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== Other commentators on the subject == | == Other commentators on the subject == | ||
[[File:Shiva the Nataraja (bronze statuette).jpg|Shiva the Nataraja (bronze statuette)|right|200px|Sarkarverse Map]] | [[File:Shiva the Nataraja (bronze statuette).jpg|Shiva the Nataraja (bronze statuette)|right|200px|Sarkarverse Map]] | ||
According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, tandava is a pictorial allegory of the five principal manifestations of eternal energy:<ref>[http://www.mahashivratri.org/shiva-tandava.html Ananda Coomaraswamy, cited at www.mahashivratri.org]</ref> | According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, tandava is a pictorial allegory of what he deems to be the five principal manifestations of eternal energy:<ref>[http://www.mahashivratri.org/shiva-tandava.html Ananda Coomaraswamy, cited at www.mahashivratri.org]</ref> | ||
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* 'Srishti' (सृष्टि) - creation, evolution | * 'Srishti' (सृष्टि) - creation, evolution | ||