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The Ribhu Gita (Sanskrit: ऋभुगीता; ṛbhugītā) is an acclaimed song at the heart of this purana whose content has been described as advaita, monist or nondual. The Ribhu Gita forms the sixth part of Shivarahasya Purana. It is one of the few works attributed to the Hindu sage Ribhu.
The notable Shaiva Upapuranas are the Saura Purana, the Shivadharmapurva Purana, the Shivadharmottara Purana, the Shivarahasya Purana, the Ekamra Purana, the Parashara Purana, the Varuna Purana, and the Maheshvara Purana. [1] The extant Saura Purana comprises 69 chapters. The extant Parashara Upapurana consists 18 chapters.
The pañcānana (Sanskrit: पञ्चानन), also called the pañcabrahma, [1] are the five faces of Shiva corresponding to his five activities (pañcakṛtya): creation (sṛṣṭi), preservation (sthithi), destruction (saṃhāra), concealing grace (tirobhāva), and revealing grace (anugraha). [2]
One version is contained in the Linga Purana, while another version occurs in the Mahabharata. Krishna states the thousand names of Shiva to Yudhishthira in the 17th chapter of Anushāsanaparva in the epic Mahabharata. Linga Purana (version 1, LP 1.65.54-168) is close to the Mahabharata Anushasanaparvan version.
This hymn is mentioned in the 53rd chapter of the 1st portion of the text Shivarahasya Purana. [5] The hymn is based on the text Devi Mahatmya, [6] referencing a number of legends of the goddess Durga such as slaying Mahishasura, Raktabija, as well as Chanda and Munda, as well as generally praising her attributes. [7]
The Upanishad, after an initial prayer offering to Indra, Garuda, and Brihaspati seeking prosperity and peace to all, extols Shiva or Maheshvara, in the first two verses as the original God, the creator of Brahma, Vishnu, and other divinities, as the being who governs the world, as the chief architect of the Vedas that was conveyed to Brahma, who destroyed the universe at the great flood, and ...
Deussen states that the text is from the group of five Upanishads which assert god Shiva as a symbolism for Atman in Hinduism. [8] Atharvashikha along with the other four Upanishads – Atharvashiras, Nilarudra, Kalagnirudra and Kaivalya – are ancient, with Nilarudra likely the oldest and Kaivalya the relatively later era Upanishad (still BCE) composed closer to the time of Shvetashvatara ...
The scripture belongs to the Shaiva sect, which worships Shiva, and is associated with the Samaveda, [1] and is one of 14 Shaiva Upanishads. [2] It is told as a conversation between Kalagni Rudra, a form of Shiva, and Sage Sanatkumara .