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Shiva

Śiva
शिव · சிவன்
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Śiva is one of the principal deities of Sanatana Dharma, worshipped as the supreme reality in the Śaiva traditions. In temples he is most commonly enshrined as the liṅga. The Śiva Purāṇa's Koṭirudra Saṃhitā narrates twelve sites where Śiva is said to have manifested as a Jyotirliṅga — a 'liṅga of light' — which together form the most revered circuit of Śaiva pilgrimage.

Sources: [Purāṇa] Śiva Purāṇa, Koṭirudra Saṃhitā · [Śāstra] Dvādaśa Jyotirliṅga Stotram (traditionally attributed to Ādi Śaṅkara)

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