Sadyojata
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Panchanana Shiva
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According to Saiva Agama
, Lord Shiva
performs five actions - creation, preservation, dissolution, concealing grace, and revealing grace. Each of the five actions corresponds to a name and form of Siva with varying attributes. Thee five names are:
Names with Relation to Action Performed, Direction Faced, and Associated Element:
Though bearing each a different name, form, and set of qualities, these are all aspects of a one Supreme Being - Shiva
, and are not to be looked upon as different Deities.
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According to Saiva Agama
Āgama (Hinduism)
Agama means, in the Hindu context, "a traditional doctrine, or system which commands faith".In Hinduism, the Agamas are a collection of Sanskrit scriptures which are revered and followed by millions of Hindus.-Significance:...
, Lord Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
performs five actions - creation, preservation, dissolution, concealing grace, and revealing grace. Each of the five actions corresponds to a name and form of Siva with varying attributes. Thee five names are:
Names with Relation to Action Performed, Direction Faced, and Associated Element:
- Sadyojata - Creation. West. Earth.
- Vamadeva - Preservation. North. Water.
- Aghora -Dissolution/Rejuvenation. South. Fire
- Tatpurusha - Concealing Grace. East. Air.
- Isana - Revealing Grace. North-east. Ether (AkashaAkashaAkasha is the Sanskrit word meaning "aether" in both its elemental and metaphysical senses.-Hinduism:...
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Though bearing each a different name, form, and set of qualities, these are all aspects of a one Supreme Being - Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
, and are not to be looked upon as different Deities.