South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c9.s3.5

c9.s3.5

¹ Sixteen of these are mentioned in the Silpasāra. They are :- Sukhāsana, Vaivāhika, Umāsahita (according to the Mayamata Umāskanda), Vrishārūdha, Tripurāntaka or Purāri, Natarāja, Chandrasēkhara, Ardhanāri, Harihara, Chandēśvara (Mayamata gives Chandēśānugraha), Kāmāri, Kālanāsa, Dakshināmūrti, Bhikshātana, Sadāśiva (Mayamata gives Mukhalinga) and Lingōdbhava. The Kārānāgama mentions twenty-five.