Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . nd, with the glory which issued fromhis third eye, consumed him and his army to ashes. Siva is said to have a thousand names ; in addition to thosealready mentioned the following are most common :— Maheshwara, The great god. Ishwar, The glorious. Chandrashekara, He who wears a half-moon on his fore-head. Bhuteswara, Lord of Bhuts, or goblins. Mritunjaya, He who conquers death. Srikanta, He whose neck is beautiful. Smarahara, The destroyer of Smara or Kamdeva. Gangadhara, He who holds Ganga (the Ganges) in hishair. Sthanu, The everlasting. Girisha, The lord
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . nd, with the glory which issued fromhis third eye, consumed him and his army to ashes. Siva is said to have a thousand names ; in addition to thosealready mentioned the following are most common :— Maheshwara, The great god. Ishwar, The glorious. Chandrashekara, He who wears a half-moon on his fore-head. Bhuteswara, Lord of Bhuts, or goblins. Mritunjaya, He who conquers death. Srikanta, He whose neck is beautiful. Smarahara, The destroyer of Smara or Kamdeva. Gangadhara, He who holds Ganga (the Ganges) in hishair. Sthanu, The everlasting. Girisha, The lord of the hills. Digambara, He who is clothed with space (naked). Bhagavat, The lord. Isana, The ruler. Mahakala, The great time. Tryambaka, The three-eyed. 236 The Puranic Deities. panchAnana. This is a form of Siva in which he is represented, as his nameteaches, with five faces ; the appearance of his body and theascetics dress being the same as in his ordinary forms. It isunder this name that prayers for recovery from sickness are. PANCHANANA. addressed to Siva as the physician or healer. In places wherethere is no temple or image of this deity, worship is offered tohim before a shapeless stone, painted red, placed under a is a very common form of worship in the villages of Bengal. Panchanana. 237 There are some shrines of Panchanana that have acquired con-siderable celebrity, to which women resort to obtain the gift ofchildren and other blessings. In times of sickness offerings aremade to this deity without scruple, though the sufferer is notordinarily a worshipper of Siva. In cases of epilepsy it is thecommon belief that the victim is possessed by Panchanana, andofferings are made to induce him to depart; and it is believedthat recovery is the result of the gods departure.
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