Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates ‘Common epithets of Rudra and Shiva’ 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.
6. Common epithets of Rudra and Śiva
Now, a list of some common epithets of Rudra and Śiva in the Vedic and Purāṇic literature has been given below:
| 1. | Agrevadha | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.40; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.95.47; Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.31 |
| 2. | Babhru | Ṛgveda, 2.33.5;8;9;15; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.170 |
| 3. | Bhagavan | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.52;53; Vāyu-purāṇa, 1.54.82; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.31.42; 2.18.31; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.11 |
| 4. | Bhava | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.28; Bhāgavata-purāṇa, 3.12.12; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa, 49.7; |
| 5. | Bhīma | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.40; Mār.P., 52.8; Vāyu-purāṇa, 1.27.14; Śiva-purāṇa, 2-131: Viṣṇu-purāṇa, 1.8.6; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa,1.10.14;Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.95.47 |
| 6. | Bhūtapati | A.V? |
| 7. | Bhūtānampati | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.59; Vāyu-purāṇa, 1.54.66; 2.35.193 |
| 8. | Dhvanin | Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.31; |
| 9. | Durevadha | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.40; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.95.47; Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.31 |
| 10. | Gaṇapati | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.25; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.65.65 |
| 11. | Giricara | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.22; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.65.75 |
| 12. | Giriśa | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.4; Taittirīya-saṃhitā, 4.1; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.98.37; Matsya. P., 132.18; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.166; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.9 |
| 13. | Harikeśa | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.40; Vāyu-purāṇa, 1.30.220; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.65.68;Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.27 |
| 14. | Hiraṇyabāhu | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.17; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.189; Liṅga-purāṇa, 2.18.31 |
| 15. | Hrasva | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.30; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.165;Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.30 |
| 16. | Īśāna | Ṛgveda, 2.33.9; 11;Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.53; Atharvaveda-saṃhitā,?;Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.35 |
| 17. | Jyeṣṭha | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.32; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.72.127 |
| 18. | Kapardin | Ṛgveda,1.114.5; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.10;29;43;59; Taittirīya-saṃhitā,4.10; Vāyu-purāṇa, 1.54.69; 2.35.163; 2.35.163; Liṅga-purāṇa,1.18.16; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.18.3; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa, 2.25.12; Agni-purāṇa, 18.44 |
| 19. | Karmakṛt | Atharvaveda-saṃhitā, 2.27.6; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.97 |
| 20. | Kavacin | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.35; Vāyu-purāṇa,2.35.169; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.123 |
| 21. | Kavi | Ṛgveda, 1.114.4; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.166; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.18 |
| 22. | Kṛttivāsa | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 3.61;16.51;Kūrma-purāṇa, 1.18.3; 25.10; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.192; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.8; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa,2.25.14 |
| 23. | Kṣayadvīra | Ṛgveda, 1.114.10; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.48; |
| 24. | Kṣetrāṇāṃ Pati | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.18; Brahma-purāṇa, 3.4.34.3 |
| 25. | Maheśvara | Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.98.31; |
| 26.. | Mayaskara | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.41; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.95.37 |
| 27. | Mīḍhuṣṭama | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.11;29;51; Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.26; |
| 28. | Nīlalohita | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.47; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.98.31 |
| 29. | Niṣaṅgin | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.21; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.169; |
| 30. | Paśupati | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.40; Mār.P., 52.8; Vāyu-purāṇa 1.27.11; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.72.101; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.12; Viṣṇu-purāṇa, 1.8.6; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa,1.10.13 |
| 31. | Prathama | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.5; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.21.4 |
| 32. | Puruṣa | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.28; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka, 10.24.1;Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.95.38; |
| 33. | Rudra | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.39;1;2;15;16; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka, 10.18.1; 24.1Brh.P.,3.4.34.9b-11a; Liṅga-purāṇa,1.18.21;Vāyu-purāṇa,1.27.6;2.35.164;Śiva-purāṇa,4.3 5.1; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa, 1.10.7 |
| 34. | Sahasrākṣa | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.8; Atharvaveda-saṃhitā, 11.2.7;17; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.65.61; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.164; |
| 35. | Śaṅkara | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.41; Vāyu-purāṇa, 1.54.69; 2.35.174; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa,2.24.25; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.18.31 |
| 36. | Śarva | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.28; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka, 10.19.1; Mār.P., 52.7; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.170; Liṅga-purāṇa,1.65.55; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.2; Viṣṇu-purāṇa, 1.8.6;Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa, 1.10.10 |
| 37. | Śikhaṇḍin | Vāyu-purāṇa, 1.54.71; Liṅga-purāṇa,1.65.55; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.123 |
| 38. | Śipiviṣṭa | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.29; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.65.149; Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.26;4.35.52 |
| 39. | Śitikaṇṭha | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.28; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.18.33; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.162; |
| 40. | Śiva | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.41; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka, 10.16.2;21.1V.P., 1.27.9; Liṅga-purāṇa,1.95.36; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.19; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa,2.25.11 |
| 41. | Śrīkaṇṭha | Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.38 |
| 42. | Sumaṅgala | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.6; |
| 43. | Tāra | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.40; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.95.42; Śiva-purāṇa, 2.2.41.27 |
| 44. | Tryambaka | Ṛgveda, 7.59.12; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.98 |
| 45. | Ugra | Ṛgveda, 2.33.9; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.40; Atharvaveda-saṃhitā, 11.2.10; Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.12; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.95.36;Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.169 |
| 46. | Umāpati | Taittirīya-āraṇyaka, 10.22.1; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.65.64 |
| 47. | Uṣṇīṣiṇ | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.22; Vāyu-purāṇa, 2.35.164 |
| 48. | Vāmana | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,16.30; Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.95.46; |
| 49. | Viśvarūpa | Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā, 16.25; Taittirīya-āraṇyaka, 10.23.1;Śiva-purāṇa, 4.35.6 |
| 50. | Vṛṣabha | ṚV., 2.33.4; 6;7;8;15;Liṅga-purāṇa, 1.65.150 |