Rāvaṇa Offers Heads to Śiva: Another Aspect of Rāvaṇānugraha-Mūrtis in Indian Art

Devendra Gupta, Divyanshu Bisht

2023

Abstract

The King of Laṅkā, Rāvaṇa, is a villain of Rāmāyaṇa. There is also an episode in Rāmāyaṇa, famous in Indian art, in which he is depicted as a demon trying to raise Mount Kailāsa without success. The sculptures associated with this story are known in Indian art as “Rāvaṇānugraha-mūrti”. In addition, Indian art also shows the form of Rāvaṇānugraha, known as a devotee of Śiva. These sculptures were built based on Śiva Purāṇa, in which mainly Rāvaṇa depicts doing great penance for Śiva. This paper discusses the importance of this aspect of Rāvaṇānugraha-mūrti, where Rāvaṇa is described as a devotee of Śiva

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gupta D. and Bisht D. (2023). Rāvaṇa Offers Heads to Śiva: Another Aspect of Rāvaṇānugraha-Mūrtis in Indian Art. In Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR; ISBN 978-989-758-687-3, SciTePress, pages 622-626. DOI: 10.5220/0012499700003792

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pamir23,
author={Devendra Gupta and Divyanshu Bisht},
title={Rāvaṇa Offers Heads to Śiva: Another Aspect of Rāvaṇānugraha-Mūrtis in Indian Art},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR},
year={2023},
pages={622-626},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012499700003792},
isbn={978-989-758-687-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR
TI - Rāvaṇa Offers Heads to Śiva: Another Aspect of Rāvaṇānugraha-Mūrtis in Indian Art
SN - 978-989-758-687-3
AU - Gupta D.
AU - Bisht D.
PY - 2023
SP - 622
EP - 626
DO - 10.5220/0012499700003792
PB - SciTePress