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- Shiva (from Sanskrit: शिव, meaning "Auspicious one") is a principal deity of Hinduism who is especially revered among the cluster ...43 KB (6,555 words) - 20:31, 21 April 2021
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- Parvati (Sanskrit: from Parvata, meaning "mountain") is a Hindu goddess married to Shiva (the ascetic god of destruction). She is ...16 KB (2,503 words) - 08:58, 18 November 2022
- The linga (also known as "Lingam") is the primary symbol of the Hindu god Shiva and the main cultic object of devotion in Shaivism ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 23:15, 18 April 2020
- Ardhanarisvara (also known as Ardhanari and Mohiniraaj) is an androgynous Hindu deity consisting of Shiva and his consort, Parvati (viz. Shakti ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- Pasupata was perhaps the earliest Hindu sect that worshiped Shiva ... , an epithet of the Hindu deity Shiva meaning Lord of Cattle, ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 19:20, 23 June 2020
- eventual reconstitution) at the hands of Shiva, the ascetic god of destruction. ... of Lakshmi, goddess of material wealth. The Shiva purÄnam, holds Lord Brahma ...13 KB (1,937 words) - 02:33, 5 October 2022
- (the Hindu Trinity) alongside Vishnu and Shiva, and represents the creative ... one above the others. By this point, Lord Shiva had also grown weary of BrahmÄ ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- of Elephanta showing the three faces of Shiva almost akin to the Trinity ... Legend advances that the temple complex serves as the abode of Shiva. ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva—looks like a freestanding ... Within the courtyard are two structures. As is traditional in Shiva ...8 KB (1,190 words) - 17:15, 13 February 2024
- (the preserver or indwelling-life), and Shiva (the destroyer and transformer ... to make the Trimurti (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva) each have their own origins ...22 KB (3,588 words) - 17:21, 2 May 2023
- associated with the powerful Hindu God Shiva. ==Etymology== stands in contrast to her consort, Shiva, who is white, like the ashes ...16 KB (2,597 words) - 17:12, 14 May 2024
- destroyed a number of Kshatriyas. Shiva became angered by the actions ... the head of a sage or a king in order to please Shiva. Samkara-digvijaya ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 17:44, 14 May 2024
- intertwine, as does the description of Shiva and Shakti/Sati/Parvati. ... temples trace their origin to the story of Shiva performing "Tandava ...15 KB (2,058 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
- Following his conquest of Lanka, Ravana encountered Lord Shiva at ... the task of wielding the immense bow of Shiva in order to win his daughter ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 19:05, 16 April 2023
- Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Keeper, and Shiva the Destroyer. That holiest ... The Shiva shrine at the center contains five chambers; four smaller ...15 KB (2,259 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- Vishnu to sustain it and 3) will enable Shiva to destroy it (Bhattacharyya ... the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva came together and bestowed ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 10:17, 26 January 2023
- God's Trio, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, and various Devi forms, ... to depict Mount Meru, the holy mountain of Shiva, surrounded by 84 miniature ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- with the worship of the ascetic god Shiva who is covered in the ash ... Kashmir Saivism declares that each part is in fact Akula (Shiva) in ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 20:32, 4 June 2024
- the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines to the god Shiva. Other noteworthy temples ... Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to Lord ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- worship. The temple has been dedicated to Shiva, known here as Virupaksha ... located here. Inscriptions referring to Shiva date back to the ninth and ...12 KB (1,695 words) - 04:53, 25 June 2024
- been considered an incarnation of Nandi, Shiva's greatest devotee. ... world, called Shakti Vishishtadvaita, where Shiva the supreme god and self ...19 KB (2,752 words) - 10:30, 8 July 2024
