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Nataraja:
Nataraja - Lord of the dancers, a name of Shiva

 
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Nataraja
Lord of the dancers, a name of Shiva

 
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Nataraja: (Sanskrit) "King of Dance," or "King of Dancers."
 
God as the Cosmic Dancer. Perhaps Hinduism's richest and most eloquent symbol, Nataraja represents Siva, the Primal Soul, Parameshvara, as the power, energy and life of all that exists. This is Siva's intricate state of Being in Manifestation. The dance of Siva as Natesha, Lord of Dancers, is the dance of the entire cosmos, the rhythmic movements in all. All that is, whether sentient or insentient, pulsates in His body.
 
 

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Goddess: Female representation or manifestation of Divinity; Shakti or Devi.
 
Goddess can refer to a female perception or depiction of a causal-plane being (Mahadeva) in its natural state, which is genderless, or it can refer to an astral-plane being residing in a female astral body.
 
To show the Divine's transcendence of sexuality, sometimes God is shown as having qualities of both sexes, e.g., Ardhanarishvara, "Half-woman God;" or Lord Nataraja, who wears a feminine earring in one ear and a masculine one in the other.

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Nataraja: "King of the Dance," a title of Shiva the Cosmic Dancer.The whole creation is is the dance of Shiva.

 
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 Nataraja: Lord of the dancers, a name of Shiva

 
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Chidambaram:
Chidambaram (Chidhambaram). Town 122 miles SSW of Madras, noted for its temple dedicated to Siva in his aspect of "cosmic dancer", Nataraja.

 
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Hinduism Lexicon on A
From aadheenam to axis.
 

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issue forth: To come out; be created. To start existing as an entity. E.g., creation issues forth from Nataraja's drum.
See: emanation, Nataraja, tattva.

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Primal Soul: The uncreated, original, perfect soul - Siva Parameshvara - who emanates from Himself the inner and outer universes and an infinite plurality of individual souls whose essence is identical with His essence. God in His personal aspect as Lord and Creator, depicted in many forms: Nataraja by Saivites, Vishnu by Vaishnavites, Devi by Shaktas.
See: Nataraja, Parameshvara.

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sthiti: (Sanskrit) "Preservation."
See: Nataraja.

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srishti (Sanskrit) "Creation."
See: Nataraja.

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tirobhava: (Sanskrit) "Concealment," same as tirodhana.
See: Nataraja, tirodhana shakti.

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samhara: (Sanskrit) "Dissolution; destruction."
See: mahapralaya, Nataraja.

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obscuration: Same as obscuring grace.
See: grace, Nataraja.

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