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The magnificent edifice of Dakshinamurthy, in the temple of Srikalahastishvara in Andhra Pradesh, considered as an embodiment of the Ishavasyopanishad itself, exquisitely depicts the core Upanishadic substance "Brahma Satyam (ब्रह्मसत्यम्)" of the shanti patha of Ishavasyopanishad. It stands as a testimony of expertise of the sculptors, both in agama shastras (required for temple construction) and the tattvashastras (knowledge of philosophy). The present article is an excerpt from the book Ishavasyopanishad - Satyavrata Bhaskara Kshetram.

The magnificent edifice of Dakshinamurthy, in the temple of Srikalahastishvara in Andhra Pradesh, considered as an embodiment of the Ishavasyopanishad itself, exquisitely depicts the core Upanishadic substance "Brahma Satyam (ब्रह्मसत्यम्)" of the shanti patha of Ishavasyopanishad. It stands as a testimony of expertise of the sculptors, both in agama shastras (required for temple construction) and the tattvashastras (knowledge of philosophy). The present article is an excerpt from the book Ishavasyopanishad - Satyavrata Bhaskara Kshetram.

==  Introduction ==

==  परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==

No other divine form can better represent the attributes of Satya (Universal Truth), Jnana (Knowledge of the Supreme Brahman), Ananta (Boundless), and the qualities of Namelessness, Formlessness and Immovability as does 'Dakshinamurthy' who is the very personification of the supreme entity. Dakshinamurthy portrays the Supreme knowledge, which is Avangmanagochara (अवाङ्मनगोचरः) or describable neither by words nor by intellect, by Jnanamudra (ज्ञानमुद्रा) - symbolic representation of perfection in Silence - the 'Oneness' of the Jivatma (Self) and Paramatma as given in the following shloka.<blockquote>चित्रं वटतरोर्मूले वृद्धाः शिष्या गुरुर्युवा । गुरोस्तु मौनं व्याख्यानं शिष्यास्तुच्छिन्नसंशयाः ॥ (Daks. Stot. 3)</blockquote><blockquote>''citraṁ vaṭatarormūle vr̥ddhāḥ śiṣyā gururyuvā । gurostu maunaṁ vyākhyānaṁ śiṣyāstucchinnasaṁśayāḥ ॥''</blockquote>Dakshinamurthy expounds and awakens the Supreme Knowledge, within the mind of a ripe aged seeker of Truth with a head full of doubts, arguments, debates and logics, in a strange way, by the use of 'Chinmudra' and ‘Maunam’ (Silence or Calmness of thoughts and Mind).

No other divine form can better represent the attributes of Satya (Universal Truth), Jnana (Knowledge of the Supreme Brahman), Ananta (Boundless), and the qualities of Namelessness, Formlessness and Immovability as does 'Dakshinamurthy' who is the very personification of the supreme entity. Dakshinamurthy portrays the Supreme knowledge, which is Avangmanagochara (अवाङ्मनगोचरः) or describable neither by words nor by intellect, by Jnanamudra (ज्ञानमुद्रा) - symbolic representation of perfection in Silence - the 'Oneness' of the Jivatma (Self) and Paramatma as given in the following shloka.<blockquote>चित्रं वटतरोर्मूले वृद्धाः शिष्या गुरुर्युवा । गुरोस्तु मौनं व्याख्यानं शिष्यास्तुच्छिन्नसंशयाः ॥ (Daks. Stot. 3)</blockquote><blockquote>''citraṁ vaṭatarormūle vr̥ddhāḥ śiṣyā gururyuvā । gurostu maunaṁ vyākhyānaṁ śiṣyāstucchinnasaṁśayāḥ ॥''</blockquote>Dakshinamurthy expounds and awakens the Supreme Knowledge, within the mind of a ripe aged seeker of Truth with a head full of doubts, arguments, debates and logics, in a strange way, by the use of 'Chinmudra' and ‘Maunam’ (Silence or Calmness of thoughts and Mind).

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