I imagine that when your career is arts based, you've likely assimilated that society's labels are arbitrary and determined in large part by competitive interests, because there is less of a fundamental truth than they would imply once established. Since this is a software engineering forum, we tend to expect more objectivity in our labels. Ironically when you think about it because software labels are so obviously artificial.

I thought the jury was still out on whether the so called Pasupati seal actually shows Shiva

I guess like so many questions it comes down to how you choose to define and name things.