South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c9.s16.12

c9.s16.12

Jvaradēva of Saiva mythology, who is supposed to have been the destroyer of the demon Bhasmāsura, is described in the Āgamas as having three legs, three heads, six arms, nine eyes, and a dejected appearance. An image from Bhavānī in the Coimbatore district (fig. 106) answers to this description of Jvaradēva.