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Shiva appeared in his true form in front of Ashwatthama and offered him a divine sword. Then Shiva himself entered the body of Ashwatthama, making him completely unstoppable. [8] After Ashwatthama entered the camp, he first kicked and awakened Dhrishtadyumna, the commander of the Pandava army and the killer of his father. Ashwatthama strangled ...
The Brahmashirā Astra or Brahmashirsha astra (Brahma's 4 head weapon), [3] manifests with four heads of Brahma at the front and is four times stronger than the normal Brahmastra. Arjuna , Drona , Karna , Ashwatthama , and Bhishma were among who possessed this knowledge in Mahabharata . [ 4 ]
Brahmarakshasas were a regular feature in old Indian stories like Simhasana Dvatrimsika, [5] Panchatantra [6] [7] and other old wives tales. [8] As per these stories, brahmarakshasas, were powerful enough also to grant any boon, money, gold, if they became pleased with any person.
Adi Parashakti is used to describe the Divine Mother (Supreme Feminine Energy/Mother of whole creation), usually mentioned as supreme form of Lord Shiva's consort Parvati in Hindu scriptures. [3] Parashakti is an all-pervasive, pure consciousness, power, and primal substance of all that exists and it has Mahamaya-form, unlike Parashiva which is ...
Barbarika/ Belarsen was a grandson of Bhima (second of the Pandava brothers), and the son of Ghatotkacha. Ghatotkacha was the son of Bhima and Hidimbi.He learnt the art of warfare from his mother Ahilāvati, who was also known as Mauravi (daughter of Mura).
There is a colloquial saying that "Shiva without Shakti is Shava" which means that without the power of action (Shakti) that is Mahakali (represented as the short "i" in Devanagari) Shiva (or consciousness itself) is inactive; Shava means corpse in Sanskrit and the play on words is that all Sanskrit consonants are assumed to be followed by a ...
It is said that Shiva allocated the job of guarding each of the 52 Shaktipeeths to one Bhairava. There are said to be 52 forms of Bhairava, which are considered a manifestation of Shiva himself. Traditionally, Kala Bhairava is the Grama devata in the rural villages of Maharashtra, where he is referred to as "Bhairava/Bhairavnath" and "Bairavar".
Shiva as Sharabha subduing Narasimha, panel view from Munneswaram temple in Sri Lanka Part-lion and part-bird deity in Hinduism Sharabha ( Sanskrit : शरभ , Śarabha ) or Sarabha is an eight-legged part-lion and part-bird deity in Hindu religion , who is described as more powerful than a lion or an elephant, possessing the ability to clear ...