Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates ‘4g. Rudra in the Baudhyavihara ceremony’ of the study on the Rudra-Shiva concept in the Vedic and Puranic literature, starting with the concept of God as contemplated by the Rishis (Vedic sages). These pages further deal with the aspects, legends, iconography and eulology of Rudra-Shiva as found in the Samhitas, Brahamanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads Sutras and Puranas. The final chapters deal with descriptions of his greatness, various incarnations and epithets.
4g. Rudra in the Bauḍhyavihāra ceremony
A ceremony called Bauḍhyavihāra is related to Rudra. This is a ceremony of distribution of palāśa leaves (bauḍhya). This ceremony is performed for propitiating Rudra and his hosts and for turning away the evil things from the cattle and the fields. It is a forming part of the Śūlagava.[1]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
(a) Vide, Max Müller, F., The Sacred Books of the East, Vol.XXX, p.222, fn. (b) Sen, Chitrabhanu, A Dictionary of the Vedic Rituals, p.152