Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates ‘Epithets of Rudra-Shiva tracked in the Upanishadic literature’ 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.
4. Epithets of Rudra-Śiva tracked in the Upaniṣadic literature
Serial Number | Epithets | Upaniṣadic Literature |
1. | Artha | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 23 |
2. | Ādideva | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 19 |
3. | Ātman | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 13 |
4. | Bhagavān | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.11; Śarabha-upaniṣad, 19 |
5. | Bhuvanasya Goptṛ | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 4.15 |
6. | Brahmā | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 8;18 |
7. | Carmāmbara | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 6 |
8. | Dharma | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 16 |
9. | Divā | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 20 |
10. | Gandha | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 22 |
11. | Giriśa | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.5 |
12. | Giriśanta | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.5;6 |
13. | Giritra | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.6 |
14. | Hara | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 1.10 |
15. | Hutāśana | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 8 |
16. | Īśa | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.10 |
17. | Īśāna | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 9; Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.15 |
18. | Jalāṣabheṣaja | Nīlarudra-upaniṣad, 1.3 |
19. | Janārdana | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 7 |
20. | Keśava | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 7 |
21. | Liṅga | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 23 |
22. | Maharṣi | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.4 |
23. | Mahābala | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 4 |
24. | Mahādeva | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 23 |
25. | Maheśvara | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 10;13; Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 4.10; Śarabha-upaniṣad, 14 |
26. | Mṛḍa | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 23 |
27. | Nara | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 17 |
28. | Nīlakaṇṭha | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 14 |
29. | Nīlaśikhaṇḍa | Nīlarudra-upaniṣad, 3.3 |
30. | Nirākhya | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 20 |
31. | Nirvikalpa | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 20 |
32. | Nitya | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 20 |
33. | Nityānanda | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 20 |
34. | Parameśvara | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 14 |
35. | Paśupati | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 12 |
36. | Paramātman | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 13 |
37. | Rudra | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 7;8; Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 4.21; Śarabha-upaniṣad, 23 |
38. | Sanātana | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 13 |
39. | Śaṇkara | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 6 |
40. | Śarabha | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 4 |
41. | Sarvabhūteṣu Gūḍa | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 4.15 |
42. | Sarvagata | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.11 |
43. | Sarvasaṃsāramocaka | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 31 |
44. | Sarvasākṣin | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 20 |
45. | Satya | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 20 |
46. | Śiva | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.11; Śarabha-upaniṣad, 30 |
47. | Soma | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 19 |
48. | Śreṣṭha | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 4 |
49. | Śūlin | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 23 |
50. | Sūrya | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 19 |
51. | Vahni | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 21 |
52. | Variṣṭha | Śarabha-upaniṣad, 4 |
53. | Veda | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 21 |
54. | Virūpākṣa | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 7 |
55. | Viṣṇu | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 18 |
56. | Viśvakarman | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 4.17 |
57. | Viśvādhipa | Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad, 3.4 |
58. | Vṛkṣa | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 22 |
59. | Vṛṣabhadvaja | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 6 |
60. | Yajña | Rudrahṛdaya-upaniṣad, 20 |