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Rudra

Also called: Rudra-Shiva, Kapardin

The Vedic layer of Shiva: a fierce, howling storm-god of the Rigveda with matted hair, tawny colour, bow and arrows, father of the Maruts and praised as the best of physicians. Three full hymns address him (RV 1.114, 2.33, 7.46); the adjective shiva, propitious, is first applied to him at RV 10.92.9. The Yajurveda's Shatarudriya litany pairs his terrifying and protective names, and the Shvetashvatara Upanishad raises him to the one Lord. Vaishnava texts (Bhagavata 3.12) make Rudra a birth from Brahma's brow.

storm healing fierce

Sources: Rudra — Wikipedia; Shiva — Wikipedia; Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896) — sacred-texts; Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.12 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase) · see Rudra's web

Relations 5

Rudra appears in

Rigveda (Text) · Rudra, the howling archer of the Rigveda
Shvetashvatara Upanishad (Text) · Rudra becomes the one Lord

Rudra emanates from

Brahma (God) Vaishnava · Who made whom: the Bhagavata's creation frame
Born crying from between Brahma's brows, named for the cry (Bhagavata 3.12).
Brahma (God) Vaishnava
Bhagavata 3.12: Rudra born from Brahma's brow in anger and told to stop creating.

Rudra form of

Shiva (God) · Rudra, the howling archer of the Rigveda
The Vedic layer; scholars treat Shiva as an amalgam around Rudra.

Stories 5

Who made whom: the Shiva Purana's creation frame
How a tradition frames it · as the destroyer aspect from the centre · 1 telling
Who made whom: the Bhagavata's creation frame
How a tradition frames it · as born from Brahma's anger · 1 telling
Rudra, the howling archer of the Rigveda
Origin · as the god addressed · 1 telling
How scholars explain Shiva's rise
How a tradition frames it · as Vedic root · 1 telling
Rudra becomes the one Lord
Origin · as the one Lord · 1 telling

Cited

Rudra — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Shiva — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896) — sacred-texts § 2.33 Primary text (translation) unverified
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.12 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase) Primary text (translation)