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Gajasurasamhara (lit. "The Slayer of the elephant demon"), also Gajasamhara, Gajantaka and Gajaha (all three lit. "the Slayer of the elephant") [1] and Matangari ("The Enemy of the elephant"), [2] is a fierce aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as the Destroyer of the elephant demon, Gajasura.
Sahasranama are medieval Indian texts that list a thousand names derived from aspects and epithets of a deity. [53] There are at least eight different versions of the Shiva Sahasranama, devotional hymns listing many names of Shiva. [54] The version appearing in Book 13 (Anuśāsanaparvan) of the Mahabharata provides one such list.
† Bustingorrytitan shiva Simón & Salgado, 2023 Bustingorrytitan (meaning "Bustingorry's giant") is a genus of lithostrotian titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Huincul Formation of Argentina.
Shiva is the supreme God and performs all actions, of which destruction is only but one. Ergo, the Trimurti is a form of Shiva Himself for Shaivas. Shaivites believe that Shiva is the Supreme, who assumes various critical roles and assumes appropriate names and forms, and also stands transcending all these. [ 16 ]
Articles relating to the god Shiva and his depictions. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism. Shiva is known as The Destroyer within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu. In the Shaivite tradition, Shiva is the Supreme Lord who creates, protects and transforms the universe.
Ongo, the God of Wood and Destruction, a character in 1997 Jungle De Ikou! Magu-chan: God of Destruction, a 2020 Japanese manga series; Trillion: God of Destruction, a 2015 Japanese video game; Beerus, the God of Destruction, a character in the Dragon Ball franchise; Yami Sukehiro, the Destruction God, a character in the manga series Black Clover
The kalasha is often seen in Hindu iconography as an attribute, in the hands of Hindu deities like the creator god Brahma, the destroyer god Shiva as a teacher, and the goddess of prosperity Lakshmi. Kamandalu , kamandal, or kamandalam - an oblong water pot made of a dry gourd (pumpkin) or coconut shell, metal, wood of the Kamandalataru tree ...
The destruction of the three cities accomplished, Shiva stood upon the ruins and began to perform the great dance of Tandava Nritya (known also as Tripura Nasha Nartana) by which (as Nataraja, Lord of the Dance) he alternately calls the cosmos into being and banishes it into non-existence in an endless cycle like the beating of a heart.