[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Figure of Shiva # Figure of Shiva (Figure of Śiva) Śiva Natarāja ('Lord of Cosmic Dance'). Dancing four-armed figure of Śiva in an oval mandorla edged with stylised flames. In his upper right hand the god carries an hourglass-shaped drum, in the left, a blazing flame. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 800–940 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1969-1216-1](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1969-1216-1) · Pramāṇa