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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]
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 ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Vishnu is said to descend in the form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. [1] The word Dashavatara derives from daśa, meaning "ten", and avatāra, roughly equivalent to "incarnation". The list of included avatars varies across sects and regions, particularly with respect to the inclusion of Balarama (brother of Krishna) or Gautama Buddha. In ...
Bhumi (Bhumi is an avatar of Lakshmi) Satyaki: One of the Maruts Satyavati: Acchoda Savitri and Satyavan: Dattatreya (combination of Trimurti) and Gayatri (avatar of Saraswati or Anagha (fem version of Dattatreya and combination of Tridevi) Senabindu Tuhunda Shalva: Ajaka Shalya: Sahalada Shakuni: Dvapara: Shantanu: Mahabhisha Shikhandi: Amba ...
Drona performed many years of severe penance to please Shiva to obtain a son who possessed the same valour as the deity. He is regarded to be an avatar of one of the eleven Rudras. He was cursed to be immortal by Krishna for the attempted murder of Parikshit, suffering from incurable painful sores and ulcers. [6] Mahabali