The Development of Hindu Iconography c19.s4.2

c19.s4.2

¹ Rāmāyaṇa, VIII. 16, 14. Nandī is described in this Sarga (v. 8) as, karāla kṛṣṇapiṅgalaḥ | Vāmano vikaṭo muṇḍī Nandī hrasvabhujo balī. In verse 16 he is called vānararūpa; Rāvaṇa, not allowed by Nandī to proceed to Śiva's abode in Kailāsa, laughs at him, and is cursed in turn by the trident-bearing Nandī, the second Śaṃkara (Dīptam śūlamavaṣṭabhya dvitīyamiva Śaṃkaraḥ).