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# Dakshinamurti

Image of four armed Shiva as Dakshinamurti seated on a high seat in lalitasana perhaps representing a hill under a banyan tree. His right foot is on apasmara. His rear hands hold a snake and fire; while front right hand is in vyakhyan mudra. His front left hand is carrying kusha grass or scriptures.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1300–1399 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.62-664](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.62-664) · Pramāṇa
