Siva-Parvati and Allied Images Their Iconography and Body Language Ritual and Puja Items The author

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In metaphysical traditions

Siva-Parvati and Allied Images Their Iconography and Body Language Ritual and Puja Items The authorThe work explores the physical and emotional interaction between Shiva and Parvati as represented in sculptural works in the Indian subcontinent. In two volumes, it examines a host of images supported by classifications of Shiva Parvati figures in texts like the Shaiva Agamas and iconographic studies of the past decades. It surveys an astounding sculptural diversity of Shiva Parvati icons particularly forms of seated or standing Umasahita murti,