Shri Rudram

Shri Rudram (Sanskrit: श्रीरुद्रम् IAST: śrī-rudram), is a Vedic mantra or chant in homage to Rudra (an epithet of Shiva) taken from the Krishna Yajurveda's Taittiriya Samhita (TS 4.5, 4.7). In Shukla Yajurveda, it is found in Chapters 16 and 18. It is composed of two parts: the Namakam and Chamakam. Chamakam (Sanskrit: चमकम्) is added by scriptural tradition to the Shri Rudram.^[1]^[2] The text is important in Shaivism, where Shiva is viewed as the Parabrahman. The hymn is an early example of enumerating the names of a deity.^[3]

Shri Rudram is also famous for its mention of the Shaivite holy mantra Namah Shivaya, which appears in the text of the Śatarudrīya in the eighth anuvāka of Taittiriya Samhita (TS 4.5.8.1).^[4] In Shukla Yajurveda it is found in chapter 16, verse 41. It also contains the mantra Aum namah bhagavate rudraya and the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

The Sri Rudram is commonly chanted during the Pradosha time, which is considered to be a time auspicious for the worship of Shiva. There are some popular expiatory rites such as rudraikādaśinī, mahārudra and atirudra which employ the Shree Rudra mantra exclusively for pūjā japa and homa.

There are three major commentaries in Sanskrit for the Shree Rudra mantra (śatarudrīya) -those of Sāyaṇa Bhaṭṭabhāskara and Abhinavaśaṅkara.

^ "Śrī Rudram Exosition" (PDF).
^ "Introduction to rudram". sec. Chamakam.
^ C Fuller (2001), Orality, literacy and memorisation: priestly education in contemporary south India, Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 35, Issue 1, pages 14-15 with footnote 6
^ For notability and text namaḥ śivāya see: Sivaramamurti, pp. 1, 24.
^ "sri rudram" (PDF). pp. 4–5.
^ . sec. Mantra. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ "SRI RUDRAM (with CHAMAKAM)" (PDF). sec. mantra 12 of ANUVAKAM 11, page 87. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
^ "Rudram" (PDF). vedic union. p. 2.

[1] "Śrī Rudram Exosition" (PDF).

[2] "Introduction to rudram". sec. Chamakam.

[fullerp14-3] C Fuller (2001), Orality, literacy and memorisation: priestly education in contemporary south India, Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 35, Issue 1, pages 14-15 with footnote 6

[4] For notability and text namaḥ śivāya see: Sivaramamurti, pp. 1, 24.

[5] "sri rudram" (PDF). pp. 4–5.

[6] . sec. Mantra. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[7] "SRI RUDRAM (with CHAMAKAM)" (PDF). sec. mantra 12 of ANUVAKAM 11, page 87. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2018-02-15.

[8] "Rudram" (PDF). vedic union. p. 2.

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