Woman performing her devotion to the Hindu god Shiva, in the form of a Linga
In this single folio, a woman is engaged in prayer. She sits on a pink cloth, her head in profile, with her body turned three-quarters to the viewer. Her right hand is covered by a golden textile, under which she counts beads on a rosary in meditation. She has garlanded the linga, or symbol of the H...
| Published in: | Conversations |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Yale University
2013
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Conversations
Year: 2014 |
| Further subjects: | B
Shaiva
B Great Britain B East India Company B Colonialism B Parvati B Lingam B Hinduism B Puja B Shiva B Rosary |
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| Summary: | In this single folio, a woman is engaged in prayer. She sits on a pink cloth, her head in profile, with her body turned three-quarters to the viewer. Her right hand is covered by a golden textile, under which she counts beads on a rosary in meditation. She has garlanded the linga, or symbol of the Hindu god Shiva, and its three stripes of orange are mirrored on her forehead. |
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| ISSN: | 2475-241X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Conversations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22332/con.obj.2014.5 |