Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s3.t7.2
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s3.t7.2
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Śiva or Maheśvara was the lord of Bhūtas, burner of Kāma and the father of Skanda in Indian mythology His chief deeds were to drink the world-destroying poison, destroy Dakṣa's sacrifice and receive the falling Ganges in his mattered hair A festival in his honour as mountain-god is held in the spring-month vaiśākha Śiva is also called Umāpati¹⁹⁵ According to a Jain legend, Śiva or Maheśvara was the son of Sujetthā, the daughter of Cetaka by mendicant Pedhāla¹⁹⁶