Shivarahasya Purana
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Shivarahasya Purana is one of the 'Shaiva Upapuranas' or ancillary Purana regarding Shiva
and Shaivite worship and is also considered 'Indian epic poetry
' (Sanskrit: Itihāsa).Its origins are acclaimed to be over 7000 years old.It is one of the first few works of the acclaimed Saint Ribhu, who was taught by Shiva himself. The Ribhu Gita (Sanskrit: ऋभुगीता; IAST
: ṛbhugītā) is an acclaimed advaita, monist and/or nondual song at the heart of this Purana.
Pande
(1994: p. 10) holds that the Shivarahasya Purana:
Ramana Maharshi
held the Ribhu Gita in esteem.
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 Shaivite worship and is also considered 'Indian epic poetry
Indian epic poetry
Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya . The Ramayana and Mahabharata, originally composed in Sanskrit and translated thereafter into many other Indian languages, are some of the oldest surviving epic poems on earth and form part of...
' (Sanskrit: Itihāsa).Its origins are acclaimed to be over 7000 years old.It is one of the first few works of the acclaimed Saint Ribhu, who was taught by Shiva himself. The Ribhu Gita (Sanskrit: ऋभुगीता; IAST
IAST
The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration is a transliteration scheme that allows a lossless romanization of Indic scripts as employed by the Sanskrit language.-Popularity:...
: ṛbhugītā) is an acclaimed advaita, monist and/or nondual song at the heart of this Purana.
Pande
Govind Chandra Pande
Govind Chandra Pande is a well-known Indian historian of the Vedic and the Buddhist periods . He has served a professor of ancient history and vice-chancellor at Jaipur and Allahabad universities...
(1994: p. 10) holds that the Shivarahasya Purana:
"...is a voluminous text said to have been published in the Canarese script in 30 volumes in 1950. Its manuscripts are found at various places but their textual variations have not been critically studied. It is devoted to the detailed exposition of Saiva principles, myths, rituals and incarnations."
Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi
Sri Ramana Maharshi , born Venkataraman Iyer, was a Hindu spiritual master . He was born to a Tamil-speaking Brahmin family in Tiruchuzhi, Tamil Nadu. After experiencing at age 16 what he later described as liberation , he left home for Arunachala, a mountain considered sacred by Hindus...
held the Ribhu Gita in esteem.