Indian axe for comments and suggestions

Royston · 5th December 2008, 08:30 AM

Thanks to everyone for their help so far.

I have been searching for more information on the Gods but have become somewhat disillusioned after finding a statement saying that according to Hindu mythology there are 340 million of them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It would appear that one of the items the female is carrying is the hour glass shaped drum called a Damaru. This seems to appear with a lot of the Gods. I have a shield that depicts both Kali and Shiva holding these.

Jim,
I had never heard of Gamble's book before. Do you think it is worth having ? I see there is a used copy on Amazon for £90 so it's not cheap.

The term " Temple " axe gets used a lot. What does it actually mean ??

bhushan,
I have been looking at Indian scripts and it looks as though it probably is Devanagari. Thanks for that, now if anyone can actually tell me the language and what it says, I would be most happy

Thanks again

Royston

5th December 2008, 08:30 AM	#6
Royston Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Poole England Posts: 443	More questions Thanks to everyone for their help so far. I have been searching for more information on the Gods but have become somewhat disillusioned after finding a statement saying that according to Hindu mythology there are 340 million of them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It would appear that one of the items the female is carrying is the hour glass shaped drum called a Damaru. This seems to appear with a lot of the Gods. I have a shield that depicts both Kali and Shiva holding these. Jim, I had never heard of Gamble's book before. Do you think it is worth having ? I see there is a used copy on Amazon for £90 so it's not cheap. The term " Temple " axe gets used a lot. What does it actually mean ?? bhushan, I have been looking at Indian scripts and it looks as though it probably is Devanagari. Thanks for that, now if anyone can actually tell me the language and what it says, I would be most happy Thanks again Royston Attached Images