Lord shiva tamil pdf4/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The placement of the moon on his head as a standard iconographic feature dates to the period when Rudra rose to prominence and became the major deity Rudra-Shiva. The epithet CandraÅekhara (Sanskrit: à¤à¤¨à¥à¤¦à¥à¤°à¤¶à¥à¤à¤° 'Having the moon as his crest' â candra = 'moon' Åekhara = 'crest, crown') refers to this feature. Crescent moon: Shiva bears on his head the crescent moon. ![]() Other related translations have been based on the idea that the name actually refers to the oblations given to Rudra, which according to some traditions were shared with the goddess AmbikÄ. These three mother-goddesses who are collectively called the AmbikÄs. ![]() However, in Vedic Sanskrit, the word ambÄ or ambikÄ means 'mother', and this early meaning of the word is the basis for the translation 'three mothers'. In classical Sanskrit, the word ambaka denotes 'an eye', and in the Mahabharata, Shiva is depicted as three-eyed, so this name is sometimes translated as 'having three eyes'. ![]() Third eye: Shiva is often depicted with a third eye, with which he burned Desire ( KÄma) to ashes, called 'Tryambakam' (Sanskrit: तà¥à¤°à¥à¤¯à¤®à¥à¤¬à¤à¤®à¥ ), which occurs in many scriptural sources.A seated Shiva holds an axe and deer in his hands. ![]()
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