AHIS BC 1001x Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Axis Mundi, Nataraja
30 Aug 2016
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Multiplicity of the godhead in the hindu tradition. The cult of shiva was advanced by queen sembiya mahadevi. Shiva nataraja (shiva as lord of the dance) One of the many incarnations of shiva, who tends to be transcendent, aniconic. Yet, he is present in this sculpture in a very concrete sense. ** dialectical transcendence and immanence not to different from the. The areole in which he dances represents the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. Shiva sculptures have many similar feature: (** one sculpture is the shiva nataraja, but each replication is valid. The areole is often round, although sometimes elliptical. In his hair is ganga myth of the origin of the ganges river. With balance of both destructive and life-giving elements. Shiva"s posture is yogic, yet he also forms the central axis of the sculpture. But, shiva is also eternally here on earth. A reliquary surrounded by a mound of earth.
