Candikeshvara, Caṇḍikeśvara, Candika-ishvara: 3 definitions




The Sanskrit term Caṇḍikeśvara can be transliterated into English as Candikesvara or Candikeshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chandikeshvara.

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

[«previous next»] — Candikeshvara in Vastushastra glossary
Source: Shodhganga: Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 AD

Caṇḍikeśvara (चण्डिकेश्वर).—The iconographic description of Caṇḍikeśvara is as follows. He should be represented always two handed. His right hand holds paraśu and the left is jānuhasta. He should be installed on the side of the pranala facing south. Good number of sculptures of Caṇḍikeśvara are found in the region (southern India).

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Śaivism

Caṇḍikeśvara (चण्डिकेश्वर) is the name of a Liṅga (symbolical manifestation of Śiva) that is associated with the Piṇḍāraka-tīrtha (a sacred bathing place). It represents the fifty-second of the sixty-four siddhaliṅgas mentioned in the Nepalese Tyasaphu (a folding book or leporello). At each of these spots Śiva is manifest as a Liṅga. Each of these liṅgas (e.g., Caṇḍika-īśvara) has its own specific name, mantra, set of rituals and observances, auspicious time etc.

The auspiscious time for bathing near the Caṇḍikeśvara-liṅga at the Piṇḍāraka-tīrtha is mentioned as “caitra-kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī” (latin: caitra-krishna-caturdashi). This basically represents the recommended day for bathing there (snānadina).

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Shilpashastra (iconography)

[«previous next»] — Candikeshvara in Shilpashastra glossary
Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (śilpa)

1) Candikeśvara is the name of a deity depicted in the Jambukeswarar Temple in Tiruvānaikoyil (Thiruvanaikaval) which is one of the Pañcasabhā or “five halls where Śiva is said to have danced”.—Candikeśvara is found seated in sukhāsana with two hands. The right hand is in kaṭaka-hasta and the left hand is in varada-hasta.

2) Candikeśvara is also depicted in the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai (or Madura), which represents a sacred place for the worship of The Goddess (Devī).—Candikeśvara is seated in sukhāsana with the hands in kaṭaka holding the axe and varada or sometimes resting on the thighs in nidrā-hasta. While depicting in dance, Candikeśvara is represented as seated in aindra-maṇḍala with the right hand in kapittha and the left hand in patāka inverted or sometimes in dolā-hasta. The devotee finds nearly fifty-one liṅgas followed by the image of Mahālakṣmī in padmāsana pose with flowers in both the upper hands. In the corner there is the ratna-sabhā where the dancing Naṭarāja is seen with left leg lifted and the other features the same as described earlier. Śivakāmi is found beside the dancing god.

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