. . "Bhikshatana (s\u00E2nscrito: \u092D\u093F\u0915\u094D\u0937\u093E\u091F\u0928; Bhik\u1E63\u0101\u1E6Dana; literalmente, \"vagando por esmolas, medic\u00E2ncia\") ou Bhikshatana-murti (Bhik\u1E63\u0101\u1E6Danam\u016Brti) \u00E9 um aspecto do deus hindu Shiva como o \"Supremo medicante\" ou o \"Supremo mendigo\". Bhikshatana \u00E9 descrito como um homem nu e com quatro bra\u00E7os, adornado com enfeites e portando uma tigela para esmolas na m\u00E3o. \u00C9 acompanhado por uma comitiva de assistentes demon\u00EDacos e de mulheres plat\u00F4nicas."@pt . . . . . "Bhikshatana (Sanskrit: \u092D\u093F\u0915\u094D\u0937\u093E\u091F\u0928; Bhik\u1E63\u0101\u1E6Dana; literally, \"wandering about for alms, mendicancy\") or Bhikshatana-murti (Bhik\u1E63\u0101\u1E6Danam\u016Brti) is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as the \"Supreme mendicant\" or the \"Supreme Beggar\". Bhikshtana is depicted as a nude four-armed man adorned with ornaments who holds a begging bowl in his hand and is followed by demonic attendants."@en . . . "Bhikshatana"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\u092D\u093F\u0915\u094D\u0937\u093E\u091F\u0928"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bhikshatana"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bhikshatana (Sanskrit: \u092D\u093F\u0915\u094D\u0937\u093E\u091F\u0928; Bhik\u1E63\u0101\u1E6Dana; literally, \"wandering about for alms, mendicancy\") or Bhikshatana-murti (Bhik\u1E63\u0101\u1E6Danam\u016Brti) is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as the \"Supreme mendicant\" or the \"Supreme Beggar\". Bhikshtana is depicted as a nude four-armed man adorned with ornaments who holds a begging bowl in his hand and is followed by demonic attendants. Bhikshatana is considered a gentler form of Shiva's fierce aspect Bhairava and a gentle phase between Bhairava's two gruesome forms, one of which decapitates one head of the four headed god Brahma and the other of which kills the god Vishnu's gatekeeper. Bhikshatana is the form of Bhairava that Shiva assumes to atone for his sin of severing Brahma's fifth head. He wanders the universe in the form of a naked Kapali mendicant, begging for alms with Brahma's kapala (skullcup) as his begging bowl, until his sin is expiated upon reaching the holy city of Varanasi. Another legend describes Bhikshtana's visit to the Deodar (Pine) Forest to dispense the ignorance of sages and lead them to true knowledge. During his visit, he seduces the wives of the sages who come to give him alms. Horrified by Bhikshatana's \"heretic\" appearance and actions, the sages have a long confrontation with him. Ultimately Bhikshatana triumphs, establishing the worship of the Linga, his aniconic symbol. A variant of the legend narrates how Bhikshatana transforms into Nataraja\u2014Shiva as the Cosmic Dancer. Bhikshatana is a popular icon in South India, in contrast to North India, where it is of lesser importance. Though Bhikshatana does not have any temples dedicated to him as the primary deity, he is sculpted in stone temple walls, worshipped as a subsidiary deity, and cast in bronze as a temple festival processional icon in almost every major Tamil Shiva temple. Many Tamil language hymns sing of Bhikshatana's wanderings, often narrating of the pining of the love-smitten who are enamoured of him."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Aspect of Shiva"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Bhik\u1E63\u0101\u1E6Dana"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bhikshatana"@en . "31444637"^^ . . . . . "1073445768"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Hindu"@en . . . . . . . . "Bhikshatana (s\u00E2nscrito: \u092D\u093F\u0915\u094D\u0937\u093E\u091F\u0928; Bhik\u1E63\u0101\u1E6Dana; literalmente, \"vagando por esmolas, medic\u00E2ncia\") ou Bhikshatana-murti (Bhik\u1E63\u0101\u1E6Danam\u016Brti) \u00E9 um aspecto do deus hindu Shiva como o \"Supremo medicante\" ou o \"Supremo mendigo\". Bhikshatana \u00E9 descrito como um homem nu e com quatro bra\u00E7os, adornado com enfeites e portando uma tigela para esmolas na m\u00E3o. \u00C9 acompanhado por uma comitiva de assistentes demon\u00EDacos e de mulheres plat\u00F4nicas. Bhikshatana \u00E9 considerado uma forma mais suave de Bhairava, o aspecto feroz de Shiva, e uma fase delicada entre as duas formas terr\u00EDveis deste, nas quais ele decapita o deus Brahma e assassina o porteiro de Vishnu. Bhikshatana \u00E9 a forma de Bhairava que Shiva assume para expiar o pecado por ele cometido ao cortar a quinta cabe\u00E7a de Brahma. Ele vagueia pelo universo na forma de um mendigo nu, pedindo esmolas com a (solid\u00E9u) de Brahma, que \u00E9 usada como uma tigela de medic\u00E2ncia, at\u00E9 expiar seu pecado ao chegar na cidade sagrada de Varanasi. Bhikshatana \u00E9 um \u00EDdolo popular na \u00CDndia do Sul, em constraste com a \u00CDndia do Norte, onde tem uma import\u00E2ncia reduzida. Embora a deidade n\u00E3o possua templos dedicados a ela como o deus principal, Bhikshatana aparece espulpido nas paredes da v\u00E1rios templos de pedra, onde \u00E9 venerado como uma dinvidade subsidi\u00E1ria, e imagens de bronze suas est\u00E3o presentes em quase todas os principais templos de Shiva do estado de Tamil Nadu."@pt . . . . "Bhikshatana"@pt . . "God of ascetics"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "33492"^^ . "Bhikshatana, Annamalaiyar Temple, Thiruvannamalai"@en . . . . . .