Definition of Rudra

1. Noun. Father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva.

Generic synonyms: Hindu Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rudra

Rudolf Bultmann
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel
Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Karl Bultmann
Rudolf Karl Virchow
Rudolf Ludwig Mossbauer
Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Serkin
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Wurlitzer
Rudolph
Rudolph Laban
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolphine
Rudra
Rudy
Rudyard
Rudyard Kipling
Ruffini's corpuscle
Ruffini's corpuscles
Rufiji
Rufous rubber cup
Rufus
Rugby
Ruger
Ruggles
Ruhemann's purple
Ruhmkorff coil
Ruhmkorff coils

Literary usage of Rudra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1873)
"May I, like a cucumber [severed] from its stem, be freed from » The Taittiriya Br. i. 6,10, 4, has only the first part of this verse: Esha te rudra ..."

2. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"We have uttered our supplication to him, desiring his help; may rudra with the Maruts hear our ... TO rudra O FATHER of the Maruts, let thy favor come near, ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"The foundation of the town is ascribed to a Bhar chief, rudra Mall. ... rudra Himala.— Mountain peak in Garhwal State, North-Western Provinces. ..."

4. The Religions of India by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1895)
"Agni represents a fire-stockade, while rudra in kindness does not strike with his ... All Agni's names are handed over in the Brahmanas to rudra-£ iva, ..."

5. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max Müller (1897)
"rudra and the rudras. Sometimes we can see how the same name, that is, the same god, retains in one form his original character, while in another he has ..."

6. The Religions of India by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1895)
"Agni represents a fire-stockade, while rudra in kindness does not strike with his lightning-bolt. The two ideas, with the identification of rudra and Agni, ..."

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