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Rudra

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(Sanskrit: रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm and the hunt. [1]

46 relations: Agnicayana, Atharvaveda, Avatar, Bṛhaspati, Bow and arrow, Canto, Chennai, Dasam Granth, Deer, Deva (Hinduism), Devanagari, Elaeocarpus ganitrus, Guru Gobind Singh, Incarnation, Indian epic poetry, List of hunting deities, List of wind deities, Lists of deities, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, Mandala 10, Mandala 2, Mandala 7, Maruts, Purusha, Ralph T. H. Griffith, Ramakrishna Mission, Rigveda, Rigvedic deities, Rudra Sampradaya, Rudraksha, Rudralife, Rudrani, Rudras, Sanskrit, Sayana, Shaivism, Shaker Verlag, Shiva, Shiva Sahasranama, Shri Rudram Chamakam, Supreme Being, The History and Culture of the Indian People, Trishula, Vayu, Vishnu, Yajurveda.

Agnicayana

The Agnicayana ("the building up of the fire altar") or Athirathram (അതിരാത്രം) is a category of advanced Śrauta rituals.

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Atharvaveda

The Atharva Veda (Sanskrit: अथर्ववेद, from and veda, meaning "knowledge") is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life".

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Avatar

An avatar (Sanskrit: अवतार, IAST), a concept in Hinduism that means "descent", refers to the material appearance or incarnation of a deity on earth.

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Bṛhaspati

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति, often written as Brihaspati) is an Indian name, and refers to different mythical figures depending on the age of the text.

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Bow and arrow

The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows).

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Canto

The canto is a principal form of division in medieval and modern long poetry.

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Chennai

Chennai (formerly known as Madras or) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Dasam Granth

The Dasam Patishah Ji Da Granth (Gurmukhi: ਦਸਮ ਪਾਤਿਸ਼ਾਹ ਦਾ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ.

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Deer

Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.

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Deva (Hinduism)

Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "heavenly, divine, anything of excellence", and is also one of the terms for a deity in Hinduism.

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Devanagari

Devanagari (देवनागरी,, a compound of "''deva''" देव and "''nāgarī''" नागरी; Hindi pronunciation), also called Nagari (Nāgarī, नागरी),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group,, page 83 is an abugida (alphasyllabary) used in India and Nepal.

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Elaeocarpus ganitrus

Elaeocarpus ganitrus, is a large evergreen broad-leaved tree whose seed is traditionally used for prayer beads in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Guru Gobind Singh

Guru Gobind Singh (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ) (5 January 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Rai, was the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher.

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Incarnation

Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh.

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Indian epic poetry

Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá) or Kappiyam (Tamil language: காப்பியம், kāppiyam).

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List of hunting deities

A hunting deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with the hunting of animals and the skills and equipment involved.

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List of wind deities

There are many different gods of wind in different religions.

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Lists of deities

This is an index to deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world, listed by type and by region.

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Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

The Rudra Mantra or Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (महामृत्युंजय मंत्र or महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र,, lit. "Great Death-conquering Mantra"), also known as the Tryambakam Mantra, is a verse of the Rigveda (RV 7.59.12).

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Mandala 10

The tenth mandala of the Rigveda has 191 hymns.

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Mandala 2

The second Mandala of the Rigveda has 43 hymns, mainly to Agni and Indra chiefly attributed to the Rishi gṛtsamada śaunohotra.

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Mandala 7

The seventh Mandala of the Rigveda ("book 7", "RV 7") has 104 hymns.

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Maruts

In Hinduism, the Maruts or Marutas (मरुत), also known as the Marutagana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Prisni.

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Purusha

Purusha (Sanskrit, पुरुष) is a complex concept whose meaning evolved in Vedic and Upanishadic times.

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Ralph T. H. Griffith

Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826–1906) was an English Indologist.

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Ramakrishna Mission

Ramakrishna Mission named after Ramakrishna Paramhamsa is an Indian socio-religious organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the Ramakrishna Movement or the Vedanta Movement.

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Rigveda

The Rigveda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, from "praise" and "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns along with associated commentaries on liturgy, ritual and mystical exegesis.

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Rigvedic deities

There are 1000 hymns in the Rigveda, most of them dedicated to specific deities.

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Rudra Sampradaya

Also see Brahma Sampradaya In Hinduism, the Rudra Sampradaya is one of four Vaishnava sampradayas, a tradition of disciplic succession in the religion.

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Rudraksha

Rudraksha (IAST:, Devanagari: रूद्राक्ष, Telugu: రుద్రాక్ష, Tamil:ருத்ராட்ச) ("Lord Rudra's teardrops"), is a seed traditionally used as prayer beads in Hinduism (especially Shaivism).

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Rudralife

Rudralife is a Rudraksha supplier and research organisation based in Mumbai, India.

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Rudrani

Rudrani is the shakti and consort of Rudra (Shiva).

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Rudras

Rudras are forms and followers of the god Rudra-Shiva and make eleven of the Thirty-three gods in the Hindu pantheon.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Sayana

(Kannada; with honorific; died 1387) was an important commentator on the Vedas.

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Shaivism

Shaivism (Śaivam) (Devanagari: शैव संप्रदाय) (Bengali: শৈব) (Tamil: சைவம்) (Telugu: శైవ సాంప్రదాయం) (Kannada:ಶೈವ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being.

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Shaker Verlag

Shaker Verlag is a German publishing house located in Maastricht and Herzogenrath (postal address Aachen), established in 1986 by Dr.

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Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Shiva Sahasranama

The Shiva sahasranama is a "list of a thousand names" of Shiva, one of the most important deities in Hinduism.

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Shri Rudram Chamakam

Sri Rudram (श्री रुद्रम्), is a stotra or homage hymn to Lord Rudra (an epithet of Lord Shiva) taken from the Krishna Yajurveda's Taittiriya Samhita (TS 4.5, 4.7).

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Supreme Being

Supreme Being is a term used by theologians and philosophers of many religions, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, Jainism, Deism and Zoroastrianism, often as an alternative to the term God.

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The History and Culture of the Indian People

The History and Culture of the Indian People is a series of eleven volumes on the history of India, from prehistoric times to the establishment of the modern state in 1947.

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Trishula

Trishula (Sanskrit: त्रिशूल, IAST: triśūla) is a trident, commonly used as the principal symbols in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Vayu

Vāyu (Sanskrit) is a primary Hindu deity, the lord of the winds, the father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Hanuman.

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Vishnu

Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition.

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Yajurveda

The Yajurveda (Sanskrit: यजुर्वेद,, from meaning "prose mantra" and veda meaning "knowledge") is the Veda of prose mantras.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudra

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