trishula
त्रिशूल triśūlaThe trident, Shiva's chief weapon, read in the tradition as the three strands of nature or the three cosmic functions.
Where this term appears
- Shiva's Emblems: The Trishula and the Damaru Deities
These are the trishula and the damaru , and the tradition has thought about them for a very long time.
- How to Read a Murti Deities
A figure with a trident and a small hourglass drum is Shiva, whose trishula and damaru are his alone.
- Who is Shiva? Deities
The trident , triśūla , is his chief weapon, and the hourglass drum, the ḍamaru , is standard especially in his dancing forms.
- The never-forsaken Treatise
It sits on the tip of Shiva's trishula , his trident, lifted clear of the ground.