linga-purāṇa

liṅga

ifc. f. ā, ī only in vishṇu-liṅgī;
prob. fr. lag;
cf. laksha, lakshaṇa) a mark, spot, sign, token, badge, emblem, characteristic (ifc. = tal-liṅga, « having anything for a mark orﾠ sign») Up. MBh. etc.;
any assumed orﾠ false badge orﾠ mark, guise, disguise MBh. Kāv. etc.;
a proof, evidence Kaṇ. KātyṠr. Sarvad. ;
a sign of guilt, corpus delicti Yājñ. Sch. ;
the sign of gender orﾠ sex, organ of generation Mn. Hariv. Pur. etc.;
the male organ orﾠ Phallus (esp. that of Ṡiva worshipped in the form of a stone orﾠ marble column which generally rises out of a yoni, q.v., andﾠ is set up in temples dedicated to Ṡiva;
formerly 12 principal Ṡiva-liṇgas existed, of which the best known are Soma-nātha in Gnjarāt, Mahā-kāla at Ujjayinī, Viṡvêṡvara at Benares etc.;
but the number of Liṇgas in India is estimated at 30 millions IW. 322 n. RTL. 78, 1; 90) MBh. R. etc.;
gender (in gram.;
cf. puṉ-l-), Prst. Pāṇ. ;
the image of a god, an idol VarBṛS. ;
(in logic) = vyāpya, the invariable mark which proves the existence of anything in an object (as in the proposition « there is fire because there is smoke», smoke is the liṅga;
cf. IW. 62);
inference, conclusion, reason (cf. kāvya-l-);
= lingaṡarīra (in Vedanta);
anything having an origin andﾠ therefore liable to be destroyed again Kap. ;
= ākāṡa Kāraṇḍ. ;
(in Sāṃkhya) = prakṛiti orﾠ pradhāna, « the eternal procreative germ» L. ;
= vyakta L. ;
cf. RTL. 30 ;
= prātipadika, the crude base orﾠ uninflected stem of a noun (shortened into li) Vop. Sch. ;
(in rhet.) an indication (word that serves to fix the meaning of another word;
e.g.. in the passage kupitomakara-dhvajaḥ the word kupita restricts the meaning of makara-dhvaja to « Kāma») = linga-purāṇa BhP. ;
the order of the religious student W. ;
a symptom, mark of disease W. ;
- लिङ्गकारणवाद
- लिङ्गकारणतापूर्वपक्षरबस्य
- लिङ्गतावाद
- लिङ्गतासिद्धान्तरहस्य
- लिङ्गकारिका
- लिङ्गकारिकावृत्ति
- लिङ्गकॢप्त
- लिङ्गगुण्टमराम
- लिङ्गचरणभाष्य
- लिङ्गज
- लिङ्गज्येष्ठ
- लिङ्गतस्
- लिङ्गत्व
- लिङ्गदुर्भेद
- लिङ्गदेह
- लिङ्गद्वादशव्रत
- लिङ्गधर
- लिङ्गधारण
- लिङ्गधारिन्
- लिङ्गनाश
- लिङ्गनिर्णय
- लिङ्गनिर्णयभूषण
- लिङ्गपरामर्श
- लिङ्गपीठ
- लिङ्गपुराण
- लिङ्गपूजापद्धति
- लिङ्गपूजाफल
- लिङ्गपूजोद्यापन
- लिङ्गप्रकाश
- लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठा
- लिङ्गभट्ट
- लिङ्गभट्टीय
- लिङ्गभाषापुराण
- लिङ्गमात्र
- लिङ्गमाहात्म्य
- लिङ्गमूर्ति
- लिङ्गलीलाविलासचरित्र
- लिङ्गलेप
- लिङ्गवत्
- लिङ्गवर्ति
- लिङ्गवर्धन
- लिङ्गवर्धिन्
- लिङ्गवाद
- लिङ्गविधि
- लिङ्गविपर्यय
- लिङ्गविसेषण
- लिङ्गविशेषविधि
- लिङ्गवृत्ति
- लिङ्गवेदी
- लिङ्गशरीर
- लिङ्गशास्त्र
- लिङ्गशोफ
- लिङ्गसम्भूता
- लिङ्गस्थ
- लिङ्गहनी

liṅga-purāṇa

vásishṭha-liṅga-purāṇa

purāṇá

m. a Karsha orﾠ measure of silver (= 16 Paṇas of cowries) Mn. VIII, 136 (also n. L.) ;
N. of a Ṛishi Kāṭh. ;
pl. the ancients MW. ;
n. a thing orﾠ event of the past, an ancient tale orﾠ legend, old traditional history. AV. etc. etc.;
N. of a class of sacred works (supposed to have been compiled by the poet Vyāsa andﾠ to treat of 5 topics <cf. pañca-lakshaṇa>;
the chief Purāṇas are 18, grouped in 3 divisions:
viz.
1. Rājasa exalting Brahmā. <e.g.. the Brahma, Brahmâṇḍa, Brahmavaivarta, Mārkaṇḍeya, Bhavishya, Vāmana>;
2. Sāttvika exalting Vishṇu <e.g.. the Vishṇu, Bhāgavata, Nāradiya, Garuḍa, Padma, Varāha>;
3. Tāmasa exalting Siva <e.g.. the Ṡiva, Liṇga, Skanda, Agni orﾠ in place of it the Vāyu, Matsya, Kūrma>;
by some the Padma are divided into 4, andﾠ by others into 6 groups;
cf. IW. 509 etc..);
N. of wk. (containing an index of the contents of a number of Padma andﾠ some other wks.)
purāṇa

- पुराणकल्प
- पुराणग
- पुराणगिर्
- पुराणगीत
- पुराणदानमाहात्म्य
- पुराणदृष्ट
- पुराणद्वितीया
- पुराणपञ्चलक्षण
- पुराणपञ्जी
- पुराणपदार्थसंग्रह
- पुराणपुरुष
- पुराणप्रोक्त
- पुराणमहिमोपवर्णन
- पुराणमाहात्म्य
- पुराणरत्न
- पुराणवत्
- पुराणविद्
- पुराणविद्या
- पुराणवेद
- पुराणश्रवण
- पुराणसंहिता
- पुराणसंग्रह
- पुराणसमुच्चय
- पुराणसर्वस्व
- पुराणसार
- पुराणसारसंग्रह
- पुराणसिंह

liṅga-bhāshā-purāṇa

ṡivá

perhaps connected with ṡvi cf. ṡavas, ṡiṡvi) auspicious, propitious, gracious, favourable, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly, dear (ám ind. kindly, tenderly) RV. etc. etc.;
happy, fortunate BhP. ;
m. happiness, welfare (cf. n.) R. V, 56, 36 ;
liberation, final emancipation L. ;
« The Auspicious one»
N. of the disintegrating orﾠ destroying andﾠ reproducing deity (who constitutes the third god of the Hindū Trimūrti orﾠ Triad, the other two being Brahmā. « the creator» andﾠ Vishṇu « the preserver» ;
in the Veda the only N. of the destroying deity wss Rudra « the terrible god»,
but in later times it became usual to give that god the euphemistic N. Ṡiva « the auspicious» <just as the Furies were called Eὐμενίδες « the gracious ones» >, andﾠ to assign him the office of creation andﾠ reproduction as well as dissolution;
in fact the preferential worship of Ṡiva as developed in the Purāṇas andﾠ Epic poems led to his being identified with the Supreme Being by his exclusive worshippers < called Ṡaivas>;
in his character of destroyer he is sometimes called Kāla « black», andﾠ is then alsoﾠ identified with Time, although his active destroying function is then oftener assigned to his wife under her name Kālī, whose formidable character makes her a general object of propitiation by sacrifices;
as presiding over reproduction consequent on destruction Ṡiva's symbol is the Liṇga <q.v.> orﾠ Phallus, under which form he is worshipped all over India at the present day;
again one of his representations is as Ardha-nārī, « half-female», the other half being male to symbolize the unity of the generative principle RTL. 85 ;
he has three eyes, one of which is in his forehead, andﾠ which are thought to denote his view of the three divisions of time, past, present, andﾠ future, while a moon's crescent, above the central eye, marks the measure of time by months, a serpent round his neck the measure by years,
andﾠ a second necklace of skulls with other serpents about his person, the perpetual revolution of ages, andﾠ the successive extinction andﾠ generation of the races of mankind:
his hair is thickly matted together, andﾠ gathered above his forehead into a coil;
on the top of it he bears the Ganges, the rush of which in its descent from heaven he intercepted by his head that the earth might not be crushed by the weight of the falling stream;
his throat is dark-blue from the stain of the deadly poison which would have destroyed the world had it not been swallowed by him on its production at the churning of the ocean by the gods for the nectar of immortality;
he holds a tri-ṡūla, orﾠ three-pronged trident < alsoﾠ called Pināka> in his hand to denote, as some think, his combination of the three attributes of Creator, Destroyer, andﾠ Regenerator;
he alsoﾠ carries a kind of drum, shaped like an hour-glass, called Ḍamaru:
his attendants orﾠ servants are called Pramatha <qq.vv.>;
they are regarded as demons orﾠ supernatural beings of different kinds, andﾠ form various hosts orﾠ troops called Gaṇas;
his wife Durgā <otherwise called Kālī, Pārvatī, Umā, Gaurī, Bhavāṇī etc.> is the chief object of worship with the Ṡāktas andﾠ Tāntrikas, andﾠ in this connection he is fond of dancing < seeﾠ tāṇḍava> andﾠ wine-drinking;
he is alsoﾠ worshipped as a great ascetic andﾠ is said to have scorched the god of love (Kāma-deva) to ashes by a glance from his central eye, that deity having attempted to inflame him with passion for Pārvatī whilst he was engaged in severe penance;
in the exercise of his function of Universal Destroyer he is fabled to have burnt up the Universe andﾠ all the gods, including Brahmā. andﾠ Vishṇu, by a similar scorching glance,
andﾠ to have rubbed the resulting ashes upon his body, whence the use of ashes in his worship, while the use of the Rudrâksha berries originated, it is said, from the legend that Ṡiva,
on his way to destroy the three cities, called Tri-pura, let fall some tears of rage which became converted into these beads:
his residence orﾠ heaven is Kailāsa, one of the loftiest northern peaks of the Himâlaya;
he has strictly no incarnations like those of Vishṇu, though Vīra-bhadra andﾠ the eight Bhairavas andﾠ Khaṇḍo-bā etc. RTL. 266 are sometimes regarded as forms of him;
he is especially worshipped at Benares andﾠ has even more names than Vishṇu,
one thousand andﾠ eight being specified in the 69th chapter of the Ṡiva-Purāṇa andﾠ in the 17th chapter of the Anuṡāsana-parvan of the Maha-bhārata, some of the most common being Mahā-deva, Ṡambhu, Ṡaṃkara, Īṡa, Īṡvara, Mahêṡvara, Hara;
his sons are Gaṇêṡa andﾠ Kārttikeya) ĀṡvṠr. MBh. Kāv. etc.. RTL. 73 ;
a kind of second Siva (with Ṡaivas), a person who has attained a partic. stage of perfection orﾠ emancipation MBh. Sarvad. ;
ṡiva-liṅga L. ;
any god L. ;
a euphemistic N. of a jackal (generally ṡivā f. q.v.);
sacred writings L. ;
(in astron.) N. of the sixth month;
a post for cows (to which they are tied orﾠ for them to rub against) L. ;
bdellium L. ;
the fragrant bark of Feronia Elephantum L. ;
Marsilia Dentata L. ;
a kind of thorn-apple orﾠ = puṇḍarīka (the tree) L. ;
quicksilver L. (cf. ṡiva-bīja);
a partic. auspicious constellation L. ;
a demon who inflicts diseases Hariv. ;
= ṡukra m. kāla m. vasu m. L. ;
the swift antelope L. ;
rum, spirit distilled from molasses L. ;
buttermilk L. ;
a ruby L. ;
a peg L. ;
time L. ;
N. of a son of Medhâtithi MārkP. ;
of a son of Idhma-jihva BhP. ;
of a prince andﾠ various authors ( alsoﾠ with dīkshita, bhaṭṭa, paṇḍita, yajvan, sūri etc.) Cat. ;
of a fraudulent person Kathās. ;
(du.) the god Ṡiva andﾠ his wife Kir. V, 40 Pracaṇḍ. I, 20 ;
(cf. Vām. V, 2, 1);
pl. N. of a class of gods in the third Manvantara Pur. ;
of a class of Brāhmans who have attained a partic. degree of perfection like that of Ṡiva MBh. ;
(ā) f. Ṡiva's wife ( alsoﾠ ṡivī) seeﾠ ṡivā below ;
(am) n. welfare, prosperity, bliss ( āya, éna orﾠ ébhis, « auspiciously, fortunately, happily, luckily» ;
ṡivāyagamyatām, « a prosperous journey to you!») RV. etc. etc.;
final emancipation L. ;
water L. ;
rock-salt L. ;
sea-salt L. ;
a kind of borax L. ;
iron L. ;
myrobolan L. ;
Tabernaemontana Coronaria L. ;
sandal L. ;
N. of a Purāṇa (= ṡiva-purāṇa orﾠ ṡaiva) Cat. ;
of the house in which the Pāṇḍavas were to be burnt MārkP. ;
of a Varsha in Plaksha-dvīpa andﾠ in Jambu-dvīpa Pur. ;
- शिवकण्ठमलिका
- शिवकर
- शिवकर्णामृत
- शिवकर्णी
- शिवकवच
- शिवकाञ्ची
- शिवकान्ता
- शिवकान्ती
- शिवकामदुघा
- शिवकारिणी
- शिवकिंकर
- शिवकीर्तन
- शिवकुण्ड
- शिवकुसुमाञ्जलि
- शिवकृष्ण
- शिवकेशादिपादान्तवर्णनस्तोत्र
- शिवकेसर
- शिवकोपमुनि
- शिवकोश
- शिवक्षेत्र
- शिवखण्ड
- शिवगङ्गा
- शिवगण
- शिवगति
- शिवगया
- शिवगायत्री
- शिवगीता
- शिवगुप्तदेव
- शिवगुरु
- शिवघर्मज
- शिवंकर
- शिवचक्र
- शिवचतुःश्लोकीव्याख्या
- शिवचतुर्दशी
- शिवचन्द्र
- शिवचम्पू
- शिवचरित्र
- शिवचित्त
- शिवजी
- शिवज्ञ
- शिवज्ञान
- शिवज्योतिर्विद्
- शिवतत्त्व
- शिवतन्त्र
- शिवतम
- शिवतर
- शिवता
- शिवताण्डव
- शिवताति
- शिवताल
- शिवतीर्थ
- शिवत्व
- शिवदण्डक
- शिवदत्त
- शिवदयालु
- शिवदयासहर्स्र
- शिवदशक
- शिवदायिन्
- शिवदारु
- शिवदास
- शिवदिश्
- शिवदीक्षा
- शिवदीन
- शिवदूतिका
- शिवदूती
- शिवदृष्टि
- शिवदेव
- शिवदैव
- शिवद्युमणिदीपिका
- शिवद्रुम
- शिवद्विष्टा
- शिवधनुर्वेद
- शिवधर्म
- शिवधातु
- शिवधार
- शिवधारिणी
- शिवध्यानपद्धति
- शिवनक्षत्रपुरुषव्रत
- शिवनक्षत्रमालिका
- शिवनाथ
- शिवनाभि
- शिवनामावली
- शिवनामाष्टोत्तरशत
- शिवनारायण
- शिवनिर्माल्यभक्षण
- शिवनिर्वाणस्तोत्र
- शिवपञ्चमुखध्यान
- शिवपञ्चवदनस्तोत्र
- शिवपञ्चाक्षरस्तोत्र
- शिवपञ्चाक्षरी

svayám-bhū́

m. N. of Brahman Mn. MBh. etc.;
of Ṡiva Kathās. ;
of Vishṇu ib. ;
of Buddha Buddh. ;
of Ādi-buddha ib. ;
of a Pratyeka-buddha L. ;
of Kāla orﾠ time L. ;
of Kāmadeva L. ;
of Vyāsa Cat. ;
(with Jainas) of the third black Vāsudeva L. ;
of various plants L. ;
the air (= antariksha) L. ;
mfn. relating orﾠ belonging to Buddha Kathās. ;
- kshetra-māhātmya n. - purāṇa n. - mātṛikā-tantra n. N. of wks.;
- liṅga n. N. of a Liṇga (= jyotir-l-) Cat. ;
- liṅga-sambhūtā f. a partic. plant (= liṅginī) L.

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viṡva-karman

( viṡvá-) mfn. accomplishing orﾠ creating everything RV. AV. Br. MBh. Hariv. ;
m. « all-doer, all-creator, all-maker»
N. of the divine creative architect orﾠ artist (said to be son of Brahmā., andﾠ in the later mythology sometimes identified with Tvashṭṛi
q.v., he is said to have revealed the Sthāpatyaveda
q.v., orﾠ fourth Upa-veda, andﾠ to preside over all manual labours as well as the sixty-four mechanical arts <whence he is worshipped by Kārus orﾠ artisans>;
in the Vedic mythology, however, the office of Indian Vulcan is assigned to Tvashṭṛi as a distinct deity, Viṡva-karman being rather identified with Prajā-pati < Brahmā. > himself as the creator of all things andﾠ architect of the universe;
in the hymns RV. X, 81; 82 ;
he is represented as the universal Father andﾠ Generator, the one all-seeing God, who has on every side eyes, faces, arms, andﾠ feet;
in Nir. X, 26 andﾠ elsewhere in the Brahmaṇas he is called a son of Bhuvana, andﾠ Viṡva-karman Bhauvana is described as the author of the two hymns mentioned above;
in the MBh. and Hariv. he is a son of the Vasu Prabhāsa andﾠ Yoga-siddhā;
in the Purāṇas a son of Vāstu, andﾠ the father of Barhishmatī andﾠ Saṃjñā;
accord. toﾠ other authorities he is the husband of Ghṛitācī;
moreover, a doubtful legend is told of his having offered up all beings, including himself. in sacrifice;
the Rāmâyaṇa represents him as having built the city of Laṇkā for the Rākshasas, andﾠ as having generated the ape Nala, who made Rāma's bridge from the continent to the island;
the name Viṡva-karman, meaning, doing all acts, appears to be sometimes applicable as an epithet to any great divinity) RV. etc. etc.;
N. of Sūrya orﾠ the Sun Vās. MārkP. ;
of one of the seven principal rays of the sun (supposed to supply heat to the planet Mercury) VP. ;
of the wind VS. XV, 16 (Mahīdh.) ;
N. of a Muni L. ;
( alsoﾠ with ṡāstrin) N. of various authors Cat. ;
viṡva-karman

N. of Saṃjñā (one of the wives of the Sun) L. ;
- purāṇa n. - ṇa-saṉgraha m. - prakāṡa m. - māhātmya n. N. of wks.;
- ṡāstrin m. N. of an author Cat. ;
-siddhâ̱nta m. N. of wk.;
- sutā f. = viṡva-karma-jā L. ;
- mêṡa orﾠ - mêṡvara-liṅga n. N. of a Liṇga Cat.

viṡvêṡvara

N. of a form of Ṡiva (esp. worshipped in Benares) RTL. 50; 437 etc.. ;
of various authors andﾠ other persons Cat. ;
(ī) f. the mistress of the universe Cat. ;
a species of plant VarBṛS. ;
N. of wk.;
(prob. n.) N. of a place Cat. ;
n. the Nakshatra Uttarashāḍhā VarBṛS. ;
- kālī m. N. of a poet Cat. ;
- tantra n. N. of a Tantra;
- tīrtha m. N. of seven authors Cat. ;
n. N. of a sacred place MW. ;
- datta, - datta-miṡra, - daiva-jña, - nātha m. N. of authors Cat. ;
- nīrājana n. N. of wk.;
- paṇḍita m. N. of sev. authors Cat. ;
- pattana n. N. of Benares Ṡak. Sch. ;
- paddhati f. N. of wk.;
- pūjya-pāda, - bhaṭṭa ( alsoﾠ with gāgā-bhaṭṭa andﾠ, maunin) m. N. of authors etc. Cat. ;
- māhātmya n. N. of wk.;
- miṡra m. N. of a man Cat. ;
- liṅga n. N. of a Liṇga Cat. ;
- veda-pāda-stava m. N. of a Stotra;
- saṉhitā f. N. of a ch. of the Ṡiva-purāṇa;
- sarasvatī, - sūnu m. N. of sev. authors orﾠ learned men Cat. ;
- stuti-pārijāta m. N. of wk.;
- sthāna n. N. of a place MBh. ;
- smṛiti f. N. of wk.;
-râ̱cārya, râ̱nanda-sarasvatī, -râ̱mbu-muni, -râ̱ṡrama m. N. of authors Cat. ;
- rī-paddhati f. N. of wk.

virá-ṡaiva

N. of wk. by Appaya Dīkshita;
- tattva-vivaraṇa n. - dikshā-vidhāna n. - pūrāṇa n. - pradīpikā f. -liṅgâ̱rcana-vidhi m. -siddhâ̱nta m. -siddhâ̱nta-ṡikhāmaṇi, m.;
-vâ̱gama m. -vâ̱cāra-pradīpikā f. -vâ̱nanda-candrikā f. -vâ̱mṛita-purāṇa n. - vôtkarsha-pradīpa m. N. of wks.

hári-ṡcandra

m. N. of the 28th king of the solar dynasty in the Tretā age (he was son of Tri-ṡaṇku, andﾠ was celebrated for his piety;
accord. toﾠ the Mārkaṇḍeya-Purāṇa he gave up his country, his wife andﾠ his son, andﾠ finally himself, to satisfy the demands of Viṡvāmitra;
after enduring incredible sufferings, he won the pity of the gods andﾠ was raised with his subjects to heaven:
accord. toﾠ MBh. II, 489 etc.., his performance of the Rāja-sūya sacrifice was the cause of his elevation, andﾠ in the Aitareya-Brāhmaṇa quite another legend is told about him seeﾠ under ṡunaḥṡepa:
in later legends Hari-ṡcandra is represented as insidiously induced by Nārada to relate his actions with unbecoming pride, whereupon he was degraded from Svarga, one stage at each sentence, till stopping in time andﾠ doing homage to the gods he was fixed with his capital in mid-air;
his aerial city is popularly believed to be still visible in the skies at particular times;
cf. saubha) Br. MaitrUp. MBh. etc.;
N. of various authors etc. Inscr. Cat.:
m. orﾠ n. (?) N. of a place Cat. ;
n. N. of a Liṇga MW. ;
- caritra n. N. of wk.;
- tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha MW. ;
- pura n. the city of Harikandra (= saubha) L. ;
a mirage VarBṛS. ;
- purāṇa n. - yaṡaṡ-caudra-candrikā f. -ṡcandrâ̱khyāyikā, f. -ṡcandrôpâ̱khyāna n. N. of wks.

dur-vāsa

- sa-purāṇa n. N. of a Pur. ;
- sêṡvara n. N. of a Liṇga SkandaP. ;
- sôpanishad f. N. of a section of ṠivaP.

parā-ṡara

parā-ṡará

a partic. wild animal Bhagavatīg. (w.r. - sara);
N. of a Nāga MBh. ;
N. of a son of Vasishṭha orﾠ of a son of Ṡakti andﾠ grandson of Vasishṭha (according to MBh. the father of Vyāsa;
said to be the author of RV. I, 65-73 andﾠ part of IX, 97);
of a son of Kuṭhumi VP. ;
of the author of a well-known code of laws RTL. 51 etc.. ;
of sev. writers on medicine andﾠ astrology etc. (with bhaṭṭa N. of a poet) Cat. ;
- kshetra-māhātmya n. - tantra n. - dharma m. - purāṇa, n. - mādhavīya n. - vaṉṡa-varṇana n. - vijaya m. - saṉhitā f. - sampāta m. -siddhâ̱nta m. - sūtra-vṛitti f. - smṛiti f. - smṛiti-saṉgraha m. - rôpapurāṇa n. N. of wks.;
- rin m. = pārāṡarin L. ;
- rêṡvara m. N. of a Liṇga SkandaP. ;
- vara-tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha ṠivaP.

laiṅga

(ī) f. a species of plant L. ;
n. N. of a Purāṇa andﾠ an Upapurāṇa. ;
- लैङ्गधूम

ṡaiva

m. patr. fr. ṡiva Pāṇ. 4-1, 112 ;
« a worshipper orﾠ follower of Ṡiva»
N. of one of the three great divisions of modern Hindūism (the other two being the Vaishṇavas andﾠ Ṡāktas, qq.vv.;
the Ṡaivas identify Ṡiva-rather than Brahmā. andﾠ Vishṇu-with the Supreme Being andﾠ are exclusively devoted to his worship, regarding him as the source andﾠ essence of the universe as well as its disintegrator andﾠ destroyer;
the temples dedicated to him in his reproducing andﾠ vivifying character <as denoted by the Liṇga q.v.> are scattered all over India;
the various sects of Ṡaivas are described in RTL. 86 etc..);
a particular religious rite in honour of Durgā (consisting of devout meditation andﾠ prostration of the body) MW. ;
the thorn-apple L. ;
a kind of plant (= vasuka) L. ;
(with Jainas) N. of the fifth black Vāsudeva L. ;
(ī) f. N. of the goddess Mānasā Cat. ;
n. auspiciousness, welfare, prosperity BhP. ;
N. of a Ṡāstra andﾠ of a Tantra. andﾠ of a Purāṇa ( seeﾠ below)
2) Vṛiddhi form of ṡiva in comp.
3) n. a kind of aquatic plant, Blyxa Octandra L. ;
4) w.r. for ṡaiba
- शैवकल्पद्रुम
- शैवतत्त्वप्रकाश
- शैवतत्त्वामृत
- शैवतन्त्र
- शैवता
- शैवतात्पर्यसंग्रह
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- शैवनगर
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- शैवपञ्चक
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- शैववैष्णव
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- शैवसर्वस्व
- शैवसर्वस्वसार
- शैवसिद्धान्तदीपिका
- शैवसिद्धान्तशेखर
- शैवसिद्धान्तसंग्रह
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