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Apasmara

Apasmara, clutching a cobra and trampled beneath the foot of Nataraja (Shiva as lord of dance).

Apasmara (Sanskrit: अपस्मार, IAST: Apasmāra) is a dwarf who represents spiritual ignorance and nonsensical speech in Hindu mythology.[1][2] He is also known as Muyalaka or Muyalakan.

  1. ^ T. A. Gopinatha Rao (1997). Elements of Hindu Iconography. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 223–229, 237. ISBN 978-81-208-0877-5.
  2. ^ Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja), Chola period, c. 10th/11th century The Art Institute of Chicago, United States

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