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Vayu Purana extolls his virtues "" Having worshipped a portion of the divine being called Dattatreya, sprung from the race of Atri, he sought and obtained these boons, viz., a thousand arms and a golden chariot that went wheresoever he willed it to go ; the power of restraining wrong by justice ; the conquest of the earth and the disposition to rule it righteously ; invincibility by enemies, and death at the hands of a man who was more powerful than himself.
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Vayu and Purana
The Bhagavata Purana ( Canto 7 ), Agni Purana ( 4. 2-3 ), Brahmanda Purana ( 2. 5. 3-29 ), Vayu Purana ( 67. 61-66 ), Harivamsa ( 41 & 3. 41-47 ), Brahma Purana ( 213. 44-79 ), Vishnudharmottara Purana ( 1. 54 ), Kurma Purana ( 1. 15. 18-72 ), Matsya Purana ( 161-163 ), Padma Purana ( Uttara-khanda 5. 42 ), Shiva Purana ( 2. 5. 43 & 3. 10-12 ), Linga Purana ( 1. 95-96 ), Skanda Purana 7 ( 2. 18. 60-130 ) and Vishnu Purana ( 1. 16-20 ) all contain depictions of the Narasimha Avatar.
" The Vayu Purana states that Kartavirya invaded Lanka, and there took Ravana as prisoner.
Sage Bhrigu finds mention in Shiva Purana and Vayu Purana, where he is shown present during the great Yagna of Daksha Prajapati ( his father-in-law ).
In some texts the Pahlavas are synonymous with the Pallavas, a dynasty of Southern India: While the Vayu Purana distinguishes between Pahlava and Pahnava, the Vamana Purana and Matsya Purana refer to both as Pallava.
She dates Markandeya Purana to c. 250 CE ( with one portion dated to c. 550 CE ), Matsya Purana to c. 250 – 500 CE, Vayu Purana to c. 350 CE, Harivamsa and Vishnu Purana to c. 450 CE, Brahmanda Purana to c. 350 – 950 CE, Vamana Purana to c. 450 – 900 CE, Kurma Purana to c. 550 – 850 CE, and Linga Purana to c. 600 – 1000 CE.
Vayu and worshipped
In this way, they all worshipped the Vayu linga separately without knowing what the other was doing.
Constructed in the 12th century by Rajendra Chola, Vayu is incarnated as Lord Shiva and worshipped as Kalahasteeswara.
In the Avesta, Aži Dahāka is said to have lived in the inaccessible fortress of Kuuirinta in the land of Baβri, where he worshipped the yazatas Arədvī Sūrā ( Anāhitā ), divinity of the rivers, and Vayu, divinity of the storm-wind.
Vayu and divine
All divine personalities are inherent in the Purusha, just as Agni in speech, Vayu in Prana, the Sun in the eyes, the Moon in the mind, the directions in the ears and water in the potency.
When Bhishma looked at his guru with the divine eyesight, he saw the Earth as Parasurama's chariot, the four Vedas as the horses, the Upanishads as the reins, Vayu ( wind ) as the Charioteer and the Vedic goddesses Gayatri, Savitri & Saraswati as the armor.
' overwhelming Rama with praise, and a rain of celestial flowers of divine fragrance fell on all sides, scattered by Vayu.
Vayu, god of the wind, carried the divine power of Lord Shiva to Anjana's womb, and thus Hanuman was himself an incarnation of Lord Shiva.
Vayu and being
The deities and other sentient beings were graded, with Vayu, the god of life, being the highest, and Vishnu being eternally above them.
Vayu and called
The northeast quarter is called Isanya, the southeast Agni, the southwest Niruthi and northwest Vayu.
Vayu and from
Sri Kalahasti temple, situated 36 km away from Tirupati is famous for its Vayu linga, one of the Panchabhoota Sthalams, representing wind.
These mantras salute Soma, Gandharva, Agni, Indra, Vayu, the Aswini Devas, Savita, Brihaspati, Viswa Devas and Varuna for blessing the marriage and beseeches them to confer long wedded life, health, wealth, children and freedom from all kinds of worries.
The word Guruvayurappan, meaning Lord of Guruvayur, comes from the words Guru () referring to Brihaspati, the Guru of the Devas, Vayu (), the God of Wind and Appan (), meaning father or Lord in Malayalam. Since Guru and Vayu installed Krishna's idol, the name Guruvayurappan was given to the deity ..
These five Vrishni heroes have been identified with Samkarshana, Vasudeva, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Samba from a passage in the Vayu Purana ( 97. 1-2 ).
Vayu and race
The Brahmanda Purana and Vayu Purana state that the Pururavas, the ancestors of the Puru race once lived with Urvasi in Uttarakuru.
Vayu and these
Of these, Samana Vayu ( situated in the navel region ) is believed to aid in digestion and to give physical strength to the body.
Vayu and boons
Urged by Pandu to use her boons, Kunti gave birth to Bhima by invoking the God of wind, Vayu.
When Pandu expressed to Kunti his despair at the prospect of dying childless, Kunti used the boons given to her by Sage Durvasa to bear three sons — Yudhishtira ( by Lord Dharma ), Bhima ( by Lord Vayu ), and Arjuna ( by Lord Indra ).
Vayu and went
Bṛhaspati and Vayu went around the world in search of an ideal place.
Vayu and ;
Some gods are associated with specific elements or functions: Indra ( the king of gods, the god of thunder and lightning ; he also rules the world of Swarga ), Varuna ( the god of the oceans ), Agni ( the god of fire ), Kubera ( the treasurer of the gods ), Surya ( the sun god ), Vayu ( the god of wind ), and Soma ( the moon god ).
Thus Indra, the chief of the devas, was regarded as the regent of the east ; Agni, the fire, was in the same way associated with the southeast ; Yama, lord of death and justice with the south ; Surya, the sun, with the southwest ; Varuna, originally the representative of the all-embracing heaven ( atmosphere ), now the god of the ocean, with the west ; Vayu ( or Pavana ), the wind, with the northwest ; Kubera, the god of wealth, with the north ; and Soma with the northeast.
Thus, Yudhisthira was the son of Dharma, the god of righteousness ; Bhima the son of Vayu, the wind-god ; Arjuna the son of Indra, the sky-god ; and Nakula and Sahadeva the sons of the Ashwini Gods.
Her four legs are the scriptural Vedas ; her horns are the triune gods Brahma ( tip ), Vishnu ( middle ) and Shiva ( base ); her eyes are the sun and moon gods, her shoulders the fire-god Agni and the wind-god Vayu and her legs the Himalayas.
) the original Veda was divided into four parts, and further fragmented into numerous shakhas, by Vishnu in the form of Vyasa, in the Dvapara Yuga ; the Vayu Purana ( section 60 ) recounts a similar division by Vyasa, at the urging of Brahma.
Vayu and power
The Puranas ( the Matsya Purana, the Vayu Purana, the Brahmanda Purana, the Vishnu Purana ) all state that the first of the Andhra rulers rose to power in the 1st century BCE, by slaying Susarman, the last ruler of the Kanvas.
Vayu and by
Vayu blew with full force for one full year, but Meru was shielded by Garuda with his wings ( he was flying high ).
The Brihadrathas were succeeded by the Pradyotas who ( according to the Vayu Purana ) ruled for 138 years.
According to Vayu Purana ( II. 36. 107 ), the Gandharas were destroyed by Pramiti, aka Kalika, at the end of Kaliyuga.
Yudhisthira's four younger brothers were Bhima, ( born by invoking Vayu ); Arjuna, ( born by invoking Indra ); and the twins Nakula and Sahadeva, ( born to Pandu's second wife Madri by invoking the Ashwini Gods ).
The secret was revealed to Lakshmana by the elemental God of Wind, Vayu at the behest of Lord Indra, that an otherwise invincible armour of Lord Brahma was granted to Atikaya, that could only be pierced by a Brahmastra.
According to Vayu Purana ( II. 36. 107 ), the Gandharas were destroyed by Pramiti ( aka Kalika ) at the end of Kaliyuga.
Siva permitted Bṛhaspati and Vayu to perform the consecration rites and blessed them that henceforth this place would be known as " Guruvayur " ( since the installation was done by guru (" master ") Bṛhaspati and Vayu ).
Vayu then spent the next year blowing strong winds at the mountain, which was shielded by Garuda, a mythical bird.
Vayu and death
The figure of the IE initial god ( Vâyu, Vayu, Mainyu, Janus ) may open the sacrifice ( Vâyu and Janus ), preside over the start of the voyage of the soul after death ( Iranic Vayu ), " stand at the opening of the drama of the moral history of the world " ( the Zoroastrian Mainyus ).
Vayu and at
Lord Shiva was doing penance there and he told Guru and Vayu to install the two murti together at a spot near the lake and that the site should be known as " Guruvayupura ".
Vishwakarma, the architect of the Gods, built the Krishna temple at the request of Guru and Vayu.
* Vayu Purana mentions that at the end of Kali age, the Khasas and tribes of the Sakas, Yavanas, Gandharas, Katas, Pulindas, Pahlavas, Paradas, Lampakas etc.
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