[INDOLOGY] Rudra gayatri

[Asko Parpola]

The six-faced god is Skanda, the Hindu successor of Vedic Rudra, who developed six mouths/faces to be nurtured by the six krttikas, the maidens of the Pleiades who were bathing in the heavenly Ganga when Siva's/Agni's seed fell there and instantly became a beautiful baby.

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> Nivedita Rout <nivi71r at yahoo.co.in> kirjoitti 7.1.2017 kello 20.44:
> 
> We may find the reference of six headed Siva (Bhadresvara) from the inscription of Champa (Myson stone slab inscription of Jaya Indravarman II, dated 1088 AD).
> 
> Regards,
> nibedita
> 
> 
> From: Harry Spier <hspier.muktabodha at gmail.com>
> To: Indology <indology at list.indology.info> 
> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 2:47 AM
> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Rudra gayatri
> 
> Dear list members,
> 
> Happy new year.
> 
> There is a Rudra gayatri in a text in the Muktabodha digital library called parākramapūjā as follows:
> 
> ṣaḍananāya vidmahe 
> citrapādāya dhīmahi 
> tan no rudra pracodayāt
> 
> 1) Why  ṣaḍananāya ?  Is there a form of Shiva with 6 faces?  
> 2) How would  citrapāda be translated in this context? 
> 
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
> 
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