Shiva Puja

Shiva Puja

Shiva Puja is the name of the action in Buddhism and Hinduism by which one gives birth to the highest merit, the privilege to sit in the presence of Shiva. The Sanskrit word Puja is translated as IAST|Pu, from punya which means "the highest merit", and IAST|Ja, from jata which means "to give birth".

ee also

*Aum Namah Sivaya, Shiva Mantra
*Shri Rudram, a Vedic chant on the early manifestation of Shiva as Rudra
*Kapalika, a secretive sect worship Shiva in his Bhairava form
*History of Evolution of Saivism
*Saivism
*Aghori
*Hindu views on God and gender

Further reading

*"Shiva Puja Beginner", Swami Satyananda Saraswati, Devi Mandir, 2001. (ISBN 1-877-79527-5)
*"Shiva Puja and Advanced Yajna", Swami Satyananda Saraswati, Devi Mandir, 1998. (ISBN 1-887472-62-2)

External links

* [http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/287 Vow of Worship of Lord Shiva for Sixteen Mondays]
* [http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/233 Shiva Puja audio classes]
* [http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/441 Shiva Sankalpa Stotram]


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