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    UmaMaheshvara (Sanskrit: उमामहेश्वर, romanized: Umāmaheśvara) is a form of the divine couple, Shiva (Maheshvara) and Parvati (Uma), in Hindu iconography...
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    Parvati (redirect from Uma (goddess))
    knee or standing beside him (together the couple is referred to as Uma-Maheshvara or Hara-Gauri) or as Annapurna (the goddess of grain) giving alms to...
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  • are occupied by the couple Uma-Maheshvara (Parvati and Shiva). The earliest instance of their portrayal with Uma-Maheshvara is at Desha Bhattarika, Nepal...
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    of Shiva: Sadyojata (also known as Varuna), Vamadeva (also known as Uma Maheshvara), Tatpurusha, Aghora, and Ishana. They face the west, north, east, south...
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    sanctum. In between the twin temples is a small intervening shrine called the "Uma-Maheshwara" shrine with a kalyana mantapa ("marriage alter") supported by...
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    Buddha delivering his first sermon in the deer park at Sarnath, Varanasi Uma-Maheshvara, Aihole (7th century CE) Varuna with Varunani. Statue made from Basalt...
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    (north-east corner), Karttikeya (south-east corner), and Lakshmi-Narayana or Uma-Maheshvara (south-west). Reitz's theory is based on an analysis of other contemporary...
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    13th century contribution from the Hoysala era to the pre-existing Uma-Maheshvara shrine at the Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple complex, Chikkaballapura district...
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  • Umashankar may refer to: UmaMaheshvara, the Hindu deities Uma (Parvati) and Maheshvara (Shiva) Pooja Umashankar, Indian-Sri Lankan actress Umashankar...
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  • (Drevniaia Baktriia); the Gardez inscriptions on an image of Ganesa; and the Uma Maheshvara image inscriptions from Tapa Skandar. Several Buddhist inscriptions...
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  • Uma-maheshvara (IAST: Umāmaheśvara), also known as Abhinava-Kālidāsa ("the new Kalidasa"), was a Sanskrit-language philosopher and grammarian from present-day...
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    (called the ashta-dik-palaka) which includes an image of four handed Uma-Maheshvara (the god Shiva with his consort Parvati). The ceiling of the open hall...
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    Sculpture of Mahishasura Mardhini dated to the 12th century. Sculpture of Uma-Maheshvara dated to the 12th century from Belagutti. Sculpture of Ganapati dated...
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  • Sculptural remains, often damaged or fragmentary, include depictions of Uma-Maheshvara, of Vamana, and of Ganesha, all dated to the 9th-10th century CE based...
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    Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan (KP 208–243). Uma-Maheshvara: ithyphallic Shiva with spouse Uma riding the bull Nandi, Penjikent Temple II, 690-722...
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    Shiva (redirect from Maheshvara)
    Viswanatha (lord of the universe), Mahadeva, Mahandeo, Mahasu, Mahesha, Maheshvara, Shankara, Shambhu, Rudra, Hara, Trilochana, Devendra (chief of the gods)...
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    The mantapa (hall) in the temple contains sculptures of Uma Maheshvara (Shiva with his consort Uma), Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi, the Sun God Surya, Nāga-Nagini...
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    images of Pala-era Buddha, Tara, Nairotma, Avalokiteshvara, Jambhala, Uma-Maheshvara as well as incarnations of Vishnu, Navagrah, Dasavatara and Dikpala...
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  • built in Chalukya regime such as the Parvati Parameshwara Temple *"Sri.Uma Maheshvara Temple". Temples of Karnataka. Retrieved 19 July 2009. with stone carvings...
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    According to the story found in Shubhakarasimha's ritual manual, Maheshvara's wife Uma (Parvati) gave birth to three thousand children: from her left side...
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    in Mogao Cave 285 in Dunhuang as a protector of Buddhism with the gods Maheshvara (Shiva) and Skanda. After the development of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism...
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    representation of the Supreme Being as Creator. Other representations are Maheshvara or Shiva as the Destroyer and Vishnu as the Preserver. Since these seven...
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    the supreme deity. Epithets Hara Rudra Virupaksha Manjunatha Bholenath Maheshvara Avatars Some of the major avatars and forms associated with Shiva include:...
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    Demons; Guardian of the South West (converted Buddhist rakshasas) Shiva or Maheshvara (Daijizaiten 大自在天 or Ishanaten 伊舎那天) – Lord of The Desire Realms; Guardian...
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    is called Vedic-Puranic, who use the terms such as "Shiva, Mahadeva, Maheshvara and others" synonymously, and they use iconography such as the Linga,...
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