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Genuine Dakshinavarti Lakshmi Conches are only found in the Indian Ocean, between Myanmar (Burma) and Sri Lanka. The three main localities - near Rama Setu, Sri Lanka, and Ramishwaram to Tuticorin (rare); the Arabian Sea; and the Bay of Bengal. Shells from each locality show distinct morphological variations, although varieties showing mixed ...
At 8:30 am, eight supayas dressed in Ghanamattaka, holding Dakshinavarti Shankh filled with water from five rivers by Yamethin Supaya, poured water on the King's head [21] while saying: Oh King! please act always as the good and righteous kings from Mahāsammata at the beginning of the world onwards. Oh King! do not be harsh to your vassals ...
The Dakshinavarti is particularly highly valued in terms of its religious significance. [7] In its religious context, the Dakshinavarti shankh is considered to be right-handed, because the "handedness" of the shell coiling is measured with the "spout" or siphonal canal of the shell pointing upwards.
In English, the shell of this species is known as the "divine conch" or the "sacred chank". It may also be simply called a "chank" or conch. There are two forms of the shanka: a more common form that is "right-turning" or dextral in pattern, and a very rarely encountered form of reverse coiling or "left-turning" or sinistral. [9]
Apart from the traditional upacharas (articles of worship) whose number varies from five, 10, 16 to 18, worship of a shaligrama shila requires only tulasi leaves and water poured from a Dakshinavarti Shankh (special conchshell) for ablution compared to an murti which requires upacharas of monetary value
Dakshinamurti (Sanskrit: दक्षिणामूर्ति, romanized: Dakṣiṇāmūrti) [1] is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as a guru (teacher). He is ...
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Detail of a pillar at Deogarh (Lalitpur district, Nepal ) showing Brāhmī and shell inscriptions. Shankhalipi (IAST: Śaṅkhalipi) or "conch-script" is a term used by scholars to describe presently undeciphered [1] ornate spiral characters assumed to be Brahmi derivative that resemble conch shells (or shankhas) which can tentatively be assigned a new script family.