Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates 鈥�4b. Rudra in the Bali offering鈥� of the study on the Rudra-Shiva concept in the Vedic and Puranic literature, starting with the concept of God as contemplated by the Rishis (Vedic sages). These pages further deal with the aspects, legends, iconography and eulology of Rudra-Shiva as found in the Samhitas, Brahamanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads Sutras and Puranas. The final chapters deal with descriptions of his greatness, various incarnations and epithets.
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4b. Rudra in the Bali offering
Bali offering is offered to Rudra. A reference has been found in the 碍丑腻诲颈谤补 骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补, where the names of the deities are mentioned to whom the bali offering is sacrificed. The gods are鈥�笔峁泃丑颈惫墨, 痴腻测耻, 笔谤补箩腻辫补迟颈, 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫腻, 膧pa, O峁dhivanaspataya or the herbs and trees, 膧办腻艣补 or sky, 碍腻尘补 or Manyu, the 搁腻办峁蝉补蝉, the fathers and Rudra.[1] Here, it is cleared that Bali offering is offered to Rudra along with other gods. The Bali offering is offered at the end of a sacrifice. Huta, Ahuta, Prahuta and 笔谤腻艣颈迟补 are four types of 笔腻办补测补箩帽补蝉.[2] The S膩峁卥h膩yana 骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补, places the Bali offering in the category of Ahuta sacrifice.[3] When a 诲补办峁峁嚹� has been made, the 测补箩补尘腻苍补 must offer a Bali of husk, of the foam of boiled rice and of water to Rudra.[4] Bali means gift, offering. This is a rite of offering the remnant of the sacrificial food to the gods, domestic deities, men, birds and other animals.[5]
Footnotes and references:
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[2]:
S.G.S., 1.5.1
[3]:
huto鈥檊nihotrahomen膩鈥檋uto balikarma峁嚹� | prahuta pit峁沰arma峁嚹� pr膩艣ito br膩hma峁噀 丑耻迟补岣� || Ibid., 1.10.7
[4]:
(a) Gobhila-g峁沨yas奴tra, 1.4.30 (b) 艣e峁madbhis膩rdha峁� 诲补办峁峁嚹� ninayet || phal墨kara峁嚹乶膩map膩m膩c膩masveti vi艣r膩峁噄te || 碍丑腻诲颈谤补-g峁沨yas奴tra, 1.5.32-33182 Vide, Sen, Chitrabhanu, A Dictionary of the Vedic Rituals, p.152
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Vide, Sen, Chitrabhanu, A Dictionary of the Vedic Rituals, p.152