Shiva Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Notes == === Explanatory notes === {{notelist}} {{reflist|group=note|refs= {{refn|name="ilph_rep_l"|group=note| The ithyphallic representation of the erect shape connotes the very opposite in this context.{{sfn|Kramrisch|1994a|p=218}} It contextualize "[[Tantric sex|seminal retention]]", practice of [[Celibacy#Hinduism|celibacy]] ([[Brahmacarya]])<ref name="govind52">{{cite journal|author=Ghurye, G.S.|year= 1952|title= Ascetic Origins|journal= Sociological Bulletin|volume= 1|issue= 2|publisher= Sociological Bulletin, 1(2)|pages= 162β184|doi=10.1177/0038022919520206|s2cid= 220049343}}</ref> and illustration of ''Urdhva Retas''{{sfn|Kramrisch|1994a|p=26}}<ref name="brill72">Pensa, Corrado. "Some Internal and Comparative Problems in the Field of Indian Religions." Problems and Methods of the History of Religions. Brill, 1972. 102β122.</ref><ref name="patt06" >Pattanaik, Devdutt. Shiva to Shankara: Decoding the phallic symbol. Indus Source, 2006.</ref><ref>Ghurye, G.S., 1952. Ascetic Origins. Sociological Bulletin, 1(2), pp. 162β184.</ref> and represents Shiva as "he stands for complete control of the senses, and for the supreme carnal renunciation".{{sfn|Kramrisch|1994a|p=218}}}} }} === Citations === {{Reflist}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page