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Page from a Dispersed Shiva Mahatmya (Great Tales of Shiva) The Shiva Sahasranama (Sanskrit: शिवसहस्रनाम, romanized: śivasahasranāma) is a ...
The word is a compound of sahasra "thousand" and nāman "name". A Sahasranāma often includes the names of other deities, suggesting henotheistic equivalence and/or that they may be attributes rather than personal names. [5] Thus the Ganesha Sahasranama list of one thousand names includes Brahma, Vishnu, Shakti, Shiva, Rudra, SadaShiva and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. Hindu religious hymn Vishnu Sahasranama Vishnusahasranama manuscript, c. 1690 Information Religion Hinduism Author Vyasa Verses 108 Part of a series on Vaishnavism Supreme deity Vishnu Rama Important deities Dashavatara Matsya Kurma Varaha Narasimha Vamana Parasurama Rama Balarama ...
A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) [1] is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language like Sanskrit or Avestan) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.
Soumya is among the "Shiva Sahasranama" – 1008 Names of Lord Shiva. [8] [9] [10] Soumya is one of the nine regions of Bharatavarsha according to the Brahma Purana. [11] The names of eight of these regions are Indradvipa, Kaserumana, Tamraparna, Gabhastimana, Nagadvipa, Soumya, Gandharva, and Varuna. [12] [13]
Lord of All Ganas (Gods) Ganadhyaksha Om Ganadhyakshaya Namah। विघ्नराज ॐ विघ्नराजाय नमः। Lord of All Hindrances Vighnaraja Om Vighnarajaya Namah। विनायक ॐ विनायकाय नमः। Lord of All Vinayaka Om Vinayakaya Namah। द्वैमातुर
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]
Shiva and Vishnu are both viewed as the ultimate form of god in different Hindu denominations. Harihara is a composite of half Vishnu and half Shiva, mentioned in literature such as the Vamana Purana (chapter 36), [145] and in artwork found from mid 1st millennium CE, such as in the cave 1 and cave 3 of the 6th-century Badami cave temples.