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With an umbrella in the snow
L'attore Kabuki Iwai Kumesaburo II
Cup with spout
Cup with ibex
Akshobya
Box for paper and documents
Candlestick base
Safavid tile
Commentary on the 40 Traditions
Fragment of Prabhamandala
Ushnishavijaya
Stupa with cosmic Buddhas
Mamluk Ampoule
Prajñaparamita manuscript with double cover
Winter landscape at a watercourse
Tamon-Ten
Akshobhya the Buddha of the eastern direction
Mirror box
Inro with Tokaido stations
glass thu
Hu vase with painted decoration
Urn for the soul (Hunping)
Reclining Buddha in Parinirvana
Fox dance
Architectural fragment with Shiva and a Vyala
Anthropomorphic neck jar
Civil servant on high pedestal
Jnana Dakshinamurti
Head of Vishnu
Shalabhanjika
destroy
Worship of Krishna
Head of a bearded man (Silenus or Atlas)
Buddha and ascetic
The defeat of Mara
Shakyamuni Buddha on the throne of lions

Jnana Dakshinamurti

Anonymous

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The sculpture, in the late Cola style, shows the figure of Shiva as a master of all arts and sciences and lord of knowledge - this southern image is called Jnana Dakshinamurti. Shiva is seated in the heroic posture of the virasana; under the right foot Dakshinamurti crushes the dwarf symbol of ignorance (apasmarapurusha). The small figure is lying on the ground in front of the high trapezoidal seat that depicts Mount Kailasa in the form of a simple rock. With his rear right hand Dakshinamurti holds a cobra, with a characteristic hooded head; with the anterior one it shows the gesture of the transmission of knowledge, jnanamudra; with his rear left hand he holds a torch of fire (agni); the front left hand, brought in front of the abdomen with the palm turned downwards and outwards, holds a small book.
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Title: Jnana Dakshinamurti

Author: Anonymous

Date: XII sec. d.C.

Technique: Gray granite

Displayed in: MAO - Museum of Oriental Art

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