Mūlayaga

Mūlayaga

it's the name of a demon symbolizing ignorance, the no-knowledge.

it’s the name of a demon symbolizing ignorance, the no-knowledge. In Hindu iconography, Śiva builds his right foot on the Mulayaga daemon (also called Apasmarapurusha), thus symbolizing the abolition of the evil of ignorance, avidya.

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