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देवतामूर्ति-प्रकरणम्
ग्यारह रुद्रों का स्वरूप कहा ।
Mahadeva
Mahadeva, the Great Three-Eyed God (Trilochanam), has four arms and white eyes and hands. With his right hands he drinks amrit (nectar or ambrosia) and rasa (sap, liquid, or poison). (23).
His left hand holds a string of prayer-beads and another hand honours the goddess Uma.
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These are the descriptions of the 11 Rudras, manifestations of the Supreme Being. ( 24 ).
सदाशिव
पद्मासनशिवच्छायां योगासनकरद्वयम् ।
पञ्चवक्त्रमंयं शक्ति-शूलखट्वाङ्गधृत्करम् ॥ २५ ॥ भुजंगमक्षसूत्रं च डमरुं मातुलुङ्गकम् ।
इच्छा ज्ञान क्रिया चेति त्रिनेत्रं ज्ञानतार्णवम् ॥ २६ ॥
संदाशिव पद्मासन में बैठा हुआ, योग-मुद्रा वाला और पांचमुख वाला है । हाथों में शक्ति, शूल, खट्वाङ्ग, सांप, अक्षमाला, डमरु और बीजोरु धारण करने वाला, इच्छा, ज्ञान और कला का आधार स्थान, तीन नेत्र वाला और ज्ञान का समुद्र है।
Sadashiv
Seated in the padmasana position ( ? in constant meditation?), with two hands in yogic positions, Sadashiv has five faces. He possesses the weapons Shakti-shula, and the Khatvanga club (25), and a snake, a rosary, the damroo drum and a citron-fruit in his hands. The three eyed God is the source of desires, knowledge and the arts, and is an ocean of knowledge. (26).
