Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.771

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.771

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c8.771

MĀYĀŚIVA. Padma Purāṇa gives a story of how once an asura named Jalandhara approached Pārvatī as Śiva to induce her to surrender to his desires. This Śiva was called Māyāśiva.

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Padmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit