#OM NAMO GURU DEV NAMO MANTRA SERIES#

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. Sharma presents another etymology with the Sanskrit root śarv-, which means 'to injure' or 'to kill', interpreting the name to connote 'one who can kill the forces of darkness'. The term evolved from the Vedic Rudra-Shiva to the noun Shiva in the Epics and the Puranas, as an auspicious deity who is the 'creator, reproducer and dissolver'. The term Shiva also connotes 'liberation, final emancipation' and 'the auspicious one' this adjectival usage is addressed to many deities in Vedic literature. 1700–1100 BCE), as an epithet for several Rigvedic deities, including Rudra. The word Shiva is used as an adjective in the Rig Veda ( c.

The root words of śiva in folk etymology are śī which means 'in whom all things lie, pervasiveness' and va which means 'embodiment of grace'.

#OM NAMO GURU DEV NAMO MANTRA SERIES#

Part of a series onĪccording to Monier Monier-Williams, the Sanskrit word ' śiva' ( Devanagari: शिव, also transliterated as shiva) means 'auspicious, propitious, gracious, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly'. Shiva is a pan-Hindu deity, revered widely by Hindus in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indonesia (especially in Java and Bali). Shiva has pre-Vedic roots, and the figure of Shiva evolved as an amalgamation of various older non-Vedic and Vedic deities, including the Rigvedic storm god Rudra who may also have non-Vedic origins, into a single major deity. He is usually worshipped in the aniconic form of lingam. The iconographical attributes of Shiva are the serpent king Vasuki around his neck, the adorning crescent moon, the holy river Ganga flowing from his matted hair, the third eye on his forehead (the eye that turns everything in front of it into ashes when opened), the trishula or trident as his weapon, and the damaru. Shiva is also known as Adiyogi (the first Yogi), regarded as the patron god of yoga, meditation and the arts. In his fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying demons. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash as well as a householder with his wife Parvati and his two children, Ganesha and Kartikeya. Shiva has many aspects, benevolent as well as fearsome. Shiva is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. In the goddess-oriented Shakta tradition, the Supreme Goddess ( Devi) is regarded as the energy and creative power (Shakti) and the equal complementary partner of Shiva. In the Shaivite tradition, Shiva is the Supreme Lord who creates, protects and transforms the universe.

Shiva is known as The Destroyer within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity which also includes Brahma and Vishnu. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism. Shiva ( / ˈ ʃ ɪ v ə/ Sanskrit: शिव, romanized: Śiva, lit.'The Auspicious One' ), also known as Mahadeva ( / m ə ˈ h ɑː ˈ d eɪ v ə/ Sanskrit: महादेव:, romanized: Mahādevaḥ, lit.'The Great God' ), is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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