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{{short description|Hindu guardian god of northeastern director}}

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'''Ishana''' ([[Sanskrit]]: ईशान, [[IAST]]: Īśāna), is a [[Hindu god]]. He is often considered to be one of the forms of the [[Hindu]] god [[Shiva]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Gopinatha Rao|first=T. A.|url=http://archive.org/details/ElementsOfHinduIconographyVol.IIPartII|title=Elements Of Hindu Iconography, Vol. II Part II|year=1916|pages=537}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and is also often counted among the eleven [[Rudras]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Apte|first1=Vaman Shivram|title=The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary|year=1965|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=0-89581-171-5|edition=Fourth Revised and Enlarged|page=252}}</ref> In [[Hinduism]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gopinatha Rao|first=T. A.|url=http://archive.org/details/ElementsOfHinduIconographyVol.IIPartII|title=Elements Of Hindu Iconography, Vol. II Part II|date=1916|pages=515}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite thesis|last=Marie|first=Stella|date=9 March 2009|title=The Significance of the Mūla Beras in the Hindu Temples of Tamil Nadu: With Special Reference To Bharatanatyam and Hindu Iconography|type=PhD|chapter=4|publisher=[[Bharathidasan University]]|hdl=10603/5089|docket=|oclc=|chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/10603/5089|access-date=9 August 2021|chapter-format=PDF}}</ref> some schools of [[Buddhism]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=English|first=Elizabeth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTcLAAAAYAAJ|title=Vajrayogini: Her Visualization, Rituals, and Forms|date=2002-06-15|publisher=Wisdom Publications|isbn=978-0-86171-329-5|pages=313, 142|language=en}}</ref> and [[Jainism]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhattacharya|first=B. C.|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507554|title=The Jaina Iconography (1939)|date=1939|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=|pages=115}}</ref> he is the ''[[Guardians of the directions|dikpala]]'' of the northeast direction. In [[Vastu shastra|Vastu Shastra]], the north-eastern corner of a plot of land is referred to as "Ishana".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Acharya|first=Prasanna Kumar|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31242|title=Architecture Of Manasara Vol.5|date=1934|pages=39}}</ref> Ishana also shares qualities with [[Bhairava|Samhara Bhairava]] and is therefore a part of the [[Ashta Bhairava]].

==In Hinduism==

=== In the Vedas ===

:"Lord Ishana—the Supreme Lord and Revealer of little knowledge through lord ishwara and spiritual disciplines, the nourisher and controller of all living beings, the Directing Lord of northeast, He who is the guided by main direct authority of the  Vidyeshvaras(shivji), who directs Brahma, Vishnu and others—may He  who is vidyeshwara present Himself in this Sivalinga. By such benign presence, let there occur absolute purity and auspiciousness in shivji. Om"<ref name=":2" />

=== In the Puranas ===

==== The Shiva Purana ====

==== The Linga Purana ====

==== The Brahmavaivarta Purana ====

=== As one of the Pañchabrahmas ===

== In Vastu Shastra ==

According to [[Vastu|Vaastu Shastra]], it is auspicious for homes and offices to be situated in the northeast. North is the direction wealth resides, associated with [[Kubera]], while East is the direction where knowledge resides, associated with [[Indra]]. For this reason, Ishana symbolizes the culmination of both knowledge and wealth.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

 

 

 

 

 

==In Buddhism and Shinto==