[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.235 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.235 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.235 - **Language:** English ### [c5.235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.235) BHAIRAVA (mas.), BHAIRAVĪ (fem.). ‘The terrible.’ Names of Siva and his wife Devī. The Bhairavas are eight inferior forms or manifestations of Siva, all of them of a terrible character:—(1.) Asitānga, black limbed; (2.) Sanhāra, destruction; (3.) Ruru, a dog; (4.) Kāla, black; (5.) Krodha, anger; (6.) Tāmra-chūdā, red crested; (7.) Chandra-chūdā, moon crested; (8.) Mahā, great. Other names are met with as variants: Kapāla, Rudra, Bhīshana, Un-matta, Ku-pati, &c. In these forms Siva often rides upon a dog, wherefore he is called Swāswa, ‘whose horse is a dog.’ - [Previous: c5.234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.234) - [Next: c5.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.236) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.235) · Pramāṇa