Trilcohana
(Sk.)
Lit., “three‐eyed ”, an epithet of Shiva. It is narrated that while the god was engaged one day on a Himalayan summit in rigid austerities, his wife placed her hand lovingly on his third eye, which burst from Shiva’s forehead with a great flame. This is the eye which reduced Kâma, the god of love (as Mârâ, the tempter), to ashes, for trying to inspire him during his devotional meditation with thoughts of his wife. (TG).
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Shortly: Lit., “three‐eyed ”, an epithet of Shiva. It is narrated that while the god was engaged one day on a...