Hindu Godshiva

Shakti Performing Tapas At Kanchi

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64 Forms Of Hindu God Shiva

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Maheshwara (Ashtashta) Murtams - 64

linga murthy	lingOdbhava mUrthy	mukalingam
sadAshiva mUrthy	maha sadAshiva mUrthy	umamahEshvara mUrthy
sukAsana mUrthy	umEsha murthy	somaskandha murthi
chandrashekara murthy	vRishabhArUDar	vRiShabhAntika mUrthy
bhujanga lalita mUrthy	bhujanga trAsa mUrthy	sandhya nRitta mUrthy
sadA nRitta mUrthy	chaNDathANDava mUrthy	gangAdhara mUrthy
gangavisarjana mUrthy	tripurAntaka mUrthy	kalyANasundhara mUrthy
ardanArIshvara mUrthy	gajasura samhara murthy	jvarAbhagnamUrthy
shArdhUla hara mUrthy	pAsupatha mUrthy	kaNkALa mUrthy
kEshavArtha mUrthy	bhikshATaNa mUrthy	simhaghna mUrthy
chaNDIsha anugraha mUrthy	vyAkyAna dakshiNAmUrthy	yOga dakshiNAmUrthi
vINAdhara dakshiNAmUrti	kAlAnthakar	kAma dahana mUrthy
lakuLIshvaramurthy	bhairav mUrthy	ApatuttAraNamUrthy
vaDuka mUrthy	kshetrapaala mUrthy	vIrabhadra mUrthy
agorAstra mUrthy	dakshayagyahara mUrthy	kirAtha mUrthy
gurumUrthy	ashvArUDa mUrthy	gajAntika mUrthy
jalandharavata mUrthy	EkapAda trimUrthy	tripAda trimUrthi
EkapAdha mUrthy	gaurIvaraprada mUrthy	chakradAnasvarUpa mUrthy
gaurIlIlA samanvita mUrthy	viShApaharaNa mUrthy	garuDanthika mUrthy
brahma shirachEtha mUrthy	kUrma samhAra mUrthy	matsya samhAra mUrthy
varAha samhAra mUrthy	prArthanA mUrthy	rakthabhiksha pradAna mUrthy
shishyabhAva mUrthy

Shiva,MoomMurthi

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siva
kali

Sivaparvathi
Moommurthi

ThirumuRai

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thirumuRai Name Author
1 thirukkadaikkAppu thirunyAna champandhar
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3

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5 thEvAram thirunAvukkarachar
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7 thiruppAttu chundharar
8 thiruvAchakam & thirukkOvaiyAr mANikka vAchakar

9 thiruvichaippA, thiruppallANdu thirumALigaiththEvar, chEndhanAr, karuvUrththEvar, pUnthuruththi kADanambi, kaNDarAdhiththar, vENATTaDikaL, liyamudhanAr, puruDoththama nambi, chEdhirAyar

10 thirumandhiram thirumUlar

11 prabhandham thiruAlavAyuDaiyAr, kAraikkAl ammaiyAr, aiyaDikaL kADavarkOn, chEramAn perumAL, nakkIrar, kallADar, kapilar, paraNar, iLamperumAn aDikal, adhirAvaDikaL, paTTinaththup piLLaiyAr, nambiyANDAr nambi

12 periya purANam chEkkizAr

Panniru Thirumurai

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Panniru thirumurai

Panniru thirumurai is the collection of twelve holy scriptures written by twenty seven marvelous devotees in thamiz language. These are the highly respected scriptures of thamiz shaivites. The philosophers who came in the later days like the santhana kuravas who wrote the shaiva sidhdhantha texts (1) and others like thayumanavar and ramalinga vallalar have adored these scriptures and their authors in their works. Like the 27 stars that shine in the sky these great devotees gave the thirumurai which are like the twelve suns (dvadasa Adityas). This splendid luminance has been guiding the suffering masses from their darkness to the Supreme in Whose presence the sticky bonds (pasam) is driven off.

The first letter in the first thirumurai (In tamil script) is "tho" can be separated as "th" + "o". The last word in the last thirumurai (Periya Puranam) is "ulagelaam". In that the last letter is "m". By joining the first letter of the first Thirumurai and the last letter in the last Thirumurai one can see that it is the holy "OM". So it can be noted that the Thirumurai is the description of the Pranava itself. It could also be noted that the first consonant "th" is same as that of the first consonat in vedas !!

These thirumurais are for masses to elites, simple devotees to great yogis, are for married people as well for ascetic. Because they have all the elements the people of various states would look for. While the honey dipped words (Oh, honey is glorified !) Of thiruvachakam that just is nothing but pure devotion and surrender, thirumandhiram is a marvelous text on the sophisticated concepts of yoga shastram. The thiruththandakams of appar peruman are very simple to pass rich concepts even to masses and there are some hymns from champan^dhar that dwells in the beauties of grammar and music. These have the songs praying for good family and maaterial life at the same time those of devotees like pattinaththar who praise the ascetic life against the married !

These 12 thirumurais are arranged in four catagories. They are thoththiram (stotram) (praise) which are the first nine thirumurais. Chaththiram (shastram) (guidelines) which is the tenth thirumurai namely thirumandhiram. Prabha.ntam (assorted) which is the eleventh thirumurai. (Becuase the songs in this are composed of various language constructs). Puranam (history) which is the twelth thirumurai. Let these great beacons shower wisdom in our minds !!

Periya Puranam

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Here is some portions from one of the precious literature called periya purANam. If one wants to know what is devotion, what will be the actions and state of devotees, and want to dwell in the great nector of love, the best place to go is periya purANam. If you want to feel the great heights that love for the Lord, who is the pure form of love, can take then read the periya purANam not just for the sake of reading, but by putting yourself in the state of the nAyanAr whose life is described as you read. Feel it. Even for a person who never ever tasted the honey of devotion, it should give a great experience. If a person does not get bhakthi even after reading periya purANam you can say for sure that involvement was missing from his/her part.

Exclaiming the value of periya purANam king anapAya chOzan took chEkkizAr perumAn on the royal elephant and he himself fanned chEkkizAr with veNchAmaram in that big procession . What other praise is required when God Himself gave the starting word for the periyapurANam as ulakelAm.

It is a nector that will give you the immortal love, drink it.
It is a perennial river of love that will make the lands of your mind fertile, irrigate with it.
It is a ocean that will get you pearl heaps of coveted qualities, dwell in it.
It is a sharp sword that will cut off the bonds to make you feel the bliss of freedom, hold it strong.
It is a teacher that tells morals of life, make yourself a rock of discipline.
It is a historical information resource, develop your knowledge with that.

chEkkizAr had the true knowledge, he had the best of poetic expression, he had the neutrality in his sayings, he had the devotion for the 63 devotees, above all he had the true love for God. Though only chEkkizAr can match himself, this is an effort to give a glimpse of that wonderland called periya purANam. If it creates an interest in you to read the original text of chEkkizAr, then it has served the purpose. For the people who do not know thamiz but would like to know about the peerless 63 saints, this should give a taste of that nector. If it serves to remind people, who read periya purANam or knew about the 63 saints, about their great deeds, it has found the use that is intended.

If you find this effort good, it is naturally due to the fact that it is just a taste of the non saturating sweet, periya purANam. If there are flaws that is due to my lack of knowledge in this effort and you can be quite sure that periya purANam will be marvelous and look for an opportunity to read it yourself. Please note that this is not a translation so only the theme will be same as in periya purANam. Try to have in mind the holy deeds of the devotees by looking into it on the gurupUja days of these devotees atleast. This effort absolutely can not magnify the glory of periya purANam, but let the Lord and His devotees out of their love bear with and correct the flaws in it.

Ardhanarishwar,Dakshinamurthy,Shiv Ganesha

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Ardhanarishwar

Dakshinamurthy

Shiv Ganesha

Ramaishwar,Shiva Parvati,Vishahara,Shiva mandala

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Ramaishwar

Shiva Parvati

Vishahara

Shiva mandala

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Shivalingam

Shiva Shakti Lingam

Shiva

Lingam

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Somaskan

Shiva

Lingam Nandi

Kutumbam

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God shiva