Śiva
deity figure · 12 works · 35 mentions · 88 anchored passages
Rudra · Maheśvara · Mahādeva · Hara · Śambhu · Bhava · Lord Śiva · Sadāśiva · the Lord · the blue-throated one
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3 expressionsRudra“Śiva”2 mentions
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
Then all the gods, O foremost of sages, being downcast, propitiated the Lord of Gods;
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The deity performing austerity who burns Kāma bodiless and whose weapon, the Śūla, is later given to Rāma.
"The Vajra weapon, O best of men, and likewise Śiva's excellent Śūla;
"Burned by that terrible eye (of Śiva), O joy of the Raghu line, all the limbs fell from the body of that foolish one.
"His body destroyed, utterly burned by that great-souled one, Kāma was made bodiless there by the lord of the gods in his wrath.
Vīramitrodaya
The god Śiva, invoked both as cosmic dancer in the opening benediction and as a figure of comparison in royal panegyric.
Smara's destroyer (Śiva) became five-faced;
May that dancing Dhūrjjaṭi (Śiva) protect you—who, by the playful, wandering, and spreading expanse of His dance, agitates His beloved other half;
Trayodaśī is of Anaṅga (Kāma), and Caturdaśī is said to be of Śiva.
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
Deity named alongside Viṣṇu as associated with the sacred verse of the Vyāhṛtis.
That sacred verse (*ṛc*) is of Viṣṇu and Śiva.
thus say Brahmā, Śiva, and Hari.
"You, O *urvāru* (उर्व्वारु), were created by Sthāṇu (Śiva) at the word of Bhavānī.
Gaṇapatitattva
The supreme deity and teacher (also called Īśvara/Maheśvara/Sadāśiva/Paramaśiva) who instructs Gaṇapati across the entire dialogue on cosmology, embodiment, yoga, and liberation.
Gaṇapati spoke:
That is the path of the Śiva-Self.
from The Divine Sadāśiva emerges sound.
Vratisasana
The supreme god of the Śaiva Siddhānta tradition, invoked in the opening formula and worshipped through rites, liṅga worship, and mantra.
[VS_00s] || oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||
These five are called the vows of *Niyama*, according to Lord Śiva.
He is devoted to ritual action, especially the sacred rites of Śiva, the order of worship, worship of the *liṅga*, the five *balikarma* offerings, the fire-offering ritual, the rites for the dead, the *tilamūrti* rite, and the ritual of initiation (*dīkṣā*).
Paryantapañcāśikā
The deity Śiva, named both as one of the ontological states of descent and as the object of the closing homage and the Śiva-Śakti union.
Homage to Śiva.
the paired union / fusion of Śiva and Śakti}}] of Śiva and Śakti is the pairing of repose and arising, whose essence is the Anuttara and the emission [{{visarga:
from his [progressively] contracting condition through the states of Vidyeśa, Sadākhya, and Śiva, [he] comes down into a knowership identified with body, vital breath, intellect, and the void.
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
One of the triad of deities identified with the great principle; identified with deep sleep and the tamas constituent.
And the "divine" (adhidaivata):
"One form, three gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara.
the great one, identifying with deep sleep, is Śiva, whose adjunct has the form of the effect of tamas;
Kunjarakarna Dharmakathana
The god whose Triśṛṅga palace stands at the center of the heavenly realms.
The Triśṛṅga palace was visible, supreme in the center, the abode of Śiva.
Parāśara Smṛti
A deity invoked as an object of purificatory worship for a specific penance.
Having killed a duck, a partridge, a tawny owl, or a francolin partridge, or a skylark and the like, one is purified by worshipping Śiva.
San Hyan Mahajnana
Śiva as the divine Lord and Guru who teaches Kumāra the Sacred Supreme Wisdom, ultimately identified as Paramaśiva, the supreme void beyond all other divine states.
Thus were the Lord's words.
The Lord Śiva is the *atyantātmā*.
Then you will find the world of Rudra.
San Hyan Tattvajnana
Identified with the body of the practitioner in the state of dhāraṇayoga ('The body is Śiva in such a case').
The body is Śiva in such a case.
Slokantara
A deity (Śiva) cited for the flaw of his blue throat from swallowing poison
Śaṅkara has a blue throat;
The god Śaṅkara has a blue throat from the *kālakūṭa* poison;