred as the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Nataraja, the form of Shiva as the lord of dance.
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North India
North India, also called Northern India, is a geographical and broad cultural region comprising the northern part of India (or historically, the Indian subcontinent) wherein Indo-Aryans form the prominent majority population.
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Paduka
Paduka is an ancient form of footwear in India, consisting of a sole with a post and knob which is positioned between the big and second toe.
Parashu
Parashu (script) is the Sanskrit word for a battle-axe, which can be wielded with one or both hands.
Romanization
In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so.
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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.
Saptarshi
The Saptarshi are the seven seers of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature such as the Skanda Purana.
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Shaivism
Shaivism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Supreme Being.
Shilparatna
Shilparatna is a classical text on traditional South Indian representational-performing arts.
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Shiva
Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.
Somaskanda
Somaskanda is a medieval form of Hindu iconography, a representation of Shiva with his consort Uma (Parvati), and their son Skanda (Murugan), depicted as a child. Kankalamurti and Somaskanda are forms of Shiva.
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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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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.
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Thanjavur Maratha Palace
The Thanjavur Maratha Palace, known locally as Aranmanai, today is the official residence of the Bhonsle family that ruled Tanjore from 1674 to 1855.
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Thanumalayan Temple
The Thanumalayan Temple, also called Sthanumalayan Temple, is an important Hindu temple located in Suchindram in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India.
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Thirumarugal
Thirumarugal is a small town, located 13 km East of Nannilam, Near Nagapatnam, Tamil Nadu in India.
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Trishula
The trishula is a trident, a divine symbol, commonly used as one of the principal symbols in Hinduism.
Upanayana
Upanayana (lit) is a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance of a student by a preceptor, such as a guru or acharya, and an individual's initiation into a school in Hinduism.
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Vamana
Vamana also known as Trivikrama, Urukrama, Upendra, Dadhivamana, and Balibandhana, is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.
Vamana Purana
The Vamana Purana (वामन पुराण, IAST), is an ancient Sanskrit text that is at least 1,000 years old and is one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism.
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Varanasi
Varanasi (ISO:,; also Benares, Banaras or Kashi) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
Vedas
The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.
Veena
The veena, also spelled vina (वीणा IAST: vīṇā), is any of various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent.
Veerabhadra Temple, Lepakshi
Veerabhadra temple is a Hindu temple located in the Lepakshi, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Vishnu
Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
Vishvaksena
VishvaksenaNayar p. 103 or Vishwaksena, is the commander-in-chief of the army of the Hindu deity Vishnu, additionally serving as a gatekeeper and chamberlain of his celestial abode of Vaikuntha.
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