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[2] [3] Ayyan in Tamil and the similar Malayalam word acchan means "father". [4] [5] Appan is also used to denote "father"; in Tamil both words are also used as honorific titles. [2] [6] He is described as the son of Mohini (the female form of Vishnu) and Shiva with the name Ayyappan connoting as "lord-father".
Shiva is known as The Destroyer within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu. [7] [21] In the Shaivite tradition, Shiva is the Supreme Lord who creates, protects and transforms the universe.
One such legend of the origins of Muneeswaran is that of the omission of Lord Shiva from the Daksha Yajna, an elaborate ritual conducted by Dakshan, Lord Shiva’s father in law. [1] Lord Shiva was enraged by this, causing multiple deities to be formed in the process. [2] Munishwaran was believed to be one of the deities that was formed. [3]
Bhṛgu is mentioned in the Shiva Purana and the Vayu Purana, where he is shown present during the great yajna of Daksha (his father-in-law). [9] He supports the continuation of the Daksha yajna even after being warned that without an offering for Shiva, it was asking for a catastrophe for everyone present there.
With respect towards the holy river, he constructs a Shiva linga and performs pooja and the temple is named as Rameshwara temple. The place where Parashurama cleaned his axe is called Ramakunda. He plays important roles in the Mahabharata serving as mentor to Bhishma (chapter 5.178), Drona (chapter 1.121) and Karna (chapter 3.286), teaching ...
Another states that his father lived in the western Deccan region. [24] A third claims he was born in the jungles of Kashmir near the sacred Amarnath Temple . [ 25 ] A fourth legend states he was born along with his brothers Durvasa and Chandra, to an unwed mother named Anusuya, [ 26 ] In a fifth myth, sage Atri was very old when young Anusuya ...
His five deeds, known "Panchakrityas" (five holy acts), are assigned to Panchamurti, his five aspects, viz., Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Mahesvara and Sadasiva (Mahesvara and Sadashiva are forms of Shiva, Rudra is also refers as Shiva ). Creation, Preservation, Destruction, Obscuration and Grace are done by these five manifestations respectively.
In the epics and Puranic scriptures, he is a son of the creator-god Brahma and the father of many children, who became the progenitors of various creatures. According to one legend, a resentful Daksha conducted a yajna (fire-sacrifice), and deliberately did not invite his youngest daughter Sati and her husband Shiva.