[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Shiva Dakshinamurti # Shiva Dakshinamurti A miniature image of Shiva Dakshinamurti, rarely seen in copper alloy. The four-armed Shiva, as a mendicant guru, holds a snake and a trident in his upper hands and a manuscript in his lower left hand while the lower right hand is held in vitarka (teaching) mudra. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1600–1700 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-34-1999](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-34-1999) · Pramāṇa