Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s7.90

v2.c16.s7.90

Another verse of Uṇmai Viḷakkam explains the fiery arch (*tiruvāsi*): The Pañchākshara and the Dance are identified with the mystic syllable Ōm, the arch being the *kombu* or hook of the ideograph of the written symbol : “ The arch over Srī Naṭarāja is Ōmkāra; and the akshara which is never separate from the Ōmkāra is the contained splendour. This is the Dance of the Lord of Chidambaram”.*