Lord Shambhu (शम्भू) is a revered name for Lord Shiva, embodying various aspects of the deity defined in the Purana.…
Rudra (रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with Shiva, the wind or storms (Vayu), medicine, and the hunt. One translation of the name is ‘the roarer’. In the Rigveda, Rudra is…
Hara (हर), in Hinduism, is an early name for Shiva. In the rhythmic chants echoing through ancient temples and modern…
Nilakantha (नीलकण्ठ) is one of the epithets of the Hindu deity Shiva. According to Hindu mythology, Shiva gained this epithet when he consumed the kalakuta (poison) that…
Dvapara Yuga (द्वापर युग), in Hinduism, is the third and third-best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Treta Yuga and…
Purana (पुराण) is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other…
Atman (आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word that refers to the (universal) Self or self-existent essence of individuals, as distinct from ego (Ahamkara), mind (Chitta)…
The Kena Upanishad (केन उपनिषद) is a Vedic Sanskrit text classified as one of the primary or Mukhya Upanishads that…
The Katha Upanishad (कठोपनिषद् or कठ उपनिषद्) is one of the mukhya (primary) Upanishads, embedded in the last eight short sections of the Kaṭha school…