Tara in Hinduism
author: Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya
edition: 2003, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 414
ISBN-10: 8178540215
Topic: Hinduism
Textual Interpretations - Mahesvara
This page describes Mahesvara from page 232 in the book: Tara in Hinduism by Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya. This book represents a study of the Goddess Tara (तारा, tārā) and collects various standpoints regarding her cult from both Buddhist and Brahmanical sources. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms. It is part of the series “Textual Interpretations”.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 5 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
The gross is twofold, bhakta-sthala and maheshvara sthala. Again prajna is aikya-sthala and sharana-sthala. The taijas is prana-lingi and prasadi. Vishva again is twofold as maheshvara and bhakta-sthala. The unity, the sharana, the prana-lingi, the prasadi, the maheshvara and the bhakta may be regarded as the successive of the six sthalas....
Read full contents: Part 2 - Anubhava-sutra of Mayideva
The Padma Purana [by N.A. Deshpande]
Dandapani, Paundraka’s son, having heard that his father was killed by lord Vasudeva, and directed by his mother, (as if) by Death, and told by his priest, offered a sacrifice, called Maheshvara, to Shankara. He, being pleased, affectionately gave him a Kritya (a female deity capable of destruction and proficient in magic) belonging to Maheshvara and capable of killing Krishna....
Read full contents: Chapter 251 - Destruction of Paundraka’s Son
The Vishnu Purana [by Horace Hayman Wilson]
Maheshvara, 17. Bhagavata, 18. Vashishtha. The Matsya observes of the second, that it is named in the Padma Purana, and contains eighteen thousand verses. The Nandi it calls Nanda, and says that Kartikeya tells in it the story of Nanda. A rather different list is given in the Reva Khanda; or, 1. Sanatkumara, 2. Narasinha, 3. Nanda, 4. Shivadharma, 5. Durvasasa, 6. Bhavishya, related by Narada or Naradiya, 7. Kapila, 8. Manava, 9. Aushanasha, 10. Brahmanda, 11. Varuna, 12. Kalika, 13. Maheshvara, 14....
Read full contents: The Upa-puranas
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