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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. 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]

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Panchamukha - Wikipedia

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    The god Hanuman is sometimes featured with five-faces in his iconography, known as Panchamukhi Hanuman, or Panchamukha Anjaneya. [3] Each head is that of a god associated with or a form of 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 ...

  8. List of avatar claimants - Wikipedia

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    The sense of avatar as mother goddess is unique to the sect of Hinduism called Shaktism. [8] [9] Sathya Sai Baba - claimed to be an avatar of Shiva and Shakthi. [10] Kalki Bhagawan and Amma Bhagawan - This couple from South India claim to be the Kalki avatar of Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi respectively. [11]

  9. Harihara - Wikipedia

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    Some schools focus on Vishnu (including his associated avatars such as Rama and Krishna) as the Supreme God, and others on Shiva (including his different avatars such as Mahadeva and Pashupata). The Puranas and various Hindu traditions treat both Shiva and Vishnu as being different aspects of the one Brahman. Harihara is a symbolic ...