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The word Nataraja is a Sanskrit term, from नट Nata meaning "act, drama, dance" and राज Raja meaning "king, lord"; it can be roughly translated as Lord of the dance or King of the dance. [22] [23] According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, the name is related to Shiva's fame as the "Lord of Dancers" or "King of Actors". [24]
The name comes from the Sanskrit epithet नटराज Naṭarāja, "Dancing King", [a] one of the names given to the Hindu God Shiva in his form as the cosmic dancer, [4] and आसन āsana meaning "posture" or "seat". [5] Nataraja is the aspect of Shiva "whose ecstatic dance of destruction lays the foundation for the creation and ...
It is essentially a Shaivite festival and celebrates the cosmic dance of Shiva, which is represented by the Nataraja form. [20] [21] [22] Arudhra (Thiruvathirai in Tamil) signifies the golden red flame and Shiva performs the dance in the form this red-flamed light. Shiva is supposed to be incarnated in the form of Nataraja during the Arudra ...
In the hymn of Manikkavacakar's Thiruvasagam, he testifies that Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram had, by the pre-Chola period, an abstract or 'cosmic' symbolism linked to five elements (Pancha Bhoota) including ether. [308] Nataraja is a significant visual interpretation of Brahman and a dance posture of Shiva. [309]
The shrine is venerated as Thillai ambalam literally meaning the open stage of Thillai. [3] The name of the town of this shrine, chit ambara means 'ether of consciousness' or 'atmosphere of wisdom' in the Sanskrit Language. [4] This composite word comes from its association with Nataraja (Shiva), the cosmic dancer and the cultural atmosphere ...
Bhikshatana throws his skull begging-bowl on the ground and the Brahmins throw it out, but another skull bowl appears in its place. Consequently, hundreds of skulls appear, polluting the sacrifice, which compels Brahma to promise Shiva that no sacrifice will be deemed complete without an invocation to him, Kapaleshvara—the Lord of the skulls.
Nataraja is the dancing Shiva Lord of dance in Hinduism: Date: Taken on 27 August 2017, 13:19: Source: Nataraja, Chola period bronze, 11th century, Government Museum, Chennai (5) Author: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The bronze Nataraja design of Thanjavur, found in many museums, was commissioned for this temple's sanctum. [39] The temple is dedicated to Shiva in the form of a huge linga, his abstract aniconic representation. It is 29 feet (8.7 m) high, occupying two storeys of the sanctum. [6] [12] It is one of the largest monolithic linga sculptures in ...