Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates ‘Shiva as Candracuda and Nagakundala’ 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.
2.40. Śiva as Candracūḍa and Nāgakuṇḍala
River Gaṅgā dwells on his matted hair and Candra or moon on his forehead. That is why he is called Gaṅgādhara and Candracūḍa. Since Śiva wears snakes as ear-rings, he is known as Nāgakuṇḍala.[1]