Dancing Shiva statue of brass from India.
Shiva, in form of Nataraj (Sanskrit: "King Of The Dance"), performs a cosmical dance (tandava) that symbolizes the process of creation, destruction and recreation of the universe. Shiva subdues the spiritual blindness in the world. The dance is an expression for the permanent creation and destruction of worlds, for birth, life and death as well as for the cyclical happenings that life composes.
As Nataraja, Shiva appears as a four-armed anthropomorphic creature among a flame circle. Meanwhile his left leg is raised, with his right one he stands onto the dwarf-demon Apasmara. In his right top hand he holds the sandglassdrum Damaru and with the other right hand he shows the gesture of protection (abhayamudra). A flame blazes out of his left palm while his other left hand Nataraja points at his foot.
Shiva is one of the eldest gods in Hinduism. In the pantheon of deities, Shiva symbolizes – apart from Brahma (the creator) and Vishnu (the maintainer) – the consumer who enables new creations through its accomplishment (death and destruction). There are many different embodiments of Shiva: as an ascetic, dancer, warrior and family man. Each of these depictions accentuates various attributes of his entity to which belong multitude of narratives.
The figures are partially reworked manually. Hence, slight differences from the image are possible.
Height: 15cm
Weight: approx. 500g
Dancing Shiva statue of brass from India.
Shiva, in form of Nataraj (Sanskrit: "King Of The Dance"), performs a cosmical dance (tandava) that symbolizes the process of creation, destruction and recreation of the universe. Shiva subdues the spiritual blindness in the world. The dance is an expression for the permanent creation and destruction of worlds, for birth, life and death as well as for the cyclical happenings that life composes.
As Nataraja, Shiva appears as a four-armed anthropomorphic creature among a flame circle. Meanwhile his left leg is raised, with his right one he stands onto the dwarf-demon Apasmara. In his right top hand he holds the sandglassdrum Damaru and with the other right hand he shows the gesture of protection (abhayamudra). A flame blazes out of his left palm while his other left hand Nataraja points at his foot.
Shiva is one of the eldest gods in Hinduism. In the pantheon of deities, Shiva symbolizes – apart from Brahma (the creator) and Vishnu (the maintainer) – the consumer who enables new creations through its accomplishment (death and destruction). There are many different embodiments of Shiva: as an ascetic, dancer, warrior and family man. Each of these depictions accentuates various attributes of his entity to which belong multitude of narratives.
The figures are partially reworked manually. Hence, slight differences from the image are possible.
Height: 15cm
Weight: approx. 500g
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