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This character does not exist in the Mahadevan catalog, but it is included among the Mahadevan 1977 inscription list. Character #0 added by Celeste Horner in 2024 to represent zero, void, focus point, singularity, or bindu, important Hindu concepts. The index count needs to be done for glyph #0. In the first 16 inscriptions, there are 4 instances. It is a fairly frequent Indus glyph. Approximately 28/193 = 0.14 frequency in first 4 pages indexed! 1002 1003 1007 1017 1023 1027 1031 1039 1052 1057 1059 1073 1081 1089 1090 1097 1099 1112 1112.100121 1138 1154 1163 1164 1167 1176 1178 1185 1193
Source: Carved Mysteries. Shunya, void.
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6104: Shiva mode 3, destruction. Dead bird. Brahma, disciplined by beheading 5th head. 22: God. Annihilate / Point. Supreme / swallow. Shiva. Shiva is supreme, the very utmost apex of the supreme. 6108: Adversary / poison. Knife point / binding of evil. 21: Goddess. Annihilation. )) avatar. E eternal, endless. Up arrow, great, top. Undivided. Honors universal godddess Shakti. Suffered death as Sati and rebirth as Parvati, eternal feminine principle. Also allude to destructive power of Durga, who vanquished Mahishasura, the bull demon who defeated all the rest of the gods. Tree of life, supreme mother goddess #17. Banyon tree which survived even pralaya. Large breasts, holding infant, supreme mother. Also powerful figure holding sword, both of self-sacrifice, and by the moral power invicible in key battles and supreme dangers, the only force capable of vanquishing the foe with her combined powers of the universe and all gods. Certain epigraphy makes this more clearly a sprig of 3-leaf Bilva on the point of the mountain linga. |
