To Dharmavidya on Shiva Bhava

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Dharmavidya wrote:

....Can't send a picture of my puja with Shiva murti cause of lack

ofhardware. And there is a big framed poster of a painting by a

westernpainter of Mahamrtyunjaya above my puja...

Dear Dharmavidya ~ all that you wrote here was very wonderful, and I

could "see" the picture you "painted" as you described the picture

above your altar. I too have always been very attracted to Shiva,

especially Shiva Nataraja, and I have a medium sized statuette of

Shiva Nataraja on my altar. He is wearing a necklace of red beads

that I made for him ~ the necklace is like the sacred fire energy of

Shakti.

 

I have one question, though. When we do our prayer seva, we chant the

Mahamrtyunjaya Mantra, and in your post, you describe Mahamrtyunjaya

as a diety, and I am thinking, even an association with Shiva. Can

you tell me more of this aspect of Shiva and whether there is any

connection between that and the MM Mantra? Thank you, blessings ~

Linda

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Dear Nierika

 

Has taken me a while to answer.

 

Yes - I have found descriptions of Mahamrtyunjay as a deity and the

picture I have I think is one of those. In these descriptions he was

described always with water pots but with a different amount of arms

and I think attributes.

I am researching at the moment cause I can't remember where I found

this information. When I know better I'll let you know.

I am very interested myself in he iconographic background - if there

really is any - of Mahamrtyunjay.

 

Have a good day

 

D

 

 

 

, nierika@a... wrote:

>

> Dharmavidya wrote:

>

> ...Can't send a picture of my puja with Shiva murti cause of lack of

> hardware. And there is a big framed poster of a painting by a western

> painter of Mahamrtyunjaya above my puja...

> Dear Dharmavidya ~ all that you wrote here was very wonderful, and I

could

> "see" the picture you "painted" as you described the picture above

your altar.

> I too have always been very attracted to Shiva, especially Shiva

Nataraja,

> and I have a medium sized statuette of Shiva Nataraja on my altar.

He is

> wearing a necklace of red beads that I made for him ~ the necklace

is like the

> sacred fire energy of Shakti.

>

> I have one question, though. When we do our prayer seva, we chant the

> Mahamrtyunjaya Mantra, and in your post, you describe Mahamrtyunjaya

as a diety,

> and I am thinking, even an association with Shiva. Can you tell me

more of this

> aspect of Shiva and whether there is any connection between that and

the MM

> Mantra? Thank you, blessings ~ Linda

>