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Glyph 17: Mahadevan (1977) Concordance and Tables, pg 183
[1] Shakti, supreme goddess. Cosmic feminine principle
[2] Mother goddess
[3] Tree of Life`, Banyan tree which survives Pralaya, sheltering sage
[4] 3-leaf cluster of Bilva leaves on a Shiva lingam
[5] Mother, large breasts, nurturing a child
[6] Goddess with sword of self-sacrifice
[7] Durga, goddess conquering evil with her sword
[8] Mother Earth, Bhumi
[9] Amrita, elixir of immortal life
[10] Soma mushroom
[11] Vishnu, decapitated by a bowstring, becomes a horsehead deity of wisdom, the only way to defeat horsehead demon who stole Vedas
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.
1191: Birth? like ms hieroglyph, khet born of body #310
Clepsydra water clock #
House of the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. Eden?
(E = serpent with ventral scales, or palm leaf book, thorns on tree of Wisdom)
Tree of Wisdom, Mount Meru. Like umbrella, covers where Mount Mandara broken off to churn Ocean of Milk
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