Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates 鈥楻udra in the Taittiriya Brahmana鈥� of the study on the Rudra-Shiva concept in the Vedic and Puranic literature, starting with the concept of God as contemplated by the Rishis (Vedic sages). These pages further deal with the aspects, legends, iconography and eulology of Rudra-Shiva as found in the Samhitas, Brahamanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads Sutras and Puranas. The final chapters deal with descriptions of his greatness, various incarnations and epithets.
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9. Rudra in the 罢补颈迟迟颈谤墨测补 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺
In the 罢补颈迟迟颈谤墨测补 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺, Rudra is said to be 笔补艣耻苍腻峁� Pati[1] as well as the slayer of animals鈥�rudro鈥檚ya pa艣奴ngh膩tuka岣� sy膩t.[2] Rudra is called 础驳苍颈蝉惫颈峁ａ弓补办峁泃. The cattle are protected from Rudra with 驳辞尘峁沢补办补峁囜弓丑补 oblation.[3] A reference has been found where Rudra is described as 叠丑奴迟腻苍腻尘补诲丑颈辫补迟颈 and Tanticaro 痴峁涐梗腻. Here, Rudra is supplicated not to harm their animals.[4] In the word 产丑奴迟腻苍腻尘补诲丑颈辫补迟颈, Bha峁弓abh膩skarami艣ra comments that Rudra is the lord of beings. In connection with the word tanticaro v峁涐梗膩, he gives two types of meanings. First one is one who resides in the 测补箩帽补 and the second meaning is one who moves near the cord of animals or cattle.[5]
There is a reference in the 罢补颈迟迟颈谤墨测补 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺, where Rudra is connected with 惭峁泃测耻.[6]
Bha峁弓abh膩skarami艣ra explains the relevant passage thus鈥�
huta艣e峁bh膩go hi svi峁ａ弓ak峁沝膩dir奴po 谤耻诲谤补岣� | yat 辫补谤补峁� 苍腻尘补 tasmai hutamiti dar艣an膩t | yame峁ａ弓amiti vacan膩t yam膩deva tatopi d奴r膩t t膩vat yo鈥檡a峁� m峁泃yuprak膩ra岣� tamavayajate n膩艣ayati.[7]
Rudra鈥檚 close relation to cow has been found very clearly through a Br膩hma峁噄c passage. Here, it is said that cow is the proper sacrificial gift or 诲补办峁峁嚹� of Rudra.[8] Rudra is delineated as the slayer of calf if the calf drinks milk from his mother after the 蝉补峁僩补惫补 period (ten nights from the birth of a calf).[9]
In this connection, Bha峁弓abh膩skarami艣ra comments that鈥�
... 惫补迟蝉补峁� sa峁僺峁涐梗峁璦dhaya峁� hom膩rthena dugdhena 蝉补峁僺峁涐梗峁璦峁� pibanta峁� da艣ar膩tr膩d奴rdhvamapi k峁泃snap膩yina峁� rudro gh膩tuka岣� hantuk膩ma岣� sy膩t.[10]
Footnotes and references:
[2]:
Ibid., 3.7.2.6
[3]:
gom峁沢aka峁囜弓hena pratham膩huti峁� juhoti | rudro鈥檊ni岣� 蝉惫颈峁ａ弓补办峁泃 | rudr膩deva 辫谤补箩腻 antardadh膩ti | atho yatrai峁Ｄ佲�檋utirh奴yate | na tatra 谤耻诲谤补岣� 辫谤补箩腻岣� abhimanyate || Ibid., 3.9.11.3
[4]:
yo 产丑奴迟腻苍腻尘补诲丑颈辫补迟颈岣� | rudrastanticaro v峁涐梗膩 | pasunasm膩ka峁� m膩 hi峁僺墨岣� | Ibid., 3.3.2.10
[5]:
yo bh奴t膩n膩m 补诲丑颈辫补迟颈岣� 蝉惫腻尘墨 谤耻诲谤补岣� tanticara岣� tanan墨ya岣� 测补箩帽补岣� 迟补苍迟颈岣� | yadv膩 pa艣奴n膩峁� bandhanarajju艣re峁嚹� 迟补苍迟颈岣� 鈥榲膩k迟补苍迟颈岣モ�� iti 艣rute岣�, bacan膩bhivikalpikay膩 pa艣avo badhyante | tatra ya艣carati sa tanticara岣� v峁涐梗膩...| Bha峁弓abh膩skarami艣ra, Ibid.
[6]:
uda峁卲arety膩gn墨ddhre juhoti | e峁Ｄ� vai rudrasya dik...tasmai hutamasi yame峁ａ弓amas墨ty膩ha | yam膩devasya m峁泃yumavayajate || 罢补颈迟迟颈谤墨测补-br膩hma峁嘺, 1.7.8.41
[7]:
Bha峁弓abh膩skarami艣ra, Ibid.
[8]:
rudr膩ya g膩mity膩ha | 谤补耻诲谤墨 vai gau岣� | svayaivain膩峁� devatay膩 pratig峁沨峁嚹乼i | 罢补颈迟迟颈谤墨测补-br膩hma峁嘺, 2.2.5.29
[9]:
[10]:
Bha峁弓abh膩skarami艣ra, Ibid.