Long Brass HANGING BELL Shiva Siva Hindu God HINDU ART Start Price USD 49.00 Current Price USD 49.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 64.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 28, 2008 End Time Friday, December 05, 2008 Location Vancouver, BC See more about 'Long Brass HANGING BELL Shiva Siva Hindu God HINDU ART' Description Beautiful pure sound. I added two pictures taken without flash so details appear a bit better. Beautiful carving and face, nice details, very serene and distinguished. Bought from dealer - I am listing this for less than half of what I originally paid for itMakes a beautiful gift. Very lovely sculpting/carving on this. A beautiful, strong sound.Lord Shiva represents the aspect of the universe that is continuously dissolving all things so that they can be recreated.  He is the Lord of compassion.  He protects those who worship him.  He bestows grace and awakens wisdom.      Atop of this brass bell, Shiva, the auspicious one, sits in deep absorption in his inner self.  The sacred river Ganges flows from his matted hair and his garland is a snake.  He holds his trident, symbolizing his power to destroy ignorance.  His right hand is raised in the mudra of offering blessings.  The bell is quite heavy.  It is 7 1/2 inches tall (including Shiva who is about 3 1/2 inches tall) and weighs over 3 pounds.  It is on a 17 inch chain with a hook at the top for hanging.   In India, one always finds a bell at the entrance to a temple or holy place.  When a devotee rings the bell on entering, they are letting the deity of that place know that they have arrived to ask for blessings.  What a fabulous bell to hang at the entrance to a space which is sacred to you, or anywhere in your home, to attract the benevolent blessings of Shiva.  When you ring the bell it serves as a gentle reminder of the great Lord who dwells within every heart. This item comes from Dharamsala, India Shiva: Shiva is symbolic of the dynamic forces of creation and destruction, and the harmonious balance of opposites. Shiva has four arms, which represent the four cardinal directions of space, and are symbolic of Shiva's omnipresence. In each hand, the figure holds a different symbolic object or makes a meaningful gesture. A drum represents the sound of creation. A gesture (Abhaya) means "do not be afraid." A gesture toward the lifted right foot is symbolic of release from the cycles of death and rebirth. Another hand holds a flame, which is the essence of creation and destruction. Shiva is referred to as 'the good one' or the 'auspicious one'. Shiva - Rudra is considered to be the destroyer of evil and sorrow. Shiva - Shankara is the doer of good. Shiva is 'tri netra' or three eyed, and is 'neela kantha' -  blue necked (having consumed poison to save the world from destruction. Shiva - Nataraja is the Divine Cosmic Dancer. Shiva - Ardhanareeswara is both man and woman. He is both static and dynamic and is both creator and destroyer. He is the oldest and the youngest, he is the eternal youth as well as the infant. He is the source of fertility in all living beings. He has gentle as well as fierce forms. Shiva is the greatest of renouncers as well as the ideal lover. He destroyes evil and protects good. He bestows prosperity on worshipers although he is austere. He is omnipresent and resides in everyone as pure consciousness.   Shiva is the destroyer of the world, following Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver, after which Brahma again creates the world and so on. Shiva is responsible for change both in the form of death and destruction and in the positive sense of the shedding of old habits. In Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram or Truth, Goodness and Beauty, Shiva also represents the most essential goodness. Shiva is the god of the yogis, self-controlled and celibate, while at the same time a lover of his spouse (shakti). Shiva's first wife was Sati and his second wife was Parvati, also known as Uma, Gauri, Durga, Kali and Shakti. His sons are Ganesha and Kartikeya. Shiva lives on Mount Kailasa in the Himalayas. Shiva's main attributes are the trident that represents the three gunas and the snakes that show he is beyond the power of death and poison and also stand for the Kundalini energy. The vehicle of Shiva is the white bull called Nandi (the joyful). He is often seated on a tiger skin or wears a tiger skin, with the tiger representing the mind. Shiva has many forms, which are visible in his Panchavaktra form with 5 heads, a combination of all Shiva energies : Aghora (resides in the creamation grounds), Ishana (most often appears as the shivalingam), Tat Purusha (meditating), Varna Deva (the eternal Shiva) and Saddyojat or Braddha Rudra (the old wrathful form). The last also forms the connection to the Rudraksha mala - a rosary made of the dried fruits of the Rudraksha tree. Shiva Nataraj's dance represents both the destruction and the creation of the universe and reveals the cycles of death, birth and rebirth. His Dance of Bliss is for the welfare of the world. In the pose of Nataraj, the King of Dance is giving darshan to his beloved devotees within the "Hall of Consciousness", which is the heart of man. Under his feet, Shiva crushes the demon of ignorance called Apasmara Purusha, caused by forgetfulness. One hand is stretched across his chest and points towards the uplifted foot, indicating the release from earthly bondage of the devotee. The fire represents the final destruction of creation, but the dance of the Nataraj is also an act of creation, which arouses dormant energies and scatters the ashes of the universe in a pattern that will be the design of the ensuing creation. Shiva is conceived in his unborn, invisible form as the Lingam. It is always accompagnied by the Yoni, which is the female principle, surrounding the base of the Lingam. The Lingam represents the male creative energy of Shiva. When Ganga incarnated on Earth, Shiva captured her in his hair to avoid that she would flood all of Earth Shiav worshippers are among India's most ascetic yogis, their body smeared with ashes, dressed in saffron colors and wearing a Rudraksha mala.   Place a Bid!