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# Siva Natesha

Image of Siva Natesa dancing on the back of the Apasmara purusha, the personified demon of ignorance holding a cobra in his hand. He holds damaru and fire in his rear hands. His front hands are in abhaya mudra and gaja hasta mudra. There is a prancing deer near feet of apasmara.

- **Kind:** artefact

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.69-182](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.69-182) · Pramāṇa
