Guest guest Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Is Nandi (Shiva's bull) always shown as an animal, or is there also a tradition of portraying him in anthropomorphic form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Lord Shiva's bull <vahana> (vehicle) can be portrayed as a muscular man with a bull's head, often shown playing a <mridangam> drum while his master is dancing. Once, Parvati cursed Nandi to take a human mortal incarnation, when he became a famous dancing teacher. This human incarnation, and his half-human form, is often called Nandikeshvara ("little Lord Nandi"). -- Len/ Kalipadma On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:33:34 -0700 (PDT) akka_108 <akka_108 writes: > Is Nandi (Shiva's bull) always shown as an animal, or is there also a > tradition of portraying him in anthropomorphic form? > ______________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 That's interesting! kalipadma wrote: Lord Shiva's bull <vahana> (vehicle) can be portrayed as a muscular man with a bull's head, often shown playing a <mridangam> drum while his master is dancing. Once, Parvati cursed Nandi to take a human mortal incarnation, when he became a famous dancing teacher. This human incarnation, and his half-human form, is often called Nandikeshvara ("little Lord Nandi"). -- Len/ Kalipadma On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:33:34 -0700 (PDT) akka_108 <akka_108 writes: > Is Nandi (Shiva's bull) always shown as an animal, or is there also a > tradition of portraying him in anthropomorphic form? > ______________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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