International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 11

Iconography of mahisasuramardini: A study

  • Author:
  • Raghunath Goswami
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 97 to 102

Raghunath Goswami Research Scholar at Visva Bharati University, West Bengal, 731204, (India)

Online published on 26 March, 2021.

Abstract

Iconography is a medium which tells as the truth of religious dogmas with meaningful existence. On the other way iconography acts as “vidya” of principles and the significance of contemporary of the people in an apparent from there are many branches of study in which the icon such as the “asanas”, “mudras”, “bhanigimas”,varnas etc-delineate some special features of it. The genre of the term we can see the greek word “eikon” means a figure representing a deity. With the above meaning this word has a close parallel in indian tems as “arca”, “bera”, vigraha connected with “tanu or rupa”. This branch can attach itself with the human befiefs,riligious and psychological emotioon of common life as reflected in indian context.

Keywords

Asana, Mudra, Bhangimas Durga, Mahalaxmi, Mahisasuramardini