Old Shiva Lingam Stone (a)
…beautiful collection and display piece
Old
Shiva Lingam Stone (a),
Shiva Linga, is an
abstract or aniconic representation of
the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. It is typically
the primary murti or devotional image in Hindu temples dedicated
to Shiva, also found in smaller shrines, or
as self-manifested natural objects. It is often represented within a
disc-shaped platform, the yoni – its feminine
counterpart, consisting of a flat element, horizontal compared to the
vertical lingam, and designed to allow liquid offerings to drain away for
collection. Together, they symbolize the merging of microcosmos and
microcosmos, the divine eternal process of creation and regeneration, and
the union of the feminine and the masculine that recreates all of existence.
The original meaning of lingam as
"sign" is used in Shvetashvatara Upanishad, which says
"Shiva, the Supreme Lord, has no liūga", liuga (Sanskrit: IAST: liūga) meaning he is transcendental,
beyond any characteristic and, specifically, the sign of gender. Lingam is
regarded as the "outward symbol" of the "formless Reality",
the symbolization of merging of the 'primordial matter' (Prakṛti) with the 'pure consciousness'
(Purusha) in transcendental context… Please see detail photos which form part of the description… STU/A48
The measurements are
Size: 13.5 cm High X 6.5 cm Diameter
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NOTE
Many of the items for sale at Jim’s International Bazaar
were collected by Jim on his around the world adventures as an author, photojournalist,
and photographer. They include Turkish rugs, copper and brass, and
artifacts from
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
James Anderson
is an internationally renowned photojournalist and
adventurer, with two major photographic books (New Guinea & Cannibal), plus
covers and major spreads in a whole host of internationally prestigious
magazines from Life International to The Geographic and Argosy.
He's been shipwrecked in the Pacific, wrestled camels in
A blue-water yachtsman, he sailed his own 60ft yacht, the
"Moana Vahine", from Hong Kong to Southern Turkey, down the South
China Sea, across the Indian Ocean, and up the full length of the Red Sea, via
Singapore, Panang, Sri lanki, The Maldive Islands, and French Djibouti. An avid
diver and spear fisherman, he mounted a series of diving expeditions in The
In addition to several years in