Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c27.6

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v4.c27.6

The *Liṅga-purāṇa* has a third account of the origin of Nandikeśvara. A blind *ṛiṣi* named Silāda was practising penance with a desire to obtain an immortal son, not born of human beings.

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Liṅgapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit