Trishula

Statue of Shiva holding a trishula.

The trishula (Sanskrit: त्रिशूल, romanizedtriśūla) is a trident, a divine symbol, commonly used as one of the principal symbols in Hinduism.[1] It is most commonly associated with the deity Shiva and widely employed in his iconography.[2]

  1. ^ Rysdyk, Evelyn C. (2019-02-20). The Nepalese Shamanic Path: Practices for Negotiating the Spirit World. Schuster. ISBN 978-1-62055-795-2.
  2. ^ Blurton, T. Richard (1993). Hindu Art. Harvard University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-674-39189-5.