an ugly demon personifying ignorance and the bonds (malams) that fetter the soul from reaching God – usually seen under the foot of Nataraja and Dakshinamurti
Apaurūṣeya (अपौरूषेय) refers to ‘disciplines dealing with knowledge not contingent on individuals’; It is one of the two types of Shastra. This literature is also described as Vedas, also includes the Upaniṣads (cf. pauruseya).
seventh-century Shaivite poet-saint, one of the muvar (‘Revered Three’)
celestrial nymph; semi-divine female beings inhabiting Hindu god Indra’s paradise as dancers and musicians, partnered with gandhara’s – celestial musicians
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