Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates ‘Rudra as Shyavashva’ 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.
2.24. Rudra as Śyāvāśva
Rudra is represented by this epithet in the Atharvaveda.[1] Rudra is delineated as the possessor of brown coloured horses.
In the relevant context, Sāyaṇācārya remarks that:
This is also a unique epithet of Rudra. But, according to the western scholars like R.T.H. Griffith, it is not an epithet of Rudra but an adjective of the chariot of Keśī who is Rudra appeared in the mantra 11.2.18 of the Atharvaveda.[3]
Footnotes and references:
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[3]:
Vide, Griffith, R.T.H., The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda, Vol. II, p.59