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English: Display Artist: Nainsukh Creation Date: last quarter 18th century Display Dimensions: 6 9/16 in. x 9 5/8 in. (16.7 cm x 24.45 cm) Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Accession Number: 1990.1285
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Uma–Maheshvara, central India, probably late 1000s to 1100s AD, buff sandstone, Dallas Museum of Art. Uma–Maheshvara (Sanskrit: उमामहेश्वर, romanized: Umāmaheśvara) is a form of the divine couple, Shiva (Maheshvara) and Parvati (Uma), in Hindu iconography.
Sati-Parvati appears in the epic period (400 BCE–400 CE), as both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata present Parvati as Shiva's wife. However, it is not until the plays of Kalidasa (5th–6th centuries) and the Puranas (4th through the 13th centuries) that the stories of Sati-Parvati and Shiva acquire more comprehensive details.
English: Shiva Gangadhara, Parvati, the ascetic Bhagiratha. Ravana Phadi cave, Aihole Ravana Phadi cave, Aihole Français : Shiva Gangadhara (lors de la descente du Gange : Ganga est représenté avec les trois bustes de "celle qui va par trois chemins"), entouré de Parvati et de l'ascète Bhagiratha. entrée principale du mandapa .
A bearded Shiva sits in the centre with his wife Parvati and their infant son Ganesha; surrounded by (clockwise from left upper corner) Ganesha, Devi, Vishnu, and Surya. Shiva's mount is the bull Nandi below Shiva. In the Smarta tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is a part of its Panchayatana puja. [181]