"Tandav" redirects here. For the 2014 film, see Tandav (film). For the 1984 Telugu film, see Tandava Krishnudu. For the 2021 TV series, see Tandav (web series).
A Shiva Nataraja idol in Tamil Nadu, India
Tandava (also spelled as Tāṇḍavam), also known as Tāṇḍava Natyam, is a divine dance performed by Hindu god Shiva.[1][2][3][4][5] Shiva is depicted as dancing the Tandava in his form of Nataraja.
The Natya Shastra, a Sanskrit treatise on the performing arts, describes various aspects of the Tandava.
this article: शिवताण्डवस्तोत्र The Shiva Tandava Stotra(m) (Sanskrit: शिवताण्डवस्तोत्र, romanized: śiva-tāṇḍava-stotra) is a Sanskrit religious hymn (stotra)...
Rudra Tandava (transl. Violent dance) is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Guru Deshpande, and is a remake of the 2013 Tamil film...
namely, Kali Tandava, Sandhya Tandava, Tripura Tandava, Ananda Tandava, Uma Tandava, Samhara Tandava, and Urdhva Tandava. A few temples in Tamil Nadu are...
The Abhinava Tandava ( also spelled as Abhinava Tandavam) also called as Abhinava Tarkatandava (Sanskrit:अभिनवताण्डवम्) ), is a Sanskrit work on Dvaita...
attack and Tandava learns of Surya's identity. Veerabhadra and Tandava decide to end the enmity and send the water to the village by having Tandava and Pallavi...
polemically themed doxographical works Nyayamruta, Tatparya Chandrika and Tarka Tandava (collectively called Vyasa Traya) documented and critiqued an encyclopaedic...
Tandava Krishnudu is a 1984 Telugu-language drama film, produced by B. Gopala Reddy, under the Krishna Art Creations banner and directed by P. Chandrasekhara...
The Śiva·sūtras, technically akṣara·samāmnāya, variously called māheśvarāṇi sūtrāṇi, pratyāhāra·sūtrāṇi, varṇa·samāmnāya, etc., refer to a set of fourteen...
well-versed in the six shastras and the four Vedas, including the Shiva Tandava Stotra. Ravana is also considered to be the most revered devotee of Shiva...
praise"), and basically both mean "praise". Notable stotras are Shiva Tandava Stotram in praise of Shiva and Rama Raksha Stotra, a prayer for protection...
goddess Parvati. Lasya is regarded as the female counterpart of Tandava. The Tandava-Lasya dances are associated with the destruction-creation of the...
deities in Hinduism, as the divine cosmic dancer. His dance is called the tandava. The pose and artwork are described in many Hindu texts such as the Tevaram...
movement is attributed to the Shiva's tandava style of dance (Bose 1991). There are different interpretations to tandava and lasya. I have above-mentioned...
Whistle (2013), the horror comedy Chandralekha (2014), the action film Rudra Tandava (2015) and the action thriller Amma I Love You (2018). Among other notable...
a commentary on Jayatirtha's Tattvaprakashika. His work Abhinava Tarka Tandava refuted the works of rival systems, especially those of Prabhākara of Mimamsa...
36 chapters. The text, states Natalia Lidova, describes the theory of Tāṇḍava dance (Shiva), the theory of rasa, of bhāva, expression, gestures, acting...
grief, Shiva then picked up the remains of Sati's body and performed the Tandava, the celestial dance of destruction, across all creation. Frightened, the...
idea while strengthening body and mind and making them flexible. Tandava or Tāṇḍava: is a vigorous dance. This dance is only performed by male followers...
Rudra. According to a widely narrated legend, Shiva performed the Tandava here. The Tandava is a vigorous dance that is the source of the cycle of creation...
Pratap Singh Hindi Chandra Tamil Savaari 2 Vishwanath Kannada 2015 Rudra Tandava Shivaraj's Father Kannada Rana Vikrama K. V. Anand Rao Kannada Chandrika...
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