A brief introduction of Lord shiva

Shiva (Lord Shiva),The HinduThe three big one of god.Siva is the destroy god, also bear create (conversion) functions, is India's people most fear god, by the vedic times god rudra descended.

The sect (Siva) serve as the supreme god, believers have land, water, fire, wind, empty, day, month, 8 kinds of incarnation.Buddhist literature as Siva (Mahe?Vara, ideal first), the top of the live color world, for the Lord of the three thousand world.Later became a tantra guardian deity of large dark (Mah ā k ā la, maha naga ROM).In Hinduism, shiva is regarded as god, the god of the world's highest, is the creator of the universe.This god is absorbed into the Buddhism, be living in color after all day (Akanistha, the aga greasy Cha day), the holy one in mahayana Buddhism, more be regarded as the method to the holy one of clouds.

List of shiva

Dance is unique in the human long and splendid culture.In India, a very common gods is a dance of god, shiva statue, the statue of nataraja shiva has long been considered the richest in Indian sculpture art mysterious philosophical works of art.Dance in India is considered to be the creation of god, both amusing god and goodness.Dance god shiva (shiva), also known as the tara (Nataraj), was the father of the Indian dance, dance in India has supreme status in the history of, therefore is regarded as "list".

List of shiva is shiva copper in India has the sale of dry tens of thousands of different sizes, the memory of India's most popular product.This statue of shiva statue in the profound meaning, gods USES is standing, Dan (bandhan) in class are dancing in the circle.His right hand side of the mo and drum, symbol of the creation, others said sounds, sound by ether (Mr Empty elements) by load, on behalf of the voice of the beginning to create (om);The lower right hand symbol of god's protection and blessing;His left hand held the fire of the burning, the symbol can destroy all (and some people say that the destruction of the symbol error and the spread of truth);Left hand hang oblique, as opposed to a raised his left foot, the symbol is not affected by all silk of freedom;Right foot tread a devil (named moya), symbol of the good to conquer evil;Left foot brake, the otherworldly, symbolizes the rise.Dance around the decoration, is the symbol of the human natural world.God, such a dance is not only the dance beautiful and moving, everyone wins, its profound implication between the gestures is fully embodies the rich connotation of the Indian dance, the purpose of the Indian dance vividly revealed, so to speak.Shiva will jump 108 dance, he is the god of rhythm, in joy and or grief are fond of dancing.Dance is symbol of the glory the shiva, also symbolizes the eternal movement of the universe, motion is in order to make the universe immortality.

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Shiva dance of the universe

At the end of an era, shiva through Tanzania darrow dance complete destruction of the world and to merge into the immortal spirit of the world.The cosmic dance this difficult modelling, the passionate movement posture and flash jumps the flames aura has strong visual impact, difficulty of movement is very large, French sculptor rodin gasp in admiration, said its balance rare rare;The Indian chola rodin statue "nataraja shiva" known as "the art of rhythmic movement of the perfect performance", praised as "full of life force, like a torrent of life, like air, like the sun, vibrant".

In ancient times, the dance had supreme status, through which people towards the salvation of the soul.Indian dance has a long history bred the thousands of years, recorded in the 2500 years of history, from ancient times to the worship of god.In fact, almost all of the Indian dance, for the most part is the god of dance, speak is the legend of god, and god relationship and fable about god.In India, the dance is a part of faith.Classical Indian dance have traditionally been considered a sacrifice to the gods - gong dance, is entertainment gods, for god to enjoy.In India, every party, holiday, must hold dance activities.Indian dance today can still keep the charm of the ancient and rich man god color, are gems of the world national dance, it deeply affected the south Asian culture, and radiation to southeast Asia, China and other regions, serve as a leader in the performing arts in Asia.

The image of Siva

Shiva's image is very terrible, his head: eye, neck around the cobra, four hand points with the trident, tambourine, water tank, and prayer beads, mount a white cow, a crescent moon.Siva can drop v demon, forehead third eye shenhuo power, once the ashes of the Hindu god, therefore the Hindu god is called "invisible".Shiva, legend has it that he created two firm, soft dance, is the beginning of the human dance, so, the indians also serve him as a god.

The weapons of shiva

The most powerful weapon, shiva is in the third eye on my forehead.This eye can destroy everything in the universe life, in the ancient Indian Sanskrit epic, the mahabharata, shiva, used by the third eye of shenhuo destroyed three giant castle in space.In each phase of the end of the universe, shiva will open his third eye, all the gods and human and animal in the universe will be his life destroyed.Besides can shenhuo eyes, shiva, there are other types of weapons, it is a handle called "card" than that of the trident and a bow called "ajay ng".On the latter two records are not many, usually only know "than the card" is the symbol of lightning, means that shiva is the god of storm.

Shiva's wife

Shiva's wife is a snow mountain goddess Ms. Pal.Her predecessor is sadie, because father despise her husband shiva, her anger and fire fire, then "satie" became synonymous with India has set himself on fire Lucretia sati.Ms. Pal and two, one is durga, 2 it is to the goddess.This is also very worship of the goddess of the Hindu.

Sleeping Shiva in Youth Sleeping teenager image of the god Shiva

The son of shiva

The two sons of shiva is also a famous god, one is like the head of the personal god of wisdom, naci GANESHA, one is the ares gandhara.Legends about Wagner, a lot.There is a legend says, there is one day, Ms. Pal bath at home, she lets her son naci guard at the door, don't let anyone come in.Shiva back just go out to walk in at this moment, with mother of naci en don't let his father in.Shiva, great anger, flick knife cut down son's head.When shiva understand why, after know wrong about his son, then take remedial method.He let his wife go out to see the first animal head cut down, on the son's neck, his son will be coming back to life.Parr she go out to see the first animal is an elephant, as a result, naci became like the first person.

Hindu holy "Lin ng" - the genitals of shiva

Shiva and a Hindu worship of very special objects, that is in a lot of Siva temple can see the stone carvings of the holy things of "ogre" Lin, this is actually the genitals of shiva.Said that brahma once to discuss how to create the world with him, he ignored it sinkThe seaGo to practice, treated him back out to sea, the world is created, nothing to do with him.Shiva, genital cutting down, throw it down to earth.

Shiva god cattle with India

Cattle were indians as the incarnation of god, of the protection of the people not be slaughtered.Cow is called "wishful cattle", also represents happiness, goodIndians use cow dung to treat skin diseases and trauma, curative effect is very good.

The Ganges and shiva

The Ganges is the sacred river of India, she gave birth to the civilization of India, people call the tianhe, a year many of the festival and the festival is held in the Ganges river,The childAdult ceremony also need to spray the Ganges water margin we can often see people bathing in the Ganges body, it is hoped that through the holy water eliminating fatigue, dispelling disease and wash the body of sin.

In the Indian epic ramayana has a "the origin of the Ganges," said the story, the Hindu god Siva and uma copulation, once reached more than 100 years, that between the gods of the reproductive ability of shiva alarm, begged his semen shiva pour into the Ganges and this is the water of the Ganges river from the day.

The jewelry of shiva

People also by making charms to establish a contact between god and the divine power, almost every person has more than one of decorations.Most of these items is someone who understands sacrifice to elaborate, is gift to the disciple, the teacher is also a pledge of between friends or from casting blessing.Anyway, it's all on behalf of life close to another friendly behavior.

Shiva swallowed poison

In Hindu mythology, the gods of life than man for a long time, but finally also through sickness and death.Gods is obsessed with this problem, then have a heated argument with asura, brahma to mediate the dispute, with the asura phase, with the gods decided to work together to stir in the sea, and can make the sea forever muti - soma, the gods and the asura success make milk sea (because of the sea has been stirring into a sea of milk) in soma, but at the time of drawing to a close, responsible for binding the highest mountain in the universe - sumeru to stir the snake shed the sand of the sea but can't stand the pain, the mouth like a vast amounts of poison, poison splashed onto the ground into the rivers, into the sea, poison permeating the sentient beings.The gods decided to find a great god shiva under there to help, not self-surrender beings suffer, shiva had to forcefully will poison swallowed imports, the acute toxicity of SAP flowing through the throat, shiva the shiva's neck firing young black, therefore, shiva and indians called "candy tuo", ie, blue neck.

Shiva shot Cupid ogre mount

Shiva and snow mountain fairy tens of thousands of years ago have forged a period of love.At the time of snow mountain goddess is the daughter of the son of the great brahma of brake sadie, sadie and shiva, life is safe, secure, in but later on, but something happened to break their wonderful life.Words sadie's father - brake once held a grand banquet, almost the entire universe gods were invited to come over, but it is only not invite shiva, sadie very fed up about it, she was present, his father theories but face all the gods of shiva's insult.Sadie was heart-broken, her very self-reproach, considered his shame shiva, so they set themselves on fire in the fire.Shiva learnt about his wife to his suicide, heart ached, depends on the monastery in the Himalayas, isolated.In ten thousand, when the dead sadie reincarnated into snow mountain goddess, because ShangShi karma, so snow mountain goddess is still love in this world, shiva, but has become a shiva ceases to ascetic, indifferent to snow mountain goddess of love.Snow mountain goddess under there had to be to the god of moab for help.

One day, love the snow mountain goddess of shiva in accordance with the case to the Himalayas to worship him, then god blessed the handheld sugar cane, bees and butterflies do bow, build on the arrows do cluster with flowers, to the heart of shiva, the Himalayas, the arrow after shiva in front of the goddess at heart the feeling of love, just when you're done, shiva detection is god blessed "doing things, want to make him get rid of asceticism, fall in love, break into a furious rage.Forehead third eye suddenly open, can destroy all life in the universe, the ogre ashes of the love of god, but god blessed "has not died, but he have to do after a invisible and deities, therefore love" is referred to as the "intangible" indians.

Bronze statue of nataraja shiva, about 98 cm high, 83 centimeters wide, created in about the 11th century, national museum collection in new Delhi, India.

The 7th century to the 16th century, the Hindu art into the abnormal prosperous period.Hinduism has three big Lord brahma, Vishnu and shiva, the embodiment of a large number of them, with their Indian sculpture appeared in this period, and the image of Siva is the most common.Typical image has many kinds of typical shiva and fixed position, become the ancient Indian religion and art of combining the traditional model.In the Hindu buddhist scriptures, shiva, wearing a crown "flame", are two dominate damage and reproductive power of god, have three eyes and four arms.He at the age of penance in the Himalayan mountains, learn to dance, two dance creator become soft, after is considered a "list".When he danced, three eyes open, respectively, insight into the past, present, and future;Four arm gently stretch, the former two arms Hindu typical gesture, two hands respectively after the tabour and flame.This is the list of shiva shiva statue in the "list of" posture of typical works, it is thought to be India shiva statue art in one of the richest mysticism philosophical works of art.

In this sculpture, the dancing of shiva is score is very beautiful, he gently lifted his left foot, right leg is independent of the flame ring, foot a little, show the "time" the conqueror, the fire rings are symbol of the generation, storage, rebirth cycle of destruction.The statue is very rich in the beauty of rhythm, dance of shiva is exquisite, is the butterflies.Statue at the same time, also reflects the eternal movement and poised and expression of unity, radial tension and aura of unity between constraints.This kind of movement in the static, is precisely what the eternal in the irregular change in Hindu thought.