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Posted by: Mrs. Anupama K At: 1, Jun 2006 5:56:24 AM IST http://www.eenadu.net/antaryami/antarmain.asp?qry=0104anta adEnTanDI andulO kooDaa ' hari guNa gaanam ' cheyyamani vundE. :)

Posted by: Mr. HAYAGREEVA MURTY Rachuri At: 1, Jun 2006 11:32:16 AM IST

Posted by: Shivam G At: 31, May 2006 4:28:34 PM IST indugalaDandu lEDani sandEhamuvaladu chakri sarvOpagatunDu nem dendu vedaki@m juuchina nam damdE galaDu daanavaagraNi vinTE. sarva vyaapi vishNuvE. andukE gajEndruDu sarva vyaapi ayinavaaDE nannu rakshinchaali ani praarthana chEstuu vunTE viSvamayata lEka viniyu nuura kunDirambujaasanaadulaDDapaDaka ( chaturmuKa brahma modalaguvaarani andulO SankaruDu( kailaasapati kooDaa vunnaaDu )) ani pOtana bhaagavatam appuDaa gajEndruni rakshinchinadevarO?

Posted by: Mr. HAYAGREEVA MURTY Rachuri At: 1, Jun 2006 11:28:14 AM IST

Posted by: Mrs. shaloo At: 31, May 2006 12:46:32 PM IST // Posted by: Mrs. Anupama K At: 23, May 2006 5:23:00 PM IST// shaaloo gaarendukO naamIda kattikaTTinaTTundi. paina vunna anupamagaaripOshTingulO vunnadi I vidhamgaa vundi. // baibil lO taanu dEvuni kumaaruDanani cheppukunna jIsas baTTaa // dInini elaa artham chEsukOvaalO mIrE vivarinchanDi. Edainaa okE vidhamgaa artham chEsukunnaTlu vraastE alaagE artham chEsukOvachchu. kaanI anEka arthaalu vachchETaTlu vraastE vErE vidhamgaa artham chEsukOvaDam lO tappulEdu. alaa artham chEsukunnappuDu vaaLLu vivarinchavachchugaa! // baibil lO vraasinaTlugaa ' taanu dEvuni kumaaruDanani cheppukunna jIsas baTTaa ' lEdaa anTE ' taanu dEvuni kumaaruDanani cheppukunna jIsas baTTaa ' anianTE chaalu. apaarthaalaku taavunDadu. //

Posted by: Mr. HAYAGREEVA MURTY Rachuri At: 1, Jun 2006 11:09:13 AM IST

namaskaaraM. evari tRupti nanusariMchi vaaru Siva Sabdaaniki ardhaalu anvayimchukumTaaru. vEdaalalO prastaaviMchabaDina vishNuvu sarvOttamuDaitE aayanaku nirmimchina guDulu gOpuraalu mana dESamulO enni unnaayi?

Posted by: Shivam G At: 31, May 2006 6:16:08 PM IST

sarvOvai rudraastasmai rudraaya namOstu purushOvai rudra@h sanmahO namO nama@h viSvaM, bhootaM, bhuvanaM, chitraM bahudhaa jaataM jaayamaanaMcha yat sarvO hyEsha rudrOstasmai rudraaya namOstu rudra@h prasiddhO gaureeSa sarva sarvaatmaka smRuta@h jeeva roopENa dEhEshu samastEshu pravESita@h

Posted by: Shivam G At: 31, May 2006 4:28:34 PM IST

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Posted by: Mr. Rama Prasad At: 31, May 2006 2:50:22 PM IST

The God Shiva or Lord Shiva is the other great figure in the modern pantheon. In contrast to the regal attributes of Vishnu, Shiva is a figure of renunciation. A favorite image portrays him as an ascetic, performing meditation alone in the fastness of the Himalayas. There he sits on a tiger skin, clad only in a loincloth, covered with sacred ash that gives his skin a gray color. His trident is stuck into the ground next to him. Around his neck is a snake. From his matted hair, tied in a topknot, the river Ganga (Ganges) descends to the earth. His neck is blue, a reminder of the time he drank the poison that emerged while gods and demons competed to churn the milk ocean. Shiva often appears in this image as an antisocial being, who once burned up Kama, the god of love, with a glance. But behind this image is the cosmic lord who, through the very power of his meditating consciousness, expands the entire universe and all beings in it. Although he appears to be hard to attain, in reality Shiva is a loving deity who saves those devotees who are wholeheartedly dedicated to him. Many of India's five hundred million Hindus know the Almighty as Lord Shiva. This Hindu god can be evoked by prayers, hymns, meditations and rituals, as well as through painted and carved icons. Shiva's diverse and contradictory appearances convey the entirety of existence with all its complexities, dualities, and paradoxes. God of the cosmic dance; member of the superme Hindu triad, along with Brahma and Vishnu, Shiva is a complex god with many conflicting attributes and names. He is Lingodbhava, the phallic deity, Rudra, lord of beasts; Pashupa, protector of cattle; Bhutapati, father of demons; Tryambaka, accompanied by three mother goddesses; Digambara, "clothed in space" or "sky-clad"; and Nataraja, king of the dance. Shiva indicates benevolence, but the name was propitiatory for he was dangerous, destructive and lethal. Round him collected all the negative deities of the Dravidians, the original inhabitants of southern India. Shiva is not a bhagavat ("blessed one"), but an isvara ("a master"). He is the leader of all those who have no place in society: outcasts, vampires, demons, ascetics. Although destructive he is also merciful; although a phallic god he is also an ascetic. Shiva combines contrasting characteristics and so points the way to an underlying principle of unification. Shiva wears a tiger skin and a snake collar; his hair is tied in the knot of the ascetic and adorned with the crescent moon and trident. He is shown with his third eye open, or this is indicated by three lines on his forehead; he has a variable number of arms, usually four. Shiva rides on the bull Nandi, and so holy is he that even his mount has become a god.

Posted by: Mr. Hasya Brahma At: 31, May 2006 2:34:49 PM IST

EVER SINCE I met Shiva, I’ve had a fondness for gods of destruction wearing necklaces of skulls. Well, actually, I didn't really appreciate him the first time we met, in Pacific Grove around 1978. I didn't really believe it was him...I thought he was a stray hippy...good-natured, but, well, a syllable short of a mantra, if you get my meaning. Later I learned that Shiva is said to wander among men for awhile every 12 years, in the most improbable forms...so maybe that was really him. My real discovery of Shiva came a couple of years later. It was dismal winter in the southern Appalachians. Everything was dead. It was cold and wet. I wasn't getting along with my girlfriend. My dad was sick. I was broke. You know...winter. One morning I was home alone reading William Buck's masterful version of the Ramayana, which I had picked up in a little bookstore in a remote southern town. His description of Shiva made me smile: “The terrible Lord Shiva...Lord of the destruction preceding creation wore a tiger’s skin still dripping blood, the holy thread over his shoulder was a mottled serpent; he had in his hair the crescent Moon...and on his brow was his deadly third eye closed.” Later that winter, on a cross country trip, I found the Hindu god everywhere: a book I picked up in San Diego, the great Indian statue collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, an incredible Shiva exhibit I saw in Seattle just before it moved on, a trinket I picked up in an Indian shop on lower Broadway in Manhattan. At the end of a full moon hike in the Carmel Valley, just before dawn, I had a wonderful hallucination of Kali, Shiva's female counterpart.

Posted by: Mr. Hasya Brahma At: 31, May 2006 2:32:09 PM IST

Lord Shiva : Shiva is the third deity of the Hindu triad of great gods, the others being Brahma and Vishnu. Shiva is often referred to as the Destroyer, but it might be better to think of him as the God of Transformation, since he is often associated with creation that comes out of destruction. But Shiva has different aspects that appear at different times. He is often depicted as the destroyer, and will appear as a naked ascetic accompanied by demons, encircled with serpents and necklaces of skulls. Sometimes Shiva wanders into crematoriums, smears his body with ash and dances in the light of the funeral pyres, reminding all about the transitory nature of material things. Sometimes the creative force of Shiva is depicted, and in particular Shiva is represented by a phallus, known as the linga. Other times Shiva is seen as the god of meditation and asceticism. He will be depicted sitting cross-legged with his eyes half-closed. Another common form is that of Shiva Nataraja. This is Shiva engaged in a cosmic dance. It is believed that the energy from this dance sustains the cosmos, and when Shiva is finished with this dance, this universe will end and a new one will begin. Snakes are often associated with Shiva, since they are able to regenerate their skins by discarding their old ones. Likewise, in southern India, deer are associated with Shiva because their antlers re-grow after falling out. Shiva is also associated with the rainy season, as the monsoon rains transform the ground from dessert into vertile valley. Shiva is often depicted carrying a trident, and the three tips of this weapon represent the creation, protection (or sustaining), and destruction of the universe. He might be carrying an ax, which is to symbolize the severing of ties to the material world.

Posted by: Mr. Hasya Brahma At: 31, May 2006 2:31:03 PM IST

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