Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.s8.3

v2.c16.s8.3

Dakshiṇāmūrti is viewed in four different aspects namely, as a teacher of *yōga*, of *vīṇā*, of *jñāna* and as also an expounder of other *Śāstras* (*Vyākhyānamūrti*). Of these, the last form is the one which is most frequently met with in temples. It has already been mentioned elsewhere that in all Hindu temples, both Śaiva and Vaishṇava, the niche on the south wall of the central shrine should have the figure of Dakshiṇāmūrti enshrined in it.