Lord Shiva playing Veena ?

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 10 Aug 2012, 04:25

Can some one help me to know any puranic story which tells of Lord Shiva playing Veena ?
Purandara Dasa in the famous "chandra chUda shiva shankara pArvathi ramanane ninage namO namO........karadaLi vIneya nudisuva naMa uraga bhUshananu nIne " has used these words.

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 10 Aug 2012, 07:00

Veenadhara is one of the 64 forms of Lord Shiva. For a depiction -
http://www.shaivam.org/gallery/image/fo ... kshina.jpg

annamalai · Post by **annamalai** » 10 Aug 2012, 07:36

The name of the Veena Shiva plays is called Pinaki - which is why he is called Pinakapani.
The name of the Veena Goddess Saraswathi plays is called Vallagi.

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 10 Aug 2012, 08:03

I think pinaka (पिनाक) is the bow of Lord Shiva.
Of course vallakI (वल्लकी) means veena. But IIRC kacchapI (कच्छपी) is the name of the veena of Goddess Saraswati.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 10 Aug 2012, 08:35

In the song,amba nIlAyadAkshi, NeelAmbari, MSD refers to her as 'vallakI vAdini'.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 10 Aug 2012, 09:21

Pratyaksham Bala wrote:Veenadhara is one of the 64 forms of Lord Shiva. For a depiction -
http://www.shaivam.org/gallery/image/fo ... kshina.jpg

Thanks for an Xcellent depiction of Shiva playing Veena.
Can u pl help me any story associated with this ?

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 10 Aug 2012, 10:11

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Extracts from: Deivaththin Kural:-
(Page 74 of http://www.krishnamurthys.com/profvk/go ... 71-75.html)

‘VipanchI’ means Veena. ‘ParIvAdinI’ also means Veena.

The Veenas belonging to particular celestials have particular names. Narada’s Veena is called ‘mahatI’. That of Tumburu is ‘KalAvatI’.

Saraswati’s is ‘KacchapI’. The word ‘kacchapa’ means tortoise. The drum of Saraswati’s Veena is in the shape of a tortoise. Hence it is called ‘kacchapI’.
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VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 10 Aug 2012, 10:14

Purandara dasa kriti - Venkatachala nilayam - has tumburu narada

sekhart · Post by **sekhart** » 10 Aug 2012, 11:00

In Tyagaraja's "Mokshamu kalada" (Saramathi), Tyagaraja says "Veena Vadana Loludow Siva Mano Vidhamu Erungaru"....
To translate this into English, at a very very high level: people who dont appreciate music will not gain the blessings of Lord Siva, who (Lord Siva) gets "lost in time" while playing Veena.
This is good proof to show that Lord Siva plays Veena.

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 10 Aug 2012, 16:38

Shiva idol in 'yAzh mUri nAthar' temple, shown playing the veena: (from the temples archives of Tamil Newspaper, Dinamalar):
http://temple.dinamalar.com/Popupimage. ... L7_137.jpg
More details (in Tamil) here

Image of Dakshinamurthy, playing veena, at tiruppARRuRai temple near Trichy:
http://temple.dinamalar.com/Popupimage. ... L9_116.jpg
Details of this temple (in Tamil), here

Image of Dakshinamurthy plying Veena on the vimanam of Vishnu temple at "iraTTai tirupathi", one of the nine divya desams on the tamraparni banks in TirunelvEli dist: https://santhavasantham.googlegroups.co ... w=1&part=8

In his kOLaRu padigam,sambandar describes Siva playing the veeNa: vEyuru tOLi pangan viDamunDa kanThan miga nalla veenai taDavi...

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 10 Aug 2012, 19:42

And, according to Sri Suddhananda Bharati, Siva also plays on the strings of the vINA of our lives - jhankAra Sruti SeiguvAi, jIva vINaiyil sangItAmRtam peiguvAi, jagadISvaranE...(in pUrvI kalyANI) immortalized by Smt. MSS....

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 10 Aug 2012, 23:12

Ravi,
Thanks for bringing in the connection.
sankara sAmba sadAsiva Om hara, sambhu ena solli en janmam kaDaithERavE--jhankAra sruthi seiguvAi!

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 11 Aug 2012, 02:23

sekhart- Thanks for your parallel observation frm Thyagaraja's song.

sridhar_rang: Thanks for providing many more depictions of Shiva playing Veena. HIs Nataraja posture Idol is very common and seen in almost every shiva temple of tamil nadu, where as veena playing posture are rare and quite a few only.

rshankar ji- Can u pl share Smt MSS's audio clipping ?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 11 Aug 2012, 09:20

arasi wrote:sankara sAmba sadAsiva Om hara, sambhu ena solli en janmam kaDaithERavE--jhankAra sruthi seiguvAi!

Arasi, very true in her case, won't you say?

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 11 Aug 2012, 13:21

Dear Rasikas,
Thanks for the photos and the lovely discussion on Shiva and his playing on the vina.
I have always marvelled at the level of thought in our mythology: what incomparable conception of our god playing the flute, or vina, or damaru, and dancing! Music (and hence dance which is music expressed in motion) is in my opinion the highest form of creative expression. And we describe Brahman as 'Nada Bindu'!
Jai Ho. An Internet picture of an ancient temple sculpture of Shiva on the Vina:

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 30 Aug 2012, 21:44

What about Rudra Veena? Ravana is supposed to have played this veena.Ravana got it from Shiva.Any puranic stories please.....

kssr · Post by **kssr** » 08 Sep 2012, 20:52

Pratyaksham Bala wrote:I think pinaka (पिनाक) is the bow of Lord Shiva.
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What then is the name of His veena... If any!

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 08 Sep 2012, 21:37

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IMHO there is no specific name for Lord Shiva's vINA.

ShivA is called 'vINAdhara' or 'vINAhasta'.
'vINApANi' refers to nAradA.
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venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 08 Sep 2012, 22:36

In this pose Shiva is known as Veenadhara (translated "Veena Player"), the Lord of Music. A title he borrows from Saraswati. In most Veenadhara sculpture of Lord Shiva the veena is absent. This is a rare treat to have Shiva playing his veena! Shiva in this pose is a slender young man. Please see the link below....

http://www.lotussculpture.com/57b44.html

Vïnädhara Ardhanärïvara ...Stone carving and a few more are at this link...

http://poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2011/02 ... a-art.html

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 09 Sep 2012, 05:07

... Veenadhara (translated "Veena Player") ...

The commercial site makes a casual reference.
'dhara' does not mean 'play'; it means hold/carry/wear, etc.
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Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 09 Sep 2012, 06:17

vs_manjunath wrote:What about Rudra Veena? Ravana is supposed to have played this veena ...

Though 'Rudra' is one of the forms of Shiva, the world 'rudra' also means 'roaring'. So, 'Rudra-veena' may simply refer to a particular type of veena!
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