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[1] [2] [3] Some scholars identify this avatar to be the same as the first tirthankara of Jainism, Rishabhanatha. [3] [4] Shaiva texts like the Linga Purana regard Rishabha to be among the 28 avatars of Shiva. [5] Rishabha is also found in Vedic literature, where it means the "bull" and is an epithet for Rudra (Shiva). [6]
Vṛṣabha, or Vrishabha, is a month in the Indian solar calendar. [1] [2] It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Taurus, and overlaps with about the second half of May and about the first half of June in the Gregorian calendar. [1] The first day of the month is called Vrishbha Sankranti, and it generally falls on May 14 or 15. [citation needed]
The Sanskrit word nandi (Sanskrit: नन्दि) means happy, joy, and satisfaction, the properties of divine guardian of Shiva-Nandi. [2]The application of the name Nandi to the bull (Sanskrit: Vṛṣabha) is a development of recent syncretism of different regional beliefs within Shaivism. [3]
Varaha Avatar of Vishnu kills Hiranyakshan. Emūsha - In the Brāhmana, a boar which raised up the earth, represented as black and with a hundred arms (probably the germ of the Varaha avatara). Varaha is the third avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu in the form of a boar. Varahi is one of the Matrikas. With the head of a sow, Varahi is the consort ...
Birth of the Tirthankara Rishabha, folio from the Devasano Pado Kalpasutra, Kalpasutra and Kalakacharya Katha.Gujarat, c. 1500. Bharat Kala Bhavan. Rishabhanatha (Devanagari: ऋषभनाथ), also Rishabhadeva (Devanagari: ऋषभदेव, Ṛṣabhadeva), Rishabha (Devanagari: ऋषभ, Ṛṣabha) or Ikshvaku (Devanagari: इक्ष्वाकु, Ikṣvāku), is the first ...
Vrishabhanu (Sanskrit: वृषभानु; IAST: Vṛṣbhānu), also spelled as Brushabhanu, is a Yadava chieftain featured in Hindu scriptures. [2] [3] [4] He is described as the father of the goddess Radha, who is the chief consort of god Krishna and also regarded as the incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi in Dvapara Yuga.
The central figure, the cow-headed yogini, Vrishabha, holds the baby Ganesha in her arms. [3] Vinayaki, a minor figure, is pot-bellied and carries an ankusha (elephant goad) like Ganesha. [8] In this configuration, Vrishabha may be considered as a mother of Ganesha and other goddesses, thus signifying a sibling relationship between Vinayaki and ...
Bhumi (Bhumi is an avatar of Lakshmi) Satyaki: One of the Maruts Satyavati: Acchoda Savitri and Satyavan: Dattatreya (combination of Trimurti) and Gayatri (avatar of Saraswati or Anagha (fem version of Dattatreya and combination of Tridevi) Senabindu Tuhunda Shalva: Ajaka Shalya: Sahalada Shakuni: Dvapara: Shantanu: Mahabhisha Shikhandi: Amba ...