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Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)

by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words

This page relates ‘Other incarnations of Shiva� 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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In the Ś Purāṇa, it is stated that in the eleventh ٱ貹 yuga, lord Ś shall be born as Kali at Ҳṅg屹. In the thirteenth ٱ貹 yuga he shall be born as the great sage Bali. In the fourteenth, as Gautama. In the fifteenth aeon, as ձ岹ś. In the sixteenth aeon as Ҵǰ첹ṇa. In the seventeenth aeon, lord Ś will be born by the name of Guhāvāsi. In the eighteenth aeon, he will be born by the name of Śṇḍ, in the nineteenth aeon, by ṭi and . In the twentieth aeon lord Ś will be born by the name of ṭṭ. In the twenty-first kalpa he will be born as ܰ첹. In the twenty-second aeon, as a great sage in ṇa. In the twenty-third kalpa, as Śٲ muni, in the twentyfourth aeon, as Śū, in the twenty-fifth aeon as ѳṇḍīś, in the twenty-sixth aeon, as ṣṇ, in the twenty-seventh aeon, as dzś and in the twentyeighth ٱ貹 yuga, he will appear in the form of ٱⲹԲ .[1]

The manifestations of Ś in the ī yugaܳ, Madana, Suhotra, ṅkԲ, ǰṣi, Yogindra, Jaigiṣavya, Ṛṣ, ṛg, Ugra, Bali, Gautama, Vedadarśin, Ҵǰ첹ṇa, ҳܳ屹, Śikhaṇḍadṛk, Yajamālin, ṭṭ, ܰ첹, Mahāyama etc.[2]

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[1]:

Ś-purāṇa, 3.5.2-45

[2]:

ū-ܰṇa, 1.53.5-9; -ܰṇa, 1.23.107-214

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