Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 If I am not mistaken, the temple of Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu in India has Nandi in human form. Ranganath - akka_108 abhinavagupta Saturday, September 06, 2003 1:33 PM [Y-Indology] Nandi Is Nandi (Shiva's bull) always shown as an animal, or is there also a tradition of portraying him in anthropomorphic form? Sponsor indology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 In South Indian art he can be shown as a bull-headed man, attendant upon Siva. Valerie J Roebuck Manchester, UK >Is Nandi (Shiva's bull) always shown as an animal, or is there also >a tradition of portraying him in anthropomorphic form? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >indology > > > >Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Nandi in anthropomorphic form is not rare in South Indian temples. Iconographically his appearance repeats that of Shiva in his Candrashekhara aspect. Also it must be remembered that there is common confusion between two different characters: Nandi the Bull and Nandi-Nandikeshvara. For details, see my article Nandikeshvara in Hindu Iconography // Annals of B.O.R.I., 1997 (publ. in 1998). Regards, Marina Orelskaya. Dr Marina Orelskaya Dpt of Performing Arts University of Pune Ganeshkhind Road Pune 411007 Maharashtra India tel.+91-9823174007 -- Ranganath <s_ranga108 wrote: > If I am not mistaken, the temple of Thiruvarur in > Tamil Nadu in India has Nandi in human form. > > Ranganath > > - > akka_108 > abhinavagupta > Saturday, September 06, 2003 1:33 PM > [Y-Indology] Nandi > > > Is Nandi (Shiva's bull) always shown as an animal, > or is there also a tradition of portraying him in > anthropomorphic form? > > > > > > SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > Sponsor > > > > > > > indology > > > > > Terms of Service. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 What do you think for Ganesh? as a historical man or mythological imagination. Ganesh is known as Ganapati in south India, In Rigveda Ganapati is known as leader of certain Ganas, which were close to vrata tribes. In atharvaveda not only vrata but Vratya is also mentioned. interesting thing is that in the Uchchishta sukta, which is always considered as song for leftover offering. but other hand one name of Ganapati is Uchcishta. In ganapati temple of Trivandrum there is a picture. Atharvaveda talks about Uchchisht with great respect. but at the time of manu smriti and Yajyavlkya samhita Uchchishtas were not considered well in the societies. but after a period of gap puranas has adopted Ganapati in very interesting way. he is not "oras purtra" of shiva but more than oras putra. I have written a paper on this topic. I can not include because of space limitation. but I feel a lot to think for the deities and there social development. - akka_108 abhinavagupta Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:03 AM [Y-Indology] Nandi Is Nandi (Shiva's bull) always shown as an animal, or is there also a tradition of portraying him in anthropomorphic form? Sponsor indology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 I am inclined to believe that originally Nandi was meant to represent the constellation Taurus. Rajesh Kochhar (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( - | In South Indian art he can be shown as a bull-headed man, attendant upon Siva. | | Valerie J Roebuck | Manchester, UK | | >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 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 In the story of Guha in Buck's rendering of the Ramayana Nandi first appears as a dwarf to confront Yamas servants trying to take Guha away. Does anyone know if this story actually occurs in the Ramayana or where Buck got it from? Harry Spier 371 Brickman Rd. Hurleyville, New York USA 12747 >Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck >INDOLOGY >INDOLOGY >Re: [Y-Indology] Nandi >Mon, 8 Sep 2003 07:19:41 +0100 > >In South Indian art he can be shown as a bull-headed man, attendant upon >Siva. > >Valerie J Roebuck >Manchester, UK > > >Is Nandi (Shiva's bull) always shown as an animal, or is there also > >a tradition of portraying him in anthropomorphic form? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >indology > > > > > > > >Your use of is subject to > > > > >indology > > > >Your use of is subject to > > _______________ Compare Cable, DSL or Satellite plans: As low as $29.95. https://broadband.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 pradeep wrote: > > What do you think for Ganesh? as a historical man or mythological imagination. Ganesh is known as Ganapati in south India, In Rigveda Ganapati is known as leader of certain Ganas, which were close to vrata tribes. gaNAnAM gaNapatiH in a South Indian text. For Nandi in human form and different from the bull human see BHATTACHARYA, Gourishwar: "Nandin and VRSabha", ZDMG Suppl. 3, 1977, 1545-1567. Regards Klaus -- Klaus Karttunen, Ph.D. Docent of Indology and Classical Ethnography Institute of Asian and African Studies PL 59 (Unioninkatu 38 B), 00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND phone 358-0-19122188, fax 358-0-19122094 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 INDOLOGY, marina orelskaya <m_orelskaya> wrote: >Iconographically his appearance repeats that of Shiva in his >Candrashekhara aspect. Isn't there a difference between the two forms nandi and candrashekhara in the sense that Nandi is seen with Anjali hastha? Regds Vidya > Also it must be remembered that there is common > confusion between two different characters: Nandi the > Bull and Nandi-Nandikeshvara. For details, see my > article Nandikeshvara in Hindu Iconography // Annals > of B.O.R.I., 1997 (publ. in 1998). > Regards, > Marina Orelskaya. ---- Original Message ----- > > akka_108 > > 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 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 To quote the same article: "However, more often NandikeSvara the door-keeper looks exactly like Siva himself in his aspect of CandraSekhara. The only difference lies in the positioning of the forearms: the abhaya and the varada mudrA-s of Siva are substituted by the a~njali mudrA placed near NandikeSvara's chest." Regards, Marina Orelskaya --- Vidya Jayaraman <vidyajayaram wrote: > Isn't there a difference between the two forms nandi > and > candrashekhara > in the sense that Nandi is seen with Anjali hastha? > > Regds > Vidya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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