Hinduism
The god of destruction
Who is Shiva?
The material that the statuette is made of
What is cast bronze (lost wax method)?
The universe
What is the ring of fire?
Small, unadorned room at the center of a Hindu temple
What is the womb chamber?
What is the Khajuraho Temple Complex?
Supreme God in Hinduism
Who is Vishnu?
The century in which this Shiva Nataraja was made
What is the 11th century C.E.?
The drum whose beats to which the whole universe was created and is regulated by
What is the damaru?
The tallest tower of the temple that rises directly over the womb chamber
What is a Sikara?
the Lakshmana Temple houses an icon of this god
Who is Vishnu?
house for a god
What is a temple?
The name of the dynasty that ruled when this statuette was made
What is the Chola Dynasty (9th-13th centuries C.E.)?
The flame of destruction
What is the agni?
raised platform on which the temple was constructed
What is a plinth?
reason this temple was constructed
What is legitimizing the king's rule?
the cycle of death and rebirth
What is samsara?
The southern Indian state that this Shiva Nataraja originated from
What is Tamil Nadu?
The demon/dwarf of ignorance that Shiva tramples
Who is Apasmara?
nontheistic religion that emerged in India; several temples at the complex were dedicated to this religion
What is Jainism?
Lakshmana temple material
What is sandstone?
release from the cycle of death and rebirth
The ancient manual that this image of Shiva was taken from
What is the Shilpa Shastras?
The gesture that tells worshippers to come forward without fear
What is the abhaya mudra?
the state of being a couple
What is mithuna?
Royal crest of the Chandella Dynasty
what is a lion?