1,326
edits
robot: Creating/updating articles
ImportMaster (talk | contribs) (robot: Create/update articles in Category:Hindu gods.) |
(robot: Creating/updating articles) |
||
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
Venkateswara literally means, "Lord of [[Venkata (hill)|Venkata]]".<ref>{{cite book |title=Visions of a New Earth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQMj8QQb6BwC&pg=PA115 |page=115 |author1=Daniel C. Maguire |author2=Harold Coward |author2-link=Harold Coward |publisher=[[SUNY Press]] |year=2000 |isbn = 9780791499962}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XK2kQJqyXdEC&pg=PA474 |title=The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics |author=William Schweiker |author-link=William Schweiker |page=474 |year=2008 |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=9781405144445 }}</ref> The word is a combination of the words ''Venkata'' (the name of a hill in Andhra Pradesh) and ''isvara'' ("Lord").<ref>{{cite book |title=The Life of Hinduism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4-s325pdqW8C&pg=PA233 |year=2006 |page=233 |authors=John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan |publisher=University of California Press |isbn = 9780520940079}}</ref> According to the ''[[Brahmanda Purana|Brahmanda]]'' and ''[[Bhavishya Purana|Bhavishyottara]]'' [[Puranas]], the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from the Sanskrit words ''vem'' (sins) and ''kata'' (power of immunity).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnXXAAAAMAAJ |title=Balaji-Venkateshwara, Lord of Tirumala-Tirupati |author=Nanditha Krishna |publisher=Vakils, Feffer, and Simons |year=2000 |page=49 |isbn=9788187111467 }}</ref> | Venkateswara literally means, "Lord of [[Venkata (hill)|Venkata]]".<ref>{{cite book |title=Visions of a New Earth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQMj8QQb6BwC&pg=PA115 |page=115 |author1=Daniel C. Maguire |author2=Harold Coward |author2-link=Harold Coward |publisher=[[SUNY Press]] |year=2000 |isbn = 9780791499962}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XK2kQJqyXdEC&pg=PA474 |title=The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics |author=William Schweiker |author-link=William Schweiker |page=474 |year=2008 |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=9781405144445 }}</ref> The word is a combination of the words ''Venkata'' (the name of a hill in Andhra Pradesh) and ''isvara'' ("Lord").<ref>{{cite book |title=The Life of Hinduism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4-s325pdqW8C&pg=PA233 |year=2006 |page=233 |authors=John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan |publisher=University of California Press |isbn = 9780520940079}}</ref> According to the ''[[Brahmanda Purana|Brahmanda]]'' and ''[[Bhavishya Purana|Bhavishyottara]]'' [[Puranas]], the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from the Sanskrit words ''vem'' (sins) and ''kata'' (power of immunity).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnXXAAAAMAAJ |title=Balaji-Venkateshwara, Lord of Tirumala-Tirupati |author=Nanditha Krishna |publisher=Vakils, Feffer, and Simons |year=2000 |page=49 |isbn=9788187111467 }}</ref> | ||
It is also said that 'Venkata' is a combination of two words: '<nowiki/>''ven''<nowiki/>' (keeps away) and '''kata''<nowiki/>' (troubles). Venkata means he 'who keeps away troubles' or 'who takes away problems' or such terms in a similar context. | It is also said that 'Venkata' is a combination of two words: '<nowiki/>''ven''<nowiki/>' (keeps away) and '''kata''<nowiki/>' (troubles). Venkata means he 'who keeps away troubles' or 'who takes away problems' or such terms in a similar context.{{Cn|date=February 2023}} | ||
==Legend== | ==Legend== | ||
{{Main|Legend of Tirumala}} | {{Main|Legend of Tirumala}} | ||
[[File:ISKCON Lord Balaji.jpg|thumb|Venkateswara with consorts Bhudevi and Padmavati.]] | [[File:ISKCON Lord Balaji.jpg|thumb|Venkateswara with consorts Bhudevi and Padmavati.]] | ||
Every year, hundreds of thousands of devotees donate a large amount of wealth at the [[Tirumala Venkateswara Temple]] at [[Tirupati]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. | Every year, hundreds of thousands of devotees donate a large amount of wealth at the [[Tirumala Venkateswara Temple]] at [[Tirupati]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].{{Cn|date=February 2023}} A legend provides the reason for the same. | ||
Once, the sages wanted to decide the deity to | Once, the sages wanted to decide the deity to dedicate a ritual. The sages appointed the sage [[Bhrigu]] to select the god. Bhrigu decided to test the gods. He first went to the King of [[Svarga]], [[Indra]], who ignored the sage, and was busy in enjoying the dance of ''[[Apsara|apsaras]]'' in heaven. Bhrigu cursed Indra that he would only be referred to as an egoistic soul, all over the universe. He next visited [[Brahma]]. Brahma was busy with his four heads in chanting the [[Vedas]], performing meditation, creating the world, and spending his time with his wife, [[Saraswati]]. Next, he visited [[Shiva]]. Shiva was busy in his ''Rudradhyanam'' with his wife, [[Parvati]], at his feet. Bhrigu cursed Shiva that he would be worshipped only in the formless [[Lingam]]. At last, Bhrigu went to [[Vishnu]]. Vishnu was sleeping on [[Shesha|Adishesha]], and [[Lakshmi]] was at his feet. When Bhrigu arrived, he first saw Vishnu's feet, and felt humiliated. Enraged, he kicked Vishnu on his chest. Awakened, Vishnu started massaging Bhrigu's feet, and served him with great hospitality. Bhrigu was pleased, and ordered the sages to perform the rites to Vishnu. Lakshmi quarelled with Vishnu, as she felt that Bhrigu insulted her indirectly by hitting Vishnu on his chest where she lived, and thus left [[Vaikuntha]]. | ||
She settled on earth in disguise as a young-sage like boy in the ancient city of Karvir, and meditated the name of Vishnu (Regarded by adherents to be the site of the Mahalakshmi temple). Vishnu soon arrived on earth, searching for his consort. He failed to find her, and instead settled on the [[Seshachalam]] hills. This happened to be the spot in Tirupati where [[Varaha]] had rested and taught Karma Yoga to the people till the beginning of [[Kali Yuga]], after having rescuing [[Bhumi (goddess)|Bhudevi]] from the wicked [[Hiranyaksha]]. Vishnu sat inside an anthill in his disguise, which was situated under a tamarind tree, and started chanting the name of his wife, Mahalakshmi.<ref>{{Cite book|last=HS|first=ANUSHA|title=Stories on lord Venkateshwara series - 1: From various sources|publisher=Independently published (April 25, 2020)|year=2020|isbn=979-8640227642|pages=1 page}}</ref> | She settled on earth in disguise as a young-sage like boy in the ancient city of Karvir, and meditated the name of Vishnu (Regarded by adherents to be the site of the Mahalakshmi temple). Vishnu soon arrived on earth, searching for his consort. He failed to find her, and instead settled on the [[Seshachalam]] hills. This happened to be the spot in Tirupati where [[Varaha]] had rested and taught Karma Yoga to the people till the beginning of [[Kali Yuga]], after having rescuing [[Bhumi (goddess)|Bhudevi]] from the wicked [[Hiranyaksha]]. Vishnu sat inside an anthill in his disguise, which was situated under a tamarind tree, and started chanting the name of his wife, Mahalakshmi.<ref>{{Cite book|last=HS|first=ANUSHA|title=Stories on lord Venkateshwara series - 1: From various sources|publisher=Independently published (April 25, 2020)|year=2020|isbn=979-8640227642|pages=1 page}}</ref> | ||