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	Tazarat.com :: Asian Bronze Item Description
		Virabhadra is a form of Shiva popular in South India.
		Virabhadra and Bhadrakali went to stop the sacrifices of Dhaksha, and during the battle, Daksha was beheaded.
		Kali is shown in a fierce pose, holding sword and skull cup (a sign of her connection to lord Shiva), while Virabhadra is in a more benign pose, missing his usual sword and halbard.
	www.tazarat.com /description.asp?id=409 (226 words)

	Jivamukti Yoga Center - Asanas
		Virabhadra, or the great warrior, is another name for Shiva.
		Virabhadrasna I is followed by II and III, all stages depicting Virabhadra's warrior efforts.
		By emulating the actions of Virabhadra we become warriors for our higher Self, ready to do what is necessary to eliminate ego-based thought and action.
	www.jivamuktiyoga.com /asana/virab_1.html (788 words)

	Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi-lila Chapter 11 Verse 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Therefore Virabhadra Gosani is nondifferent from Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
		Virabhadra Gosani had three disciples who are celebrated as his sons -- Gopijana-vallabha, Ramakrsna and Ramacandra.
		The eldest disciple, Gopijana-vallabha, was a resident of a village known as Lata, near the Manakara railway station in the district of Burdwan.
	caitanyacaritamrta.com /adi/11/8/en2 (366 words)

	Virabhadra, Shiva's Most Trusted Guard
		Virabhadra was one of the most trusted guards and generals of Shiva and in his personal capacity a protector of sages.
		Virabhadra was created by Lord Shiva for destroying the 'yajna', the sacrificial rites, of Daksha, Shiva's own father-in-law.
		Virabhadra swallowed the fire and by the power of incantation revived all sages to life.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /product/PB56/aff10199 (904 words)

	Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation
		Virabhadra was one of the most trusted guards and generals of Shiva and in his personal capacity a protector of sages.
		The 'puranas' attribute to Virabhadra a number of exploits against demons and the benevolent acts performed for protecting the holy ones.
		Virabhadra swallowed the fire and by the power of incantation revived all sages to life.
	www.sadhanayogahudson.com /focusII.html (819 words)

	Virabhadra
		We recommend this article: Virabhadra - 1, and also this: Virabhadra - 2.
		Virabhadra: Encyclopedia II - Shiva - Attributes of Lord Shiva
		Virabhadra: Encyclopedia II - Shiva - Consorts and the Burning of Kamadeva
	www.experiencefestival.com /virabhadra/page/3 (1495 words)

	Virabhadra -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		When Shiva heard about his wife's death, he tore a hair out of his head and threw it on the ground.
		From this hair rose a great warrior and hero -- Virabhadra.
		Virabhadra and his army destroyed Daksa's sacrifice and killed Daksa
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/V/Vi/Virabhadra.htm (77 words)

	Mandarava 1: The Southampton Buddhist Group newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Virabhadra will be staying in Southampton for the next 5 years and he will continue to support the Wednesday night study group and Lalitaratna.
		Virabhadra first came across the FWBO in 1974 when he was a Medical Student in London.
		Subsequently Virabhadra is keenly active in his role as the chairman of the Karuna trust.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~buddsoc/fwbo/manda1.htm (779 words)

	The Lepakshi heritage
		Virabhadra, a wrathful manifestation of Shiva, was the patron deity of the Nayak rulers.
		The temple core is surrounded by a large open court entered from the east with large gopuras to the north and west.
		A colossal painting of Virabhadra is almost hidden in the central hall.
	www.blonnet.com /2000/11/27/stories/102772a4.htm (902 words)

	Parishads: Sri Viracandra Prabhu (Virabhadra)
		Virabhadra’s Shri-shakti was named Shrimati, who appeared in the village of Jhamatpur in Hooghly district as the daughter of Yadunatha Acharya and Vidyunmala (or Lakshmi).
		It is described in the thirteenth chapter of the Bhakti-ratnakara that Virabhadra took permission from his mother Vasudha to go to Vrindavan.
		Virabhadra personally brought a piece of stone from which the deities worshiped there were carved.
	www.bvml.org /SBBTM/p_svp.html (741 words)

	The Hare Krsnas - The Philosophy - Writings of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
		Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura describes Virabhadra Gosani as the direct son of Srila Nityananda Prabhu and a disciple of Jahnava-devi.
		Virabhadra Gosani had three disciples who are celebrated as his sons--Gopijana-vallabha, Ramakrsna and Ramacandra.
		Among all the branches of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Virabhadra Gosani was the topmost.
	www.harekrsna.com /philosophy/acarya/writings/adi11.htm (8252 words)

	>Ganga Ganga, Part 2
		Purport: Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, "Virabhadra Gosani was the direct son of Srila Nityananda Prabhu and a disciple of Jahnava-devi.
		In a village of the name Jhamatapura, in the district of Hugli, Virabhadra Gosani had a disciple named Yadunathacarya, who had two daughters— a real daughter named Srimati and a foster daughter named Narayani.
		Virabhadra Gosani had three disciples who are celebrated as his sons— Gopijana-vallabha, Ramakrsna and Ramacandra.
	www.dipika.org /2003/09/11.15/12.ganga.ganga.2/print.html (1274 words)

	crystallotus.com - Shiva's Consort Sati - welcome to shana’s amazing world of acupressure angkorvat atma aum banaras ...
		Shiva plucked out his hair and lashed it on the ground to create the grim Virabhadra and the fierce Bhadrakali.
		Virabhadra picked up his trident and summoned an army, a cackling horde of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, genii, monsters, demons, dragons, freaks, fiends and spirits - the ganas of Shiva.
		Virabhadra raised his axe and beheaded the prajapati.
	www.crystallotus.com /shiva/05.htm (1013 words)

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		Kavi Karnapura says that Virabhadra was an incarnation of Ksirodakasayi Visnu (an expansion of Sankarsana) and that Gangadevi was the personified Ganga herself.
		Virabhadra, especially, became a great leader in the Vaisnava community and continued to spread the Gaudiya teachings in the mood of His distinguished father.
		She initiated her son Virabhadra as well as many other male and female members of the Vaisnava community.
	www.iskcon.net /nityananda/nitaibio4.htm (1256 words)

	Srimad Bhagavatam - Canto IV - "The Creation Of The Fourth Order" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		TEXT 22 - Then Virabhadra, the giantlike personality, sat on the chest of Daksa and tried to separate his head from his body with sharp weapons, but was unsuccessful.
		TEXT 24 - Then Virabhadra saw the wooden device in the sacrificial arena by which the animals were to have been killed.
		TEXT 25 - Upon seeing the action of Virabhadra, the party of Lord Siva was pleased and cried out joyfully, and all the bhutas, ghosts and demons that had come made a tumultuous sound.
	ocultism.topcities.com /4-05.htm (1202 words)

	Hindu Gods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Siva manifested himself as Virabhadra, when Daksha, his father in law, ill treated and insulted his wife Sati, Daksha's own daughter, infront of a large gathering.
		The images of Virabhadra depict the anger and ferocity of Siva in that destructive mood, wearing a garland of skulls, and with four arms holding four different kinds of weapons.
		Virabhadra is a warrior god who was worshipped during wars in ancient and medieval periods.
	mailerindia.com /god/hindu/index.php?siva12 (761 words)

	Kirtanananda Swami's Daily Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		In the same way Lord Balarama had knocked out the teeth of the King of Kalinga at the marriage celebration of Aniruddha, Virabhadra knocked out the teeth of both Daksha as well as Pusa for he had shown his teeth by smiling during the cursing of Lord Shiva.
		Then the giant demon, Virabhadra, knocked Daksha to the ground and sat on his chest, trying to cut off his head, but he was unsuccessful, even using his sharpest weapons.
		In His pastimes, the Supreme Lord’s anger, represented by Lord Shiva’s anger and personified in demon Virabhadra, was also for the benefit of Daksha, even though he had his head cut off and subsequently got the head of a goat.
	www.kirtananandaswami.org /111504.html (1014 words)

	Virabhadra, Shiva's Most Trusted Guard
		This masterpiece, a characteristic example of Mysore art, represents the legendary figure Virabhadra, one of the rarer themes of Indian mythology.
		I believe the deity at his right is a sheep or ram (a curling horn is seen below the ear).
		The reference is therefore to Agni and Virabhadra's sacrificial fire swallowing.
	www.exoticindia.com /product/PB56 (903 words)

	Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Adi-lila Chapter 13 Verse 61 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		In honor of the holy name of Virabhadra Gosvami, these places are renowned as Viracandra-pura and Virabhadra-pura.
		According to a party named the Nedadi-sampradaya, Virabhadra Prabhu, with the assistance of twelve hundred Nedas (Buddhist monks), dug a great lake of the name Svetaganga.
		Outside of the temple are tombs of the Gosvamis, and there is a small river known as the Maudesvara, which is called the water of Yamuna.
	www.caitanyacaritamrta.com /adi/13/61/en1 (1211 words)

	BS Headline News
		The special package of incentives offered by the Centre for industries in Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Jammu and Kashmir has become a subject of controversy and is increasingly being questioned by other states, particularly by Andhra Pradesh.
		In this context, the visit of Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virabhadra Singh to Hyderabad on Monday to attract investors from southern India evoked a strong reaction from the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers.
		Virabhadra Singh, however, denied that industrialists were shifting their units to his state to avail of the tax and duty exemptions.
	www.businessstandard.com /bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=191450 (441 words)

	Virabhadrasana I :: Yoga.com
		Translation: Virabhadra is the name of a mythical warrior created by Siva from a hair that he tore from his own matted locks.
		Virabhadra led Siva’s army and avenged an affront to Siva’s wife, Sati.
		Let us know that you read this and what pose you would like to see as the pose of the month by writing shannon@yoga.com.
	www.yoga.com /ydc/enlighten/enlighten_document.asp?ID=391§ion=9&cat=144 (1010 words)

	Khajuraho : Exclusive
		Thus, the basement-mouldings of this temple resemble those of the Kandariya and the two temple also agree in the general arrangement and disposition of sculptures.
		Three sculptural bands of equal size on the facades of the jangha (wall) and the representation on the basement niches of the seven Mothers with Ganesha on one end and Virabhadra on the other are peculiar to these two temples at Khajuraho.
		Even the shikaras of the two temples are essentially similar in design, though that of Vishvanatha is appreciably simpler, showing fewer minor sikharas.
	www.indiansaga.com /khajuraho/temples5.html (413 words)

	MantraOnNet.com: The Mars
		When Virabhadra suddenly appeared in all his puissance, terror invested the invitees, who scattered in all directions, frantic to save themselves.
		Virabhadra first single-mindedly destroyed Dakshas sacrifice, and then decapitated Daksha, even though the Rishi Bhrigu tried to protect the doomed patriarch.
		Virabhadra himself became fever in the world, and rakta pitta (hemothermia, or 'heat in the blood') developed from the excessive heat of fever.
	www.mantraonnet.com /saturn/mars.html (1876 words)

	Yoga Journal : Wisdom : Yoga tradition and philosophy, information on yoga's pioneers, wisdom from spiritual teacher ...
		The next time your thighs are turning to Jell-O in Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II)—or anytime life demands a great deal of you—you might want to invoke the spirit of the great warrior for whom this pose is named.
		A son of Lord Shiva (the Destroyer, considered the most powerful god of the Hindu pantheon), Virabhadra was born of unbearable suffering.
		After Shiva's wife Sati was killed, Shiva tore out his hair in grief; from his locks, Virabhadra and the fierce goddess Kali were born.
	www.yjmag.com /wisdom/1245_1.cfm (2370 words)

	Virachandra - Virabhadra
		Although Virabhadra Gosani was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He presented Himself as a great devotee.
		It is by the mercy of Sri Virabhadra Gosani that people all over the world now have the chance to chant the names of Caitanya and Nityananda.
		The youngest, Rama Krsna, who resided at Khardaha, belonged to the Sandilya Gotra and was a member of the Batabyal brahmana community, known for their great accomplishment in studying the Vedas.
	www.hknet.org.nz /parishad5.htm (1014 words)

	Yoga Journal : Practice : Asana Columns
		As you work in Vira-bhadrasana I, it may help you to invoke Virabhadra, the mythological figure for whom the pose is named.
		A huge demon warrior, as tall as the sky and as bright as three suns, Virabhadra has thousands of arms equipped with various weapons.
		Symbolically, he is the ruthless and dispassionate slayer of our inner enemies, and every weapon he carries provides a means to destroy the obstacles to self-realization—like ignorance, delusion, doubt, laziness, and backsliding—all of which prevent us from gaining solid ground and knowing our true Self.
	www.yogajournal.com /practice/1197_6.cfm (497 words)

	Focus of the Month Print
		He tore his hair out, and fashioned from this hair the fiercest of warriors, Siva named this warrior, Virabhadra.
		He commanded Virabhadra to go to the yagna and destroy Daksha and all guests assembled.
		After this vengeful action, Shiva absorbs Virabhadra back into his own form and then Siva becomes known as Hare, the ravisher.
	www.jivamuktiyoga.com /focus/focus_print.jsp?viewFocusID=27 (861 words)

	Virachandra - Virabhadra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Sri Viracandra or Virabhadra Prabhu appeared on the ninth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Kartik.
		It is by the mercy of Sri Virabhadra Gosani that people all over the world now have the chance to chant the names of Caitanya and Nityananda.
		The youngest, Rama Krsna, who resided at Khardaha, belonged to the Sandilya Gotra and was a member of the Batabyal brahmana community, known for their great accomplishment in studying the Vedas.
	www.salagram.net /parishad5.htm (1014 words)

	Untitled Document
		When her father would not speak to her due to her connection with her husband, Sati was insulted and destroyed her body by meditating on the fiery elements (self-immolation).
		Hearing of his wife’s death, Siva then created Virabhadra, a fearful fl demon as tall as the sky, who had thousands of arms and was equipped with various weapons.
		Lord Siva sent Virabhadra and his followers to ruin the sacrifice and cut off Daksha’s head.
	www.naturalnirvana.com /India/General/Other.htm (9201 words)

	webindia123.com-Andhra Pradesh-Arts-vira natyam andkolatam
		Viranatyam also known as Virabhadra natyam is a community or the traditional ceremonial dance that used to be presented in the Siva and Virabhadra temples when Virasaivism was at its Zenith.
		Veerabhadra, the destroyer of Daksha's sacrifice is said to be the originator of this dance.
		A big plate with burning oil or camphor flames is held in both the hands from palms up to elbows and shown before the deity as an offering.
	www.webindia123.com /andhra/Art/Art5.htm (667 words)

	Vaisnavism : Aryan Religion
		` [The] conflict described between Virabhadra [a giant created by Siva to destroy his father-in-law's sacrifice] and Vishnu [ is narrated in many texts].
		In the Linga Purana, the latter [Vishnu] is beheaded [by Virabhadra], and [Vishnu's head] is blown by the wind into the fire.
		The [Saivite] Kasi Khanda of the Skanda Purana, describes Vishnu as defeated and at the mercy of Virabhadra, who is prohibited by a voice from heaven fro destroying his antagonist.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/1335/Rel/visnu.html (2554 words)

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