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11th-century statue of Shiva as Nataraja, the lord of the dance. Shiva, the destroyer deity, is the Ultimate Reality in Shaiva tradition. He is the spouse of Parvati, the goddess of power. He is represented by his forms, Mahakala and Bhairava. Shiva is often pictured holding the damaruka, an hourglass-shaped drum, along with his trishula, a ...
The Sanskrit word śaiva means "relating to the god Shiva", and this term is the Sanskrit name both for one of the principal sects of Hinduism and for a member of that sect. [37] It is used as an adjective to characterize certain beliefs and practices, such as Shaivism. [38]
The word is a cognate with Latin deus ('god') and Greek Zeus. In the earliest Vedic literature , all supernatural beings are called Devas [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and Asuras . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The concepts and legends evolved in ancient Indian literature , and by the late Vedic period , benevolent supernatural beings are referred to as Deva-Asuras .
The Arunachalesvara temple is one of the Pancha Bhoota Stalams, or five Shiva temples, with each a manifestation of a natural element: earth, water, air, sky and fire. [41] In Arunachalesvara temple, Shiva is said to have manifested himself as a massive column of fire, whose crown and feet could not be found by the Hindu gods, Brahma and Vishnu.
Khaṭvāṅga - In Hinduism, the god Shiva - Rudra carried the khatvāṅga as a staff weapon and are thus referred to as khatvāṅgīs. Saunanda - The mushala (cylindrical rod), weapon of Balaram. Gada. Ekasha Gada - The mace of Lord Shiva. A blow from the weapon is the equivalent of being hit by a million elephants.
Kresnik, golden fire god who became a hero of Slovenia; Ognyena Maria, fire goddess who assists Perun; Peklenc, god of fire who rules the underworld and its wealth and who judges and punishes the wicked through earthquakes; Svarog, the bright god of fire, smithing, and the sun, and is sometimes considered as the creator
Lingōdbhava (also called Lingobhava, the "emergence of the Linga") is an iconic representation of Hindu god Shiva, commonly seen in temples in Tamil Nadu. [ citation needed ] The iconography of Lingodbhava represents Shiva emerging out of the pillar of light , with smaller images of Vishnu in the form of a boar in the bottom and Brahma in the ...
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.