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Hinduism portal. v. t. e. Kartikeya ( IAST: Kārtikeya ), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, is the Hindu god of war. He is generally described as the son of the deities Shiva and Parvati and the brother of Ganesha. Kartikeya has been an important deity in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times.
The word Nataraja is a Sanskrit term, from नट Nata meaning "act, drama, dance" and राज Raja meaning "king, lord"; it can be roughly translated as Lord of the dance or King of the dance. [22] [23] According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, the name is related to Shiva's fame as the "Lord of Dancers" or "King of Actors". [24]
According to the Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary, the word " śiva " ( Devanagari: शिव, also transliterated as shiva) means "auspicious, propitious, gracious, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly". [ 25] The root words of śiva in folk etymology are śī which means "in whom all things lie, pervasiveness" and va which means "embodiment ...
The Shivapradosha stotra says when Shiva performs the Sandhya Tandava, the other gods like Brahma, Vishnu, Sarasvati, Lakshmi and Indra play musical instruments and sing Shiva's praises. [6] The Shiva Tandava Stotra is a stotra (Hindu hymn) that describes Shiva's power and beauty, believed to have been written by Ravana, a great devotee of ...
Vasuki depicted around the neck of Shiva in Karnataka. Vasuki ( Sanskrit: वासुकि, romanized : Vāsuki) is the king of the nagas in Hinduism. He is described as having a gem called Nagamani (serpent's ornament) on his head. Shesha, another king of the nagas and the bed on which Vishnu rests, is his elder brother, [ 3] and Manasa ...
The Tevaram hymns incorporate names of Shiva temple pilgrimage sites. The poems also involved glorifying the feat of Shiva in the particular location. [68] These hymns helped create a sacred geography of Tamil Shaivism, interconnecting this regional Shaiva community within and to the broader Shaivism across the Indian subcontinent.
A. Āḍi ॐ. Aghāsura ॐ. Ahirāvaṇa - Described as a brother of Rāvaṇa in some versions of the Rāmāyaṇa ॐ. Akṣayakumāra - Son of Rāvaṇa ॐ. Alāmbāsa - A powerful asura mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahābhārata [citation needed] ॐ. Alambuṣa - A powerful asura from the Mahabharata ॐ. Alāyudha - A powerful asura ...
Veerateeswarar Temple, Korukkai. Veerateeswarar. Shiva burning Kamadeva with his third eye in the form of Kamari. Mayiladuthurai. Kandeeswarar Temple, Kandiyur. Brahmasirakandeeswarar. Shiva decapitating the fifth head of Brahma in the form of Bhairava. Thanjavur. Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple, Thirukkadaiyur.