Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c17.38
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c17.38
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Śiva also represented the tradition of the ancient naked ascetics (vātaraśanā yatis) and the Mahānagna Purusha of Vedic folklore. And the Yogī in whom all the elements of a stern spiritual discipline found their fulfilment. He has two aspects, firstly as Sthāṇu, fixed and changeless, and secondly as Naṭarāja the Great Dancer who exemplifies the world rhythm in the movements of his dance. In the Vedas Indra is called Nṛitu and Girvaṇa and both these epithets apply to Śiva as Naṭarāja and the arch-teacher of music and sciences.