Shiva appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Deities
Shiva
Hindu god of destruction and transformation. Part of Trimurti with Brahma and Vishnu. Performs cosmic dance (Tandava) creating and destroying universes. Meditates on Mount Kailash. Drinks poison to save world, turning throat blue. Married to Parvati.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Saturn
Offerings
- Offerings
- Bilva leavesMilkHoneyCannabisMeditationYoga practiceActs of destruction of illusion
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- The DestroyerThe Auspicious OneLord of Dance
- Gender Expression
- Masculine with ardhanarishvara aspect
- Titles
- The DestroyerThe TransformerLord of DanceThe Auspicious OneThe Destroyer of Worlds
- Symbols
- TridentThird eyeCrescent moonNataraja dance
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneRespectful awe for cosmic forceAddressLord ShivaDestroyerAuspicious OneRelationshipTeacher through dissolutionWarningWill destroy everything false in your lifeResonanceThose ready for complete transformation
- Modern Practice
Patron of yogis, ascetics, those undergoing transformation. Invoked for major life changes, ego dissolution, meditation practice. Teaches that destruction is necessary for creation, that stillness holds power, that transformation is constant cosmic dance.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- DestructionTransformationMeditationYogaCosmic danceAsceticismCreation through destruction
- Mythology Summary
Hindu god of destruction and transformation. Part of Trimurti with Brahma and Vishnu. Performs cosmic dance (Tandava) creating and destroying universes. Meditates on Mount Kailash. Drinks poison to save world, turning throat blue. Married to Parvati. Represents that destruction enables creation, that transformation requires dissolution.
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsWhiteBlueAsh greyScentsSandalwoodPatchouliCannabisMetalsSilverAnimalsBullSnakeTiger
The 36 tattvas
The 36-tattva chain is the Shaiva (Trika / Shaiva Siddhanta) cosmology, numbered in emanation order from Shiva to earth. It is not the 25-tattva Samkhya list and it does not include the three gunas or the five vayus as tattvas: the gunas are qualities of Prakriti, and the vayus are a separate physiological scheme. The ten entries that overlap the corpus's `tattvas.json` carry a `corresponds_to` cross-reference.
Correspondences
- Number
- 1
Practice
- Magical Uses
- MeditationDiscriminationCosmologySelf enquiry
Nature and meaning
- English
- the auspicious; pure consciousness
- Category
- Shuddha
Details
- Keywords
- Pure consciousnessCitStatic aspectParamashiva
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