Kalita Tandava, an eight-armed manifestation of Shiva’s cosmic dance, illuminates the cycles of creation, preservation, and dissolution through a precise symbolic grammar. Readers gain a clear map of its iconographydamaru, agni, triśūla, and protective mudrāsand how these elements encode the pañcakṛtya and expanded functions of grace and discernment. The article connects Vedānta, Kashmir Śaivism, and…