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In a South Indian version of Shiva Purana, Hanuman is described as the son of Shiva and Mohini (the female avatar of Vishnu), or alternatively he has been linked to or merged with the origin of Swami Ayyappa who is popular in parts of South India. [15] In the Muktikā Upanishad Hanuman is in dialogue with Rama about the subject of moksha. [74]
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]
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Ardhanarishvara represents the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies of the universe (Purusha and Prakriti) and illustrates how Shakti, the female principle of God, is inseparable from (or the same as, according to some interpretations) Shiva, the male principle of God, and vice versa. The union of these principles is exalted as the root ...
The first avatar of Vayu is considered to be Hanuman. His stories are told in Ramayana. Since Hanuman is the spiritual son of Vayu he is also called Pavanaputra 'son of Pavana' and Vāyuputra. Today, Pavan is a fairly common Hindu name. The second avatar of Vayu is Bhima, one of the Pandavas appearing in the epic the Mahabharata. [26]
The king of the asuras, he was regarded to be a benevolent ruler. He overran the three worlds and overthrew Indra. He was exiled to the realm of Patala (the netherworld) by the Vamana avatar of Vishnu to restore cosmic order, [7] and was blessed with immortality by the deity. Vyasa: The sage and author of the Mahabharata. He represents ...
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 ...
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