Kailasa Vasa Shiva Shankara

Kanaka Sabesha Nateshwara

Akasha Lingam Digambara

Shivakami Sundara Chidambara

Shiva Shakthi Roopa Vishwambara

Lord Shiva, Lord of Chidambaram, the resident of Kailasa and of the golden (grandiose) assembly of the Universe, is the embodiment of Shiva-Shakti (energy). He represents the energy (lingam), with neither a beginning nor an end that pervades the entire universe.

Deity

Shiva

Language

Sanskrit / Hindi

Glossary Terms

Song Glossary

akasha:

sky, clouds

chidambaresha:

lord shiva, the lord of chidambara – chith(consciousness)+ambara(sky) i.e. the sky of consciousness which is the ultimate aim one should attain according to all the vedas and scriptures; (var) chidambara; chidambaram - place in tamil nadu where the temple of lord nataraja is located

digambara:

one who does not wear any clothes, one who has relinquished everything esp. lord shiva, dik (direction) + ambara (cloth) - the directions are his only cloth; (var) digambaresha

kailasa:

the abode of lord shiva

kanaka:

gold, golden

kanaka-sabesha:

lord of the golden castle, refers to lord shiva

linga:

special type of elliptical stone worshipped by devotees esp. shiva-linga

nataneshwara:

lord of dancing/acting; (var) nateshwara

roopa:

figure, embodiment; (var) roopam, roopini (f)

shakthi:

power, primordial goddess, another name of mother parvathi

shankara:

name of lord shiva, one who bestows auspiciousness; (var) shankar, shankaraya, shankaram

shiva:

lord shiva - one of the trinity who is the destroyer - the name shiva means auspiciousness; (var) shiv, shivaya, shivaraj, shivaraja, shivarajam, shivom, shivani (f) - of shiva

sundara:

beautiful; (var) sundarakara, sundaraya, sundari (f), soundari (f), sundaram - beauty

vasa:

one who dwells or resides in; (var) vasaya, vaasam

vishwambara:

the one who pervades the entire universe

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