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The
humanist sage-seers invested the Supreme Being with several forms.
Some presented that Highest HIM a magnificent form draped in
dazzling outfit and bewitching jewellery. Many others in
sublime form in supreme simplicity. All for catering to the taste of
the adoring man and please his ego. As no two persons share sameness
-- internal or external, no imposition is practisable, nor does it
last longer. Presenting God, the Providence in several forms with a
wide variety of adornments, seems to be the chief motive of the
sage-seers. It evidently resulted in greater good to the greatest
number of adorers. Hence we are seeing Siva possessing with Jatajuta
-- matted locks; swetarupa --white complexion;
bhasmadharanadeh -- ash -- smeared body; trinetra -- a third eye in
the middle of the forehead; chaturbhuj a --four hands;
krishnajana dharana --
draped in the hide of black antelope together with gajacharma -
elephant's skin.
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