Siva Purana

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Dear Miss Sy

 

Thank you for your generous words

 

Something in the Puranas that have noticed and is kind of bothersome

 

The writers always talk about men wearing Rudraksa and mostly use the word he in

this context

 

Whatever happened to people writing about the Womankind wearing Rudraksa and

useing the word She. Since there wouldnt be any Mankind without Womankind a

person would think some of the Holy Books would say She and talk about Ladies

Wearing

 

Havent found this yet

 

Thanks

 

DharmaDev

 

Syzenith <syzenith <syzenith

 

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Sunday, January 19, 2003 2:11 PM

Re: Siva Purana

 

 

Namaste Devaji,

 

Thank you for this Siva Purana. I've not come across this text so

its very useful for me. Printing it out to keep. Thank you for your

Divine Darshan always.

 

Om Namah Shivaya,

Sy

 

 

"srdharmadevaarya <shininglotus@c...>" <shininglotus@c...> wrote:

> He who wears Rudraksa round the hands and arms and over the head

> cannot be killed by any liveing being. He shall roam the world in

the

> form of Rudra

>

> He shall be respected by the Gods and Asuras always. He shall be

> honored like Siva

>

> Even the devotees of Visnu and other deiteis shall unhesitatingly

> wear the Rudraksa. Especially the devotee of Rudra shall wear the

> Rudraksa always

>

> From Sanskrit Names compiled by the Integral Yoga Institute

Yogavill

> Virginia

>

> Rudra ( m ) 1. The remover of pain 2. Lord Siva Vedic Name 3. The

> 114th name of Lord Vishnu as listed in the Vishnu Sahasranama. In

his

> commentary Sri Sankara states " 1 ) Withdrawing all beings at the

> time of cosmic dissolution and causing them to cry (rodayati) the

> Lord is called Rudra 2 ) It means He confers (rati) good (rudam)

3 )

> Again He is thus called as He destroys (dravayati) pain (ruh) and

its

> cause". The Linga Purana says " As the Lord removes (dravayati)

pain

> (ruh) and its cause hence Siva the Supreme Cause is called Rudra".

4.

> pl. A group of eleven gods whom Yajnavalkya describes in the Brihad

> Aranyaka Upanishad. Which are the Rudras ? The ten ( sensory and

> motor ) organs in the human body with the mind as the eleventh.

When

> they depart from the mortal body they make ones relatives weep.

> Because they make them weep (rodayanti) the are called Rudras. See

> the Bhagavad Gita X:23

>

> Rudrani ( f ) The consort of Rudra ; a name of Goddess Durga

>

> Aum NamaSivaya Sivaya Nama Aum

> Aum Namo Bhagavate Rudraya Namah

> Aum Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

> Aum Hrim Shrim Klim ParamEshwari Swaha

> Aum NamaSivaya Sivaya Nama Aum

 

 

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