{"product_id":"sadashiva-lingodbhava-murti-cosmic-assembly-tanjore-antique-wood-frame","title":"Sadashiva As Lingodbhava Murti with Cosmic Assembly – Masterpiece Tanjore with Antique Wood Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tall, rising form dominates the centre, Shiva shown in his Lingodbhava aspect, where the linga and the many-faced Sadashiva are brought together into one continuous, upward movement. What is usually understood as two distinct expressions, the formless linga and the manifest, many-faced deity, are here held within a single figure, making the idea immediately visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis image draws from the Shiva Purana, where Shiva appears as an endless pillar of light to resolve the dispute between Brahma and Vishnu. Challenged to find its limits, Vishnu descends as Varaha while Brahma ascends as the hamsa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeither reaches an end. The episode establishes Shiva as that which cannot be measured or contained. In this painting, that idea is not only narrated but structured into the very form of the central figure, combining the abstract and the embodied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround this axis, the story remains in motion. Brahma and Vishnu occupy opposite directions, their journeys held mid-action. Below, Nandi sits in direct alignment with Shiva, while Kamadhenu, Narada, Tumburu, and Garuda extend the scene into a populated, attentive ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface is defined by fine, controlled lines. Ornament across Shiva’s form follows a clear symmetry, while surrounding figures shift in posture and drapery, introducing movement and variation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the presence of this work, the idea of the infinite is no longer abstract; it is organised into form, so that the viewer stands before the same unresolved axis that Brahma and Vishnu once sought to comprehend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bronze N Beyond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43009698594879,"sku":"BNBT009","price":5686.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3386\/5535\/files\/bnb-wm-36154077741119.jpg?v=1779576643","url":"https:\/\/bronzenbeyond.com\/products\/sadashiva-lingodbhava-murti-cosmic-assembly-tanjore-antique-wood-frame","provider":"Bronze N Beyond","version":"1.0","type":"link"}