Form |
Depiction |
Description[6][7] |
Bhikshatana |
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Bhikshtana is depicted in the form of a nude four-armed mendicant, adorned with ornaments and holding a begging bowl in his hand. |
Kamari |
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Kamari is depicted as the form of the deity that incinerated Kama with his third eye. |
Kalantaka |
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Kalantaka is depicted as the form of the deity that rescued his devotee, Markandeya, from Yama, the god of death. |
Kalyanasundara |
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Kalyanasundara is depicted as the form of the deity during his wedding ceremony with Parvati. |
Vrisharudha |
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Vrisharudha is depicted as the form of the deity who is accompanied by Parvati and seated on his bull mount, Nandi. |
Chandrashekara |
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Chandrashekara is depicted as the form of the deity who wears the crescent moon on his matted hair. |
Umamaheshvara |
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Umamaheshvara is depicted as the divine couple of Shiva and Parvati following their wedding. |
Nataraja |
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Nataraja is depicted as the form of the deity who is regarded to be the king of the dance. |
Tripurantaka |
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Tripurantaka is depicted as the form of the deity that destroyed the three asura cities of Tripura. |
Jalandharari |
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Jalandharari is depicted as the form of the deity who slew the asura Jalandhara. |
Gajasurasamhara |
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Gajasurasamhara is depicted as the form of the deity who slew the asura Gajasura, who had assumed the form of an elephant. |
Virabhadra |
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Virabhadra is depicted as the form of the deity who destroyed the Daksha yajna. |
Harihara |
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Harihara is depicted as the syncretic form of the deities Shiva and Vishnu. |
Ardhanarishvara |
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Ardhanarishvara is depicted as the syncretic form of Shiva and Parvati. |
Kirata |
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Kirata is depicted as the form of the deity who assumed the form of a hunter, bestowing the Pashupatastra on Arjuna. |
Kankalamurti |
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Kankalamurti is depicted as the form of the deity who is regarded to have slain Vishvaksena. |
Chandeshanugraha |
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Chandeshanugraha is depicted as the form of the deity who blessed Chandeshvara Nayanar. |
Chakraprada |
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Chakrapada is depicted as the form of the deity who granted the Sudarshana Chakra to Vishnu. |
Somaskanda |
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Somaskanda is depicted as the form of the deity accompanied by Parvati and Skanda. |
Ekapada |
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Ekapada is depicted as the form of the deity who only has one foot, with Brahma and Vishnu emerging from his form. |
Vigneshanugraha |
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Vigneshanugraha is depicted as the form of the deity portrayed with Parvati and Vignesha. |
Dakshinamurti |
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Dakshinamurti is depicted as the form of the deity who is associated with the south and wisdom. |
Nilakantha |
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Nilakantha is depicted as the form of the deity who bears a blue throat, having consumed the halahala poison during the churning of the ocean. |
Lingodbhava |
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Lingodbhava is depicted as the form of the deity emerging from a pillar of light amidst Brahma and Vishnu. |
Sukhasana |
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Sukhasana is depicted as the form of the deity sitting in ease. |