A name for Śiva. In chapter 44 it is the name of one of the future buddhas of this kalpa.

One of the most frequently used names for Śiva.

A god of the Pure Abodes and common epithet of Śiva. The term is often synonymous with Īśvara, though here they are listed as separate deities.

An epithet of Śiva.

One of the gods of the pure realms. This is a frequently used name for Śiva and often synonymous with Īśvara, though sometimes they are presented as separate deities.

A god.

One of the most frequently used names for Śiva.

One of the most frequently used names for Śiva. A deity of the jungles, named Rudra in the Vedas, he rose to prominence in the Purāṇic literature at the beginning of the first millennium. Often synonymous with Īśvara, but sometimes presented as a separate deity.

A name for Śiva.

An epithet of Śiva; sometimes refers specifically to one of the forms of Śiva or to Rudra.

One of the forms of the god Śiva.

A deity from the Hindu pantheon most often identified as Śiva.

Epithet of Śiva.

Epithet of Śiva.

An epithet for the god Śiva.

A common way of referring to Śiva, the great and omnipotent god of mainstream Hindu religion.

A common way of referring to Śiva, the great and omnipotent god of mainstream Hindu religion. Often synonymous with Īśvara, though sometimes the two are, as in this sūtra, presented as separate deities.

A god who rules over the heavenly pure abodes.

Epithet of Śiva.

An epithet of the god Śiva. 

One of the most frequently used names for Śiva. The name is often synonymous with Īśvara, but it is sometimes presented as that of a separate deity.

Another name for the god Śiva.

One of the epithets of Śiva.

An epithet of the Brahmanical god Śiva.

A name for the Hindu deity Śiva.

An epithet of Śiva; sometimes refers specifically to one of the forms of Śiva or to Rudra; also the name of one of the bodhisattvas attending the delivery of the MMK.

An epithet of Śiva; sometimes refers specifically to one of the forms of Śiva or to Rudra.

An epithet of Śiva; sometimes refers specifically to one of the forms of Śiva.

An epithet of Śiva; sometimes refers specifically to one of the forms of Śiva or to Rudra.

An epithet of Śiva, it sometimes refers specifically to one of the forms of Śiva or to Rudra.

A name for the Hindu god Śiva.

An epithet of Śiva.

‟Great Lord,” an epithet of Śiva.

A name for Śiva.

‟Great Lord,” one of the epithets of Śiva.

An epithet of Śiva that is widely used in Buddhist sources.

In this text, a god of the Pure Abodes. Īśvara is also one of the most frequently used names for Śiva. The term is often synonymous with Maheśvara, though here they are listed as separate deities.

One of the gods of the pure realms. This is a frequently used name for Śiva and often synonymous with Maheśvara, though sometimes they are presented as separate deities.

An epithet of Śiva.

One of the most frequently used names for Śiva. A deity of the jungles, named Rudra in the Vedas, he rose to prominence in the Purāṇic literature at the beginning of the first millennium. Often synonymous with Maheśvara, though sometimes presented as separate deities.

One of the most frequently used names for Śiva. A deity of the jungles, named Rudra in the Vedas, he rose to prominence in the Purāṇic literature at the beginning of the first millennium.

Great Indian god also known as Śiva.

Śiva, one of the primary of the Brahmanical pantheon; a member of the Buddha’s retinue.

A deity from the Brahmanical pantheon.

One of the most frequently used names for Śiva. A deity of the jungles, named Rudra in the Vedas, he rose to prominence in the Purāṇic literature at the beginning of the first millennium.

Literally “lord,” this term is an epithet for the god Śiva, but functions more generally in Buddhist texts as a generalized “supreme being” to whom the creation of the universe is attributed.

One of the most frequently used names for Śiva. A deity of the jungles, named Rudra in the Vedas, he rose to prominence in the Purāṇic literature at the beginning of the first millennium.

Literally “lord,” this term is an epithet for the god Śiva, but functions more generally in Buddhist texts as a generalized “supreme being” to whom the creation of the universe is attributed.

A common epithet in the Brahmanic traditions designating the great god or lord. Can refer to Śiva, Viṣṇu, or to another deity considered to be preeminent.

Literally “lord,” this term is an epithet for the god Śiva, but functions more generally in Buddhist texts as a generalized “supreme being” to whom the creation of the universe is attributed.

An epithed of the god Śiva.

The name applied to the supreme worldly god, whatever his identity. Literally “lord,” this term is often an epithet for the god Śiva.

The name applied to the supreme worldly god, whatever his identity.

One of the principal three Hindu gods.

Major deity in the pantheon of the classical Indian religious traditions. He is sometimes portrayed as one part of the divine triad, which also includes Brahmā and Viṣṇu.

The Sanskrit īśvara literally means “powerful one.” In both Indian and Tibetan literature it is often an epithet applied to Śiva. However, here where the title is given to a “supremely great almighty brahmā, sovereign of a trichiliocosm” (tshangs pa stong gsum gyi stong chen po’i ’jig rten gyi bdag po dbang phyug chen po’i mchog), the term signifies that Brahmā, or rather a brahmā, is the overseer of an entire trichiliocosm.