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According to the Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary, the word " śiva " (Devanagari: शिव, also transliterated as shiva) means "auspicious, propitious, gracious, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly". [ 26 ] The root words of śiva in folk etymology are śī which means "in whom all things lie, pervasiveness" and va which means "embodiment ...
Shiva Puja. A Shiva Lingam worshipped at Jambukesvara temple in Thiruvanaikaval (Thiruaanaikaa) Shiva Puja in Hinduism is the way by which one worships Shiva through traditional and ancient rites with the use of mantra, tantra, yantra, kriyas, mudras, and abhishekam. Part of a series on.
The Shiva Sahasranama (Sanskrit: ... In Hindu tradition, a sahasranama is a type of devotional hymn (Sanskrit: stotram) listing the thousand names of a deity. The ...
The term Shiva also connotes "liberation, final emancipation" and "the auspicious one", this adjective sense of usage is addressed to many deities in Vedic layers of literature. [21] [22] The term evolved from the Vedic Rudra-Shiva to the noun Shiva in the Epics and the Puranas, as an auspicious deity who is the "creator, reproducer and dissolver".
The Shiva Chalisa (Hindi: शिव चालीसा, literally Forty chaupais on Shiva) is a Hindi stotra dedicated to Hindu deity Shiva. [1] Adapted from the Shiva Purana, it consists of 40 (chalis) chaupais (verses) and recited daily or on special festivals like Maha Shivaratri by Shaivas, the worshippers of Shiva. [2][3]
Namah Shivaya means "O salutations to the auspicious one!", or "adoration to Lord Shiva". It is called Siva Panchakshara, or Shiva Panchakshara or simply Panchakshara meaning the "five-syllable" mantra (viz., excluding the Om) and is dedicated to Shiva. This Mantra appears as 'Na' 'Ma' 'Śi' 'Vā' and 'Ya' in the Shri Rudram Chamakam which is a ...
e. Bhakti yoga (Sanskrit: भक्ति योग), also called Bhakti marga (भक्ति मार्ग, literally the path of bhakti), is a spiritual path or spiritual practice within Hinduism focused on loving devotion towards any personal deity. [1][2] It is one of the three classical paths in Hinduism which lead to moksha, the other ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 September 2024. Aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva "Linga" and "Shivling" redirect here. For other uses, see Linga (disambiguation) and Shivling (disambiguation). A lingam with tripundra, projected on a yoni base Part of a series on Shaivism Deities Parameshvara (Supreme being) Shiva ...