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  2. Hanuman - Wikipedia

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    Hanuman is mentioned in both the Hindu epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. [29] Hanuman is mentioned in the Puranas. [30] [31] The Shiva Purana mentions Hanuman as an avatar of Shiva; all other Puranas and scriptures clearly mention him as the spiritual son of Vayu or incarnation of Vayu or sometimes avatar of Rudra (which is also another name of ...

  3. Avatars in the Mahabharata - Wikipedia

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    Hanuman: Portions of Vayu and Shiva: Iravan Mangala: Jarasandha: Viprachitti: Jambavan: Brahma: Jambavati: Lakshmi: Jara Vali: Jayadratha: Jambha Jayatsena: One of the Kalakeyas: Kalindi/Yamuna (Surya's and Sanjna's daughter and goddess of Yamuna river) Yamuna and Lakshmi: Kamsa: Kalanemi: Karna: Half portion of Suryanarayan, Kratha Rahu and ...

  4. Shiva - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the Hanuman Chalisa, Hanuman is identified as the eleventh avatar of Shiva. [340] [341] [342] The Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana claim sage Durvasa to be a portion of Shiva. [343] [344] [345] Some medieval era writers have called the Advaita Vedanta philosopher Adi Shankara an incarnation of Shiva. [346]

  5. Bhairava - Wikipedia

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    In Shaivism, he is a powerful manifestation, or avatar, of Shiva. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the tradition of Kashmir Shaivism , Bhairava represents the Supreme Reality, synonymous to Para Brahman . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Generally in Hinduism, Bhairava is also called Dandapāni ("[he who holds the] danda in [his] hand"), as he holds a rod or danda to punish ...

  6. Swet Bhairab - Wikipedia

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    Swet Bhairav is a statue of Bhairava, avatar of Shiva located in Hanuman Dhoka, Kathmandu Durbar Square. Swet Bhairav depicts the most dangerous and fierce face of Lord Shiva. The mask of Swet Bhairab is so fierce looking that locals out of fear keep it inside a wooden frame window, and only one frame is opened for the devotees except for a ...

  7. Panchamukha - Wikipedia

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    The deity Hanuman is sometimes featured with five-faces in his iconography, known as Panchamukhi Hanuman, or Panchamukha Anjaneya. [3] Each head is that of a deity associated with Vishnu , and is depicted to be facing a cardinal direction: Hanuman faces the east, Narasimha faces the south, Varaha faces the north, Garuda faces the west, and ...

  8. List of characters in Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    Hanuman is one of the central figures of the epic. He is a brahmachari (life long celibate) and one of the chiranjivis. In some versions of the epic, he is described as an avatar of Shiva. Hema: An apsara in Indra's court. When Mayasura visited Svarga, he saw and married her. They had two sons, Mayavi and Dundubhi, and a daughter named ...

  9. Ardhanarishvara - Wikipedia

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    To pacify Gauri, Shiva united with her as Ardhanarishvara. [54] Only in tales associated with the hindu sect of Shakta (in which the Goddess is considered the Supreme Being) is the Goddess venerated as the Maker of All. In these tales, it is her body (not Shiva's) which splits into male and female halves. [27]