Rudrasarga, Rudra-sarga: 4 definitions
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: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study1) Rudrasarga (啶班啶︵啶班じ啶班啶�) refers to the 鈥渃reation of Rudra鈥�, according to the 10th century 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 (chapter 23): one of the various Upapur膩峁嘺s depicting 艢aivism.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淏rahm膩 created five sons like himself. They are Sar膩tana, Sanaka, Sanandana, 艢a峁僢hu and Sanat办耻尘腻谤补. But these five sons of Brahm膩 were not intent upon creating progeny; They remained maditating on 艢iva. Seeing them indifferent towards creating progeny, Praj膩pati practised austere penance. After a long time Praj膩pati became faint out of anger. Then Hara was created differentiating the forehead of Brahm膩. As he was born weeping therefore he is called Rudra. He has other seven names鈥擝hava, 艢arva, 莫艣膩na, Pa艣upati, Bh墨ma, Ugra and Mah膩deva.鈥�
2) Rudrasarga (啶班啶︵啶班じ啶班啶�) refers to the 鈥渃reation of Rudra鈥�, according, according to Pa帽calak峁峁嘺 text (cf. 鈥淚. Abschnitt, Textgruppe II A.7. Kapitel of Das Pur膩峁嘺鈥�)鈥攂irth of Sanat办耻尘腻谤补, Sanaka, Sanandana and Sanatana doesn鈥檛 satisfy Brahm膩 whose desire is that the race should continue. These sages inspired with holy wisdom are callous to create progeny. Being disgusted Brahm膩 becomes extremely angry and from his forehead Rudra appears who is half male and half female. After commading Rudra to divide himself into two鈥攎ale and female parts Brahm膩 disappears. In obedience to the order of Brahm膩 Rudra becomes two folds and further divides the male part into eleven different persons, some of these are agreeable, some are hideous , some are fierce and some are mild. Likewise he divides the female part into different persons, some are of dark complexion, some are of wheatish complexion .
Another theory of Rudrasarga (cf. 鈥淚. Abschnitt Textgruppe, II A. 8 Kapitel鈥�) is as follows:鈥擨n the beginning of the Kalpa Brahm膩 desires to create a son in his own image. Then appears a boy (办耻尘腻谤补) of red blue complexion (苍墨濒补濒辞丑颈迟补) crying in a sweet voice, Brahm膩 asks him as to the cause of his weeping. In reply the boy requests Brahma to favour him with a name. Brahm膩 give him the name of Rudra and advised him not to weep any more. But still the boy weeps seven times. Therefore Brahm膩 gives him seven other names like Bhava, Sarva, 莫艣膩na, Pa艣upati, Bhr墨ma, Ugra and Mah膩deva. Thus on the whole there are eight Rudras who are assinged respective stations in the sun, the waters, the earth, the air, the fire, the ether, the Yajam膩na and the moon. Each of them is blessed with a wife. The world becomes populated by the successive generations of these eight sons.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Rudrasarga (啶班啶︵啶班じ啶班啶�):鈥擺=rudra-sarga] [from rudra > rud] m. R掳鈥檚 creation, [Var膩ha-pur膩峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] the cr掳 of the 11 R掳, [Catalogue(s)]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Sarga, Rudra.
Full-text: Rudrasrishti, Rudra.
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