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SIVA-DAKSHINA-MURTIS ŚIVA AS THE GREAT TEACHER
(Seated Poses)
VINADHARA-DAKSHINA-MURTI
YOGA-DAKSHINA-MURTI (Three types)
VYAKHYANA-DAKSHINA-MURTI
Seat
Lotus seat Right leg pendant, resting on dwarf Apasmārapurusha, on lotus pedestal or on the floor
all
Asana
Seated cross-legged (padmāsana)
Hands
Four
Eyes
Three
Objects in hands
Front R.h.-in jñāna mudră Front R.h.-near the chest Front L.h.-in boon-giving in yoga-mudra
or stretched straight in Front L..--upon lap in the danda pose, the elbow yogic posture resting upon the left knee Back R.h.--rosary Back R.h.-rosary
Back L.h.-lotus Back L.H.-fire or snake or
lotus
Front L.h.-stretched to rest on elbow on the knee of the bent left leg. Other hands identical with the first type
Front right and left hands held in kataka pose, the former with its palm facing below and the latter facing above. The viva should be held at the top by the left hand and by the right hand at the lower end; the viņā should rest on the right thigh. The lower right hand should be manipulating the strings of the viņā
Position of legs
Seated in sukhāsana, right Jeg pendant
Legs bent and crossed in ancarly vertical position
Left leg bent in utkurikásana Left leg and left side of the body held together by a yogapattă Right leg is pendant
the left leg should be kept in the utkuţika posture. The viņā may not be shown
Crown
Companions
Jaţă with flowers, serpent on left, skull-cup and moon crescent on right. Ganga in middle of jată crown Niva as teacher-god has 4 to 7 companions. These are rishis. They wear jată crowns
Gaze fixed on tip of nose. A few jatās on shoulder. A number of rishis adore him
Misc.
