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The Pashupati seal, showing a seated and possibly tricephalic figure, surrounded by animals; circa 2350–2000 BCE. The Pashupati seal (also Mahayogi seal, [1] Proto-Śiva seal [2] the adjective "so-called" sometimes applied to "Pashupati"), [3] is a steatite seal which was uncovered in Mohenjo-daro, now in modern day Pakistan, a major urban site of the Indus Valley civilisation ("IVC ...
Mould of Pashupati seal from the Indus Valley civilization, c. 2500 BC, its central figure in a pose resembling Mulabandhasana. Paśupati , "Lord of beasts", is a name of the later Hindu god Śiva . The central figure in the Pashupati seal from the Indus Valley civilization of c. 2500 BC appears to be sitting in Mulabandhasana, and hence ...
Here a figure in Mesopotamian dress, often interpreted to be a god, grapples with two lions. It has been connected to the famous Pashupati seal from the Indus Valley civilization (2500-1500 BC), showing a figure seated in a yoga-like posture, with a horned headress (or horns), and surrounded by animals. [12]
Pashupati (Sanskrit: पशुपति, IAST: Paśupati) is a form of the Hindu deity Shiva, in his benign aspect as the five-faced herdsman of all creatures. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pashupati is traditionally considered to be the guardian deity of Nepal , described in texts such as the Nepala Mahatmya , found in regional versions of the Skanda Purana .
The Pashupati seal, showing a seated figure, surrounded by animals. The first known sculpture in the Indian subcontinent is from the Indus Valley Civilization (3300–1700 BCE). These include the famous small bronze Dancing Girl. However such figures in bronze and stone are rare and greatly outnumbered by pottery figurines and stone seals ...
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An excavated artifact includes a piece of woven cotton and the seal of Pashupati Mahadeva, or proto-Shiva. Great Bath (the biggest bath ghat), Great granary, Bronze dancing girl, Bearded man, terracotta toys, Bull seal, Pashupati seal, three cylindrical seals of the Mesopotamian type, a piece of woven cloth Morodharo Kutch District: Gujarat: India
There are other seals, as well, which can be understood as pictorial representations of AV and RV hymns (Pathak 1992, 1997a, 1997b). Compare IP's contribution, who writes "the appearance of Pashupati seal motif, a typical central male figure sitting cross-legged, in a large number in various forms on many IVS sites shows its importance."