Shiva, one of the three great Hindu gods, is the god of destruction. It used to be the god of reproduction in the Indus civilization and the god of Vedic storms, rudra. It has the dual characters of reproduction and destruction, creation and destruction, and presents all kinds of strange and grotesque faces, mainly including Linga, terror, gentleness, superman, three faces, dancing king, glass and so on.
Shiva status
Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu are the three main gods of Hinduism. Shiva's position is destroyer, with dual characters of reproduction and destruction, creation and destruction.
Ten States of God
God is the generator, the maintainer and the melting pot. In this state, God exerts its three main attributes (sifat): germination, maintenance and melting. This trinity state corresponds to the trinity of Vedanta: Brahma (creator), Vishnu (defender) and Shiva (Mahesh, destroyer). Sufism is synonymous with Afridgar, Parvardigar and Fanakar.
Image characteristics of Shiva
Among the existing icons in Hinduism, the most important and famous one is the bronze statue of Shiva, which was cast in Jura era and is called Natalo, meaning the king of dancing or the king of dancers. This image was created in great quantities in the Jura era and continued in South India until the12nd century.
In Hindu statues, Shiva usually dresses up as a yoga ascetic, covered in gray, with a vertebral bun, a crescent moon hanging from her head, a long snake hanging from her neck, a string of skeletons hanging from her chest, tiger skin hanging from her waist, and a trident, axe, tambourine, stick or doe in four hands. He has a third eye on his forehead, which can blow out the torch of God and burn everything to ashes. It is said that Kama, the goddess of love, interfered with Shiva's asceticism. Shiva's torch in the third eye burned the goddess of love to death, but she didn't die, just lost her body, so love is invisible.
Shiva is portrayed as a heavenly dance that creates and destroys the world. His hair fluttered wildly with the dance and the rhythm of the hourglass drum in his right hand. Complementing this moment of creation is the simultaneous destruction of the universe, symbolized by the flame around the ring and the single flame in Shiva's left hand. This single flame turns everything into nothingness: just in balance with the drum of creation in his right hand. The right hand at the bottom indicates that he wants to comfort his followers and make a reassuring and fearless gesture to bless them. A further blessing is "gaja hasta" on the left hand side below. This "flag" gesture consists of hanging fingers stroking the trunk, pointing to the left foot leaning from behind the ignorant dwarf. This symbolic gesture can free believers from the suffering of Maya.
Among many other interesting details, there is a skeleton decorated with this crown and a crescent moon, which symbolizes that Shiva appeared in the universe in stages and even hid. In his bun mixed with the ashes of the deceased, Shiva descended from the sky and inherited the Ganges, a miniature of the Ganges goddess standing on his right hair. She is a half-blood mermaid, with a female upper body and a mokaro lower body. This symbolic meaning is endless. For Shiva believers, this icon explains the sympathy and power of this dance to create and destroy the universe.