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The trishula has a number of interpretations in Hindu belief. The three points of the weapon have various meanings and significance have many stories behind them. They are commonly said to represent various trinities: creation, preservation, and destruction; past, present, and future; body, mind and atman; dharma (law and order), bliss/mutual enjoyment and emanation/created bodies; compassion ...
Om (or Aum) ( listen ⓘ; Sanskrit: ॐ, ओम्, romanized : Oṃ, Auṃ, ISO 15919: Ōṁ) is a symbol representing a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, and an invocation in Hinduism. [ 1][ 2] Its written representation is the most important symbol of Hinduism. [ 3] It is the essence of the supreme Absolute, [ 2] consciousness, [ 4][ 5][ 6 ...
Saraswati(Brahma's consort) Lakshmi(Vishnu's consort) Parvati(Shiva's consort) The Trimurti[a]is the trinityof supreme divinityin Hinduism,[2][3][4][5]in which the cosmic functions of creation, preservation, and destructionare personifiedas a triad of deities. Typically, the designations are that of Brahmathe creator, Vishnuthe preserver, and ...
According to the Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary, the word " śiva " ( Devanagari: शिव, also transliterated as shiva) means "auspicious, propitious, gracious, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly". [25] The root words of śiva in folk etymology are śī which means "in whom all things lie, pervasiveness" and va which means "embodiment ...
Northeast flank/north ridge: snow/glacier climb. Trisul is a group of three Himalayan mountain peaks of western Kumaun, Uttarakhand, with the highest (Trisul I) reaching 7120m. The three peaks resemble a trident - in Sanskrit, Trishula, trident, is the weapon of Shiva. The Trishul group forms the southwest corner of the ring of peaks enclosing ...
Hinduism. Over the millennia of its development, Hinduism has adopted several iconic symbols, forming part of Hindu iconography, that are imbued with spiritual meaning based on either the scriptures or cultural traditions. The exact significance accorded to any of the icons varies with region, period and denomination of the followers.
An astra (Sanskrit: अस्त्र) is a supernatural weapon in Hindu epics.It is presided over by a specific deity and imbued with spiritual and occult powers that causes its effects.The term came to subsequently denote any weapon which was used by releasing it from one's hand (such as an arrow), compared to keeping it one's hand (such as a sword).
Kashmir Shaivism. A 3rd century Nandi statue from Kashmir. Kashmir Shaivism is an influential tradition within Shaivism that emerged in Kashmir in the 1st millennium CE and thrived in early centuries of the 2nd millennium before the region was overwhelmed by the Islamic invasions from the Hindu Kush region. [224]