A depiction of Shiva... from the book:
Truthful detailed description of the famous East India Coast Malabar and Coromandel, and the island of Ceylon.
By Philippus Baldaeus
Published by John Janssonius of Waesberge and Someren in Amsterdam - 1672
Pretty lousy picture, I have not seen such a poor job in the roughest of rock hewn sculptures.
SO crude!!!
I APPRECIATE THE WAY THESE TRAVELLERS DEPICTED SHIVA ,IN DETAIL,WITH EVERYTHING.......ABSOLUTELY......i see everyting kapala mala,trident,rudrakshamala,dhamaruka,the snake,brahma kapala,three eyes,the chandra-moon,kapala mala,tigerskin,and many others..............the perception of having many hands ,made them to draw like this...........its a work done in distinction.............high quality.........the roopams of Dakshina murthy ,Kalabhairava ,veerbhadra ,rudra were drawn in one figurine..................hats of to their perceprtion and executing the most complex form of hindu god
i personally find it beautiful to see another perception of shiva from an outsider!
Not Shiva................... Buddha only.
We created the myth in various symbols
i think it well done for understanding lord shiva..
including the cakra? what in the heck is upper rt. a bottle?
It is a club ..gathayutham..