Origin Of Trideva

 

Origin Of Brahma

Lord Vishu, Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma are known as Trideva. Out of these, Lord Brahma is considered to be the most important. Lord Brahma is the most powerful, indestructible and the the creator of everything. According to vedas and puranas, Lord Brahma originated from the lotus that belonged to Lord Vishnu when he resides in the Kshirsagar. He is the one who created and developed the whole world and everything in it.

Significance Of Brahma

Lord Brahma is considered the most important of the Trideva but he is not worshipped a lot throughout India. His religious value is considered to be less that Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati, Lord Ganesha etc. Pushkar temple is Rajasthan is the only main temple of Lord Brahma. Tothe right and left, temple of Savitri devi and Gayatri devi can also be seen. Idols of various saints are also present in this temple. Brahma sarovar is also present here.

According to puranas, Lord Rudra and Maharaj Manu originated from Lord Brahma. All devas have been considered to be Lord Brahma’s sons. Lord Brahma is the father of Devas, demons and mankind. Lord Brahma has four faces and travels on a swan. His four hands hold Varmudra, Aksharsutra, Veda and Kamandal.

Origin of Vishnu

The origin of the concept of incarnations of Lord Vishnu lies in the Vedas. It is not some kind of a non-Vedic theory that was borrowed from elsewhere and introduced in Vaishnvism at a later period. There is a hymn appearing in the Purusa Sukta which claims that `the one who is not born takes many births`. The implication of this statement of the Vedas is that the Supreme Being assumes different manifestations for the good of the world. He is however not subject to normal birth with the physical body. Another hymn in the Rig Veda, which is sung for the purpose of invoking Lord Vishnu in the sacrificial pillar, states that - `He comes down decorated with beautiful garments and surrounded by celestial beings and that He becomes great by taking births.` This mantra refers explicitly to the ascent of Lord Vishnu.

There are repeated statements in the Rig Veda which refer to the three strides with which Lord Vishnu pervades the three worlds. These refer to the Trivikrama avatara of the Vedic period. The Taittiriya Brahmana states that God, who is the father of all, chooses His own children (the human beings) as His parents, signifying the secret of the divine descent for the good of mankind. The Satapatha Brahmana narrates the incarnation of Vishnu as a fish (matsya). The Taittiriya Aranyaka mentions the avatara of Lord Vishnu as a tortoise (kurma). The Taittiriya Brahmana gives an episode of Varahavatara (incarnation as boar).

The various versions of the avatara narrated in the Vedas is somewhat diferent from those found in the Indian Puranas. This variation is due to the fact that there are any number of avataras that have taken place at different epochs in the continuous process of evolution and dissolution of the universe from time immemorial.

The basic theory of avatara as found in the Vedas has been further elaborated in the Agama treatises and later in the Mahabharata and the Puranas. The philosophical and theological significance of avatara has been fully explained in the Bhagavad gita. This has provided the basis for the detailed formulation of the doctrine by the Vaishnava leaders.








 
Origin of Shiva According to hindu mythology lord shiva is the destroyer in the main three supreme god. There are three supreme gods 1^st one is Lord Shiva, Second one is Brahma and third one Vishnu. Lord shiva is the destroyer and also have a positive side in that destruction usual leads to new forms of existence. Lord shiva is described in art with four hand, four faces and three eyes. The third eye always keep this power to destroy the creation, not only creation including gods and humans. In the Vedas, a collection of ancient sacred texts, lord shiva is identified with the storm god Rudra.

How the birth of Lord Shiva?


There is a very interesting story behind the birth of lord shiva. One day brahma and Vishnu both are arguing about which of them are more powerful. That time one great blazing pillar appear which root and branches extended beyond view into the earth and sky. Now both god Brahma and Vishnu start to find out the start and end of that pillar. Brahma turned into goose and flew up to find the top of the pillar, while Vishnu turned into a boar and dug into the earth to look for its roots. After unsuccessful both came back and seen that there is a god Lord Shiva emerged from an opening in the pillar. Recognizing Shiva’s great power, they both god accepted that there is the third power who rules over the inverse.

What is the Roles and Power of Lord Shiva?

Lord shiva is a very complex god having many roles and power. If we will talk of his destroyer role lord shiva often hunts cemeteries, wearing a headdress of snakes and a necklace of skulls. A band of terrifying demos, hungering for blood, accompanies him. Shiva can help human as well as god also. Lord Shiva acts a divine judge who shows no mercy to the wicked. Lord Shiva gain the spiritual strength from periods of meditation – deep though – in the Himalayas. When god shiva dance, he represents truth, and by dancing he banishes ignorance and helps relieve the suffering of his follows. According to one myth, Shiva saved the gods and the world from destruction by swallowing the poison of Vasuki, a serpent the gods used to produce the water of life. Drinking the poison made Shiva's neck blue, and he is often shown that way in art. One of Shiva's greatest services to the world was to tame the sacred Ganges River, which flows from the Himalayas. At one time, the Ganges passed only through the heavens, leaving the earth dry. After a wise man changed the course of the river, it became a raging torrent and threatened to flood the earth. Shiva stood beneath the river and let its waters wind through his hair to calm its flow.

In another story, the gods were threatened by demons and asked Shiva for help. He agreed—on the condition that the gods lend him some of their own strength. However, after defeating the demons, Shiva refused to return the borrowed strength. As a result, he became the most powerful being in the universe. Shiva also has many weapons that make him unbeatable, including a club with a skull on the end, a sword and spear made from thunderbolts, and a bow made from a rainbow.

Origin And Evolution Of Life In The Universe

VEDAS

The Vedas are considered the earliest literary record of Indo-Aryan civilization, and the most sacred books of India. They are the original scriptures of Hindu teachings, and contain spiritual knowledge encompassing all aspects of our life. Vedic literature with its philosophical maxims has stood the test of time and is the highest religious authority for all sections of Hindus in particular and for mankind in general.
“Veda” means wisdom, knowledge or vision, and it manifests the language of the gods in human speech. The laws of the Vedas regulate the social, legal, domestic and religious customs of the Hindus to the present day. All the obligatory duties of the Hindus at birth, marriage, death etc. owe their allegiance to the Vedic ritual. They draw forth the thought of successive generation of thinkers, and so contain within it the different strata of thought.

Origin of the Vedas

The Vedas are probably the earliest documents of the human mind and is indeed difficult to say when the earliest portions of the Vedas came into existence. As the ancient Hindus seldom kept any historical record of their religious, literary and political realization, it is difficult to determine the period of the Vedas with precision. Historians provide us many guesses but none of them is free from ambiguity.

Who wrote the Vedas?

It is believed that humans did not compose the revered compositions of the Vedas, which were handed down through generations by the word of mouth from time immemorial. The general assumption is that the Vedic hymns were either taught by God to the sages or that they were revealed themselves to the sages who were the seers or “mantradrasta” of the hymns. The Vedas were mainly compiled by Vyasa Krishna Dwaipayana around the time of Lord Krishna (c. 1500 BC)

Classification of the Vedas

The Vedas are four: The Rig-Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda, the Rig Veda being the main. The four Vedas are collectively known as “Chathurveda, ” of which the first three Vedas viz., Rig Veda, Sama Veda and Yajur Veda agree in form, language and content.

Structure of the Vedas

 Each Veda consists of four parts – the Samhitas (hymns), the Brahmanas (rituals), the Aranyakas (theologies) and the Upanishads (philosophies). The collection of mantras or hymns is called the Samhita. The Brahmanas are ritualistic texts and include precepts and religious duties. Each Veda has several Brahmanas attached to it. The Upanishads form the concluding portions of the Veda and therefore called the “Vedanta” or the end of the Veda and contains the essence of Vedic teachings. The Upanishads and the Aranyakas are the concluding portions of the Brahmanas, which discuss philosophical problems. The Aryanyakas (forest texts) intend to serve as objects of meditation for ascetics who live in forests and deal with mysticism and symbolism.

The Mother of All Scriptures

Although the Vedas are seldom read or understood today, even by the devout, they no doubt form the bedrock of the universal religion or “Sanatana Dharma” that all Hindus follow. The Vedas have guided our religious direction for ages and will continue to do so for generations to come. And they will forever remain the most comprehensive and universal of all ancient scriptures.

“The One Truth the sages call by many names.” ~ Rig Veda

The Rig Veda: The Book of Mantra

The Rig Veda is a collection of inspired songs or hymns and is a main source of information on the Rig Vedic civilization. It is the oldest book in any Indo-European language and contains the earliest form of all Sanskrit mantras that date back to 1500 B.C. - 1000 B.C. Some scholars date the Rig Veda as early as 12000 BC - 4000 B.C. The Rig-Vedic ‘samhita’ or collection of mantras consists of 1,017 hymns or ‘suktas’, covering about 10,600 stanzas, divided into eight ‘astakas’ each having eight ‘adhayayas’ or chapters, which are sub-divided into various groups. The hymns are the work of many authors or seers called ‘rishis’. There are seven primary seers identified: Atri, Kanwa,Vashistha, Vishwamitra, Jamadagni, Gotama and Bharadwaja. The rig Veda accounts in detail the social, religious, political and economic background of the Rig-Vedic civilization. Even though monotheism characterizes some of the hymns of Rig Veda, naturalistic polytheism and monism can be discerned in the religion of the hymns of Rig Veda. The Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda were compiled after the age of the Rig Veda and are ascribed to the Vedic period.

The Sama Veda: The Book of Song

The Sama Veda is purely a liturgical collection of melodies (‘saman’). The hymns in the Sama Veda, used as musical notes, were almost completely drawn from the Rig Veda and have no distinctive lessons of their own. Hence, its text is a reduced version of the Rig Veda. As Vedic Scholar David Frawley puts it, if the Rig Veda is the word, Sama Veda is the song or the meaning, if Rig Veda is the knowledge, Sama Veda is its realization, if Rig Veda is the wife, the Sama Veda is her husband.

The Yajur Veda: The Book of Ritual

The Yajur Veda is also a liturgical collection and was made to meet the demands of a ceremonial religion. The Yajur Veda practically served as a guidebook for the priests who execute sacrificial acts muttering simultaneously the prose prayers and the sacrificial formulae (‘yajus’). It is similar to ancient Egypt’s “Book of the Dead”. There are no less than six complete recessions of Yajur Veda - Madyandina, Kanva, Taittiriya, Kathaka, Maitrayani and Kapishthala.

The Atharva Veda: The Book of Spell

The last of the Vedas, this is completely different from the other three Vedas and is next in importance to Rig-Veda with regard to history and sociology. A different spirit pervades this Veda. Its hymns are of a more diverse character than the Rig Veda and are also simpler in language. In fact, many scholars do not consider it part of the Vedas at all. The Atharva Veda consists of spells and charms prevalent at its time, and portrays a clearer picture of the Vedic society.