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Lakulisa Mathura Pillar Inscription
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The Lakulisa Mathura Pillar Inscription is a 4th-century CE Sanskrit inscription in early Gupta script related to the Shaivism tradition of Hinduism. Discovered near a Mathura well in north India, the damaged inscription is one of the earliest evidences of murti (statue) consecration in a temple made to celebrate gurus. It is, according to the Indologist Michael Willis, crucial to understanding the "history of Pashupata Shaivism" and a floruit for the antiquity of its practices. The Lakulisha Mathura inscription is one of the earliest epigraphical evidence of a developed Shaiva initiation tradition.
Lakulisa Mathura Pillar Inscription
Lakulisa Mathura Pillar Inscription
The inscribed pillar recording the installation of two Shiva Lingas by Udita Acharya in the "year 61 following the era of the Guptas in the reign of C
The inscribed pillar recording the installation of two Shiva Lingas by Udita Acharya in the "year 61 following the era of the Guptas in the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya, son of Samudragupta" (380 CE). Rangeshwar Temple. Mathura Museum No. 29.1931. The end of the inscription is visible on the corner to the left.
Detail of early Gupta relief, Lakulisa Mathura Pillar.
Detail of early Gupta relief, Lakulisa Mathura Pillar.
Lakulisha
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Lakulisha was a prominent Shaivite revivalist, reformist and preceptor of the doctrine of the Pashupatas, one of the oldest sects of Shaivism.
Lakulisha at Sangameshvara Temple at Mahakuta, Karnataka (Chalukya, 7th century CE). His 5th–10th century ithyphallic statues are also found in seated
Lakulisha at Sangameshvara Temple at Mahakuta, Karnataka (Chalukya, 7th century CE). His 5th–10th century ithyphallic statues are also found in seated yogi position in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere.
Early Gupta relief on the Lakulisa pillar, inscribed Gupta era "year 61", 380 CE.
Early Gupta relief on the Lakulisa pillar, inscribed Gupta era "year 61", 380 CE.
Lakulisha among his four disciples Kusika, Garga, Mitra, and Kaurushya, rock-cut stone relief, Cave Temple No. 2 at Badami, Karnataka, Early Chalukya
Lakulisha among his four disciples Kusika, Garga, Mitra, and Kaurushya, rock-cut stone relief, Cave Temple No. 2 at Badami, Karnataka, Early Chalukya dynasty, second half of the 6th century CE
Statue of Lakulisha, Pratihara, 9th century CE.
Statue of Lakulisha, Pratihara, 9th century CE.