Īśvara
deity figure · 8 works · 13 mentions · 17 anchored passages
Īśāna · Lord of lords of gods · Lord Īśvara · Maheśvara · Mahādeva · the Lord īśvara · the charioteer · the god Īśvara · the lord · Śaṅkara
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A sovereign deity named king of refuge over all quarters combined.
O gods who make refuge, be my refuge from all the quarters, with Īśāna as king and overseer.
And for one struck down by Īśāna, and for the evil and its evil venom — O Arundhatī, [thou art the poison-destroyer of that poison].
If, having added meat to it, one eats first, Īśāna slays the recipient.
Kunjarakarna Dharmakathana
A deity whose path lies to the east, for those powerful in austerities.
To the east is the path of Īśvara;
"The truth of the god Īśvara is that he is like a hunter who seizes his prey.
In the northeast is the abode of glorious Īśāna, he who is worshipped as the lord of *bhūtas*.
Gaṇapatitattva
A deity established in the throat (kaṇṭha), white in color, protector of sinews, invoked to be loved by all people.
Īśvara is established in the *kaṇṭha*, his color is white, and he protects the sinews.
If you desire to be loved by all people, and to be desired, meditate on Īśvara.
San Hyan Kamahayanikan
One of the all-accomplishing deities created from Wairocana's all-wisdom.
Yet they are created by the all-wisdom of Lord Śrī Wairocana, these all-accomplishing deities, Lord Īśvara, Brahmā, and Wiṣṇu.
San Hyan Mahajnana
Īśvara/Maheśvara/Mahādeva, a graded set of divine names correlated with subtle states of consciousness (tūrya, tūryānta), the gall bladder, and the role of guru.
In the middle of the gall bladder, there is the dwelling place of the Lord Īśvara.
The state of *tūrya* is the abode of the disciples of the Lord Īśvara.
The holy Mahādeva is your elder brother and guru.
San Hyan Tattvajnana
One of the three deities of the Tripuruṣa, created by Sadāśivatattva's Kriyāśakti.
Kriyāśakti means He creates the entire world, and moreover all the hosts of deities.
The *Tripuruṣa*—the *Tripuruṣa* are Lord Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Īśvara;
Slokantara
The Lord, figured as the charioteer directing the cart of pradhāna and puruṣa through the cycle of yugas
The Lord *īśvara* is the charioteer of the cart, ordered by the Lord to be the master, to whip the ox, the embodiment of the holy *puruṣa*.
* [Slo_66s-cd] > *Joined with Īśvara as the charioteer, the world is like a spinning wheel.
Vīramitrodaya
The deity (Śiva) who answers Vajra's question on tithi determination for fasting in the quoted dialogue.
"O Lord of lords of gods, O Śaṅkara!