By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Daksinamurti, DaksinAmurti, Dakshinaamurti
- rightwards image; southwards image
- the image that is endowing; the image that is auspicious; the benevolent form
- a form of Śiva based on the Āgamas in which He is depicted as a benevolent, calm, merciful preceptor and teacher of all branches of knowledge and the arts.
