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[[File:Guardians of the eight directions 01.JPG|thumb|A sculpture of Ishana]]
[[File:Guardians of the eight directions 01.JPG|thumb|A sculpture of Ishana]]
[[File:Eeesanar Brihadisvara Temple.jpg|thumb|Ishana (ஈசானர்), at [[Brihadisvara_Temple,_Thanjavur|Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu]]]]
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'''Ishana''' ([[Sanskrit]]: ईशान, [[IAST]]: Īśāna), is a deity in Indian mythology. He is often considered to be one of the forms of the [[Hindu]] god [[Shiva]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Gopinatha Rao|first=T. A.|url=http://archive.org/details/ElementsOfHinduIconographyVol.IIPartII|title=Elements Of Hindu Iconography, Vol. II Part II|date=1916|year=1916|pages=537}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and is also often counted among the eleven [[Rudras]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Apte|first1=Vaman Shivram|title=The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=0-89581-171-5|edition=Fourth Revised and Enlarged|page=252}}</ref> In Hinduism<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gopinatha Rao|first=T. A.|url=http://archive.org/details/ElementsOfHinduIconographyVol.IIPartII|title=Elements Of Hindu Iconography, Vol. II Part II|date=1916|pages=515}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite thesis|last=Marie|first=Stella|date=9 March 2009|title=The Significance of the Mūla Beras in the Hindu Temples of Tamil Nadu: With Special Reference To Bharatanatyam and Hindu Iconography|type=PhD|chapter=4|publisher=[[Bharathidasan University]]|docket=|oclc=|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10603/5089|access-date=9 August 2021|format=PDF}}</ref>, some schools of Buddhism<ref>{{Cite book|last=English|first=Elizabeth|url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Vajrayogini.html?id=PTcLAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Vajrayogini: Her Visualization, Rituals, and Forms|date=2002-06-15|publisher=Wisdom Publications|isbn=978-0-86171-329-5|pages=313,142|language=en}}</ref> and Jainism<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhattacharya|first=B. C.|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507554|title=The Jaina Iconography (1939)|date=1939|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=|pages=115}}</ref> he is the ''[[Guardians of the directions|dikpala]]'' of the northeast direction. In [[Vastu shastra|Vastu Shastra]], the north-eastern corner of a plot of land is referred to as "Ishana".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Acharya|first=Prasanna Kumar|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31242|title=Architecture Of Manasara Vol.5|date=1934|pages=39}}</ref>
'''Ishana''' ([[Sanskrit]]: ईशान, [[IAST]]: Īśāna), is a deity and guardian of the northeast direction in Indian mythology. He is often considered to be one of the forms of the [[Hindu]] deity [[Shiva]] and is also often counted among the eleven [[Rudras]]. In [[Vastu|Vaastu Shastra]], the north-eastern direction is assigned to the protection of and named after him.

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According to the [[Vastu|Vaastu Shastra]], it is auspicious for homes and offices to be situated in the northeast. North is the direction wealth resides, associated with [[Kubera]], while East is the direction where knowledge resides, associated with [[Indra]]. For this reason, Ishana symbolizes the culmination of both knowledge and wealth.


==In Hinduism==
==In Hinduism==


=== In the Vedas ===
One of the earliest mentions of Ishana is in the Taittiriya Aranyaka of the Yajurveda (TA 10.21.1).
An early mention of Ishana is in one of the Pañchabrahma Mantrāṇī found in the Taittiriya Aranyaka (TA 10.21.1)<ref name=":2">{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=July 2012|title=Five Powers of Siva : Sadasiva in the Agama Scriptures|url=https://www.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/five-powers-of-siva_ei/five-powers-of-siva_ei.pdf|url-status=live|magazine=[[Hinduism Today]]|location=Kapaa, Hawaii|publisher=Himalayan Academy|page=49|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925013113/https://www.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/five-powers-of-siva_ei/five-powers-of-siva_ei.pdf|archive-date=25 September 2017|access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sarma|first=Subramania|date=November 2005|title=Taittiriya Aranyaka Edited By Subramania Sarma|url=http://www.sanskritweb.net/yajurveda/ta-comb.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810021245/http://www.sanskritweb.net/yajurveda/ta-comb.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2017|access-date=9 August 2021|website=SanskritWeb}}</ref> of the [[Krishna Yajurveda]] (c.1200 BCE):


: {{lang|sa|ईशानस्सर्वविद्यानां ईश्वरस्सर्वभूतानां ब्रह्मािधपतिर्ब्रह्मणोऽधिपतिर्ब्रह्माशिवो मे अस्तु सदाशिवोम्।}}<ref name=":2" />
===Ishans's Past===
: {{IAST|īśānassarva vidyānām īśvaras sarva bhūtānām brahmādhipatir brahmaṇo’dhipatir brahmā śivo me astu sadāśivom}}<ref name=":2" />
Translation by Sabharathnam Sivacharyar:
:"Lord Ishana—the Supreme Lord and Revealer of all knowledge and spiritual disciplines, the nourisher and controller of all living beings, the Directing Lord of Sadasiva, He who is the guiding and directing authority for the eight Vidyeshvaras, who directs Brahma, Vishnu and others—may He present Himself in this Sivalinga. By such benign presence, let there occur absolute purity and auspiciousness in me. Om"<ref name=":2" />
Ishana is also mentioned in the [[Vajasaneyi Madhyandiniya|Vajasneyi Madyandina Samhita]] of the [[Shukla Yajurveda]] (VS 27.35)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Samhita Patha 21-30 – Adhyaya – 27 {{!}} Vedic Heritage Portal|url=https://vedicheritage.gov.in/samhitas/yajurveda/vajasneyi-madhyandina-samhita/samhita-patha-21-30-adhyaya-27/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720032129/https://vedicheritage.gov.in/samhitas/yajurveda/vajasneyi-madhyandina-samhita/samhita-patha-21-30-adhyaya-27/|archive-date=20 July 2020|access-date=10 August 2021|website=Vedic Heritage Portal}}</ref>, which the [[Shiva Purana]] calls the "Ishana Mantra",<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Shastri|first=J.L|url=http://archive.org/details/SivaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart1|title=Siva Purana - English Translation - Part 1 of 4|date=1950|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=139}}</ref> though the Purana calls a different verse from the same Samhita which also mentions Ishana (VS 39.8)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Samhita Patha 31-40 – Adhyaya – 39 {{!}} Vedic Heritage Portal|url=https://vedicheritage.gov.in/samhitas/yajurveda/vajasneyi-madhyandina-samhita/samhita-patha-31-40-adhyaya-39/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712233253/https://vedicheritage.gov.in/samhitas/yajurveda/vajasneyi-madhyandina-samhita/samhita-patha-31-40-adhyaya-39/|archive-date=12 July 2020|access-date=10 August 2021|website=Vedic Heritage Portal}}</ref> the "Ishana Mantra" as well.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Shastri|first=J.L.|url=http://archive.org/details/SivaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart1|title=Siva Purana - English Translation - Part 1 of 4|date=1950|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=166}}</ref>


=== In the Puranas ===
According to the [[Brahmavaivarta Purana]], Isana was born out of the left eye of Lord [[Krishna]], during the creation. He was known as Digambara and Mahakaya. He is defined as terrific, wielding a trident, pattissa, and a club, clad in tiger skin, he had three eyes, and having a crescent crown. He became the leader of the [[Dikpala|Dikpalas]].<ref>Brahmavaivarta Purana Brahma Khanda (Khanda I) chapter 5.verses 33-34. English translation: Brahmavaivarta Purana English translation by Shantilal Nagar, Parimal Publications, Page 21. Link: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation </ref>
Several Puranas mention Ishana; a few of them are detailed here:


==== The Shiva Purana ====
==Mythology==
In the Shiva Purana, Ishana is described as a form or aspect of Shiva.<ref>{{Cite book|last=J.L.Shastri|url=http://archive.org/details/SivaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart1|title=Siva Purana - English Translation - Part 1 of 4|date=1950|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=110}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Shastri|first=J.L.|url=http://archive.org/details/SivaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart1|title=Siva Purana - English Translation - Part 1 of 4|date=1950|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=208}}</ref> The Purana states that Ishana bestows knowledge and riches on those with intelligence, while curbing evil-doers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shastri|first=J.L.|url=http://archive.org/details/SivaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart4|title=Siva Purana - English Translation - Part 4 of 4|date=1950|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=1914}}</ref> Ishana is declared to be the the form of Shiva presiding over the ear, speech, sound and ether as well as the "individual soul, the enjoyer of [[Prakṛti|Prakriti]]".<ref>{{Cite book|last=J.L.|first=Shastri|url=http://archive.org/details/SivaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart4|title=Siva Purana - English Translation - Part 4 of 4|date=1950|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=1917}}</ref>
Īśāna is one of the [[Guardians of the directions|twelve devas]] who guard the directions.He is one of form of [[shiva]] and king of [[rudras]]. He is a chief among the gods of [[Paranirmitavaśavarti]], the sixth heaven of the [[Desire realm|kāmadhātu]].

The Purana also asserts that the "Ishana Mantra" should be recited when fixing [[Lingam|Lingams]] to pedestals,<ref name=":3" /> when wearing ''[[rudraksha]]'' beads on the head<ref name=":4" /> or (only for some) when wearing [[Vibhuti|sacred ash]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=J.L.Shastri|url=http://archive.org/details/SivaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart1|title=Siva Purana - English Translation - Part 1 of 4|date=1950|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=157}}</ref>

==== The Linga Purana ====
One verse of the [[Linga Purana]] describes Ishana as "the omnipresent lord of all".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shastri|first=J.L.|url=http://archive.org/details/LingaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart1|title=Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 1 of 2|date=1951|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=55}}</ref> In another verse, one who makes the idol of Ishana is said to be "honoured in the world of Vishnu."<ref name=":6">{{Cite book|last=Shastri|first=J.L.|url=http://archive.org/details/LingaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart1|title=Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 1 of 2|date=1951|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=374}}</ref> In one verse, he is said to hold an axe<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shastri|first=J.L.|url=http://archive.org/details/LingaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart1|title=Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 1 of 2|date=1951|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=421}}</ref> while in another, he is described as wielding a trident.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shastri|first=J.L.|url=http://archive.org/details/LingaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart2|title=Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 2 of 2|date=1951|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=564}}</ref> Ishana described as being stationed in every being as the organ of speech.<ref>{{Cite book|last=J.L.Shastri|url=http://archive.org/details/LingaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart2|title=Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 2 of 2|date=1951|pages=652}}</ref>

The Purana mentions Ishana as one of the deities present at [[Daksha yajna|Daksha's sacrifice]] who was attacked by [[Virabhadra]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shastri|first=J.L.|url=http://archive.org/details/LingaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart2|title=Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 2 of 2|date=1951|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=556}}</ref> He is also described as having attended the [[svayamvara]] of Parvati to Shiva<ref>{{Cite book|last=J.L.Shastri|url=http://archive.org/details/LingaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart2|title=Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 2 of 2|date=1951|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=563}}</ref>.

==== The Brahmavaivarta Purana ====
The Brahmavaivarta Purana states that Ishana was born out of the left eye of Lord [[Krishna]]. He is described as wearing tiger's skin, adorned with a crescent crown on his head, possessing three eyes and holding a trident, patissa (sword) and club. He became the leader of the Dikpalas.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shanti Lal Nagar|url=http://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation|title=Brahma Vaivarta Purana - English Translation - All Four Kandas|date=2003-01-01|publisher=Parimal Publications|pages=21}} </ref>

=== As one of the Pañchabrahmas ===
{{See also|Pancabrahma Upanishad}}
The Pañchabrahmas are five specific aspects of Shiva collectively taken together.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Gopinatha Rao|first=T. A.|url=http://archive.org/details/ElementsOfHinduIconographyVol.IIPartII|title=Elements Of Hindu Iconography, Vol. II Part II|date=1916|pages=375}}</ref> These aspects include [[Sadyojata]], [[Vamadeva]], [[Aghora (Shiva)|Aghora]], Tatpurusha, and Ishana.<ref name=":5" /> Each of these aspects are glorified in their own mantra in the Pañchabrahma Mantrani present in the Taittiriya Aranyaka (TA 10.17-21).<ref name=":2" />

These aspects of Shiva are often depicted in five-faced Lingams which Stella Kramrisch states are physical equivalents of the five Pañchabrahma Mantrani, with each face of the five-faced lingams corresponding to one of the Mantras and representing a particular manifestation of Shiva.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kramrisch|first=Stella|title=The Presence of Shiva|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|year=1981|pages=179}}</ref>

As one of the Panchabrahmas, Ishana is the source of spontaneous grace directed to all beings and to all worlds.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=July 2012|title=Five Powers of Siva : Sadasiva in the Agama Scriptures|url=https://www.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/five-powers-of-siva_ei/five-powers-of-siva_ei.pdf|url-status=live|magazine=[[Hinduism Today]]|location=Kapaa, Hawaii|publisher=Himalayan Academy|page=46|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925013113/https://www.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/five-powers-of-siva_ei/five-powers-of-siva_ei.pdf|archive-date=25 September 2017|access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>

== In Vastu Shastra ==
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According to [[Vastu|Vaastu Shastra]], it is auspicious for homes and offices to be situated in the northeast. North is the direction wealth resides, associated with [[Kubera]], while East is the direction where knowledge resides, associated with [[Indra]]. For this reason, Ishana symbolizes the culmination of both knowledge and wealth.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

== Iconography ==
Ishana is described as having three eyes, a tranquil appearance and white complexion, dressed with a white cloth and a tiger's skin.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|last=Gopinatha Rao|first=T. A.|url=http://archive.org/details/ElementsOfHinduIconographyVol.IIPartII|title=Elements Of Hindu Iconography, Vol. II Part II|date=1916|pages=537-538}}</ref> On his head, a ''jata-[[Makuṭa|makuta]]'' on top of which exists the crescent moon, must be placed.<ref name=":7" />

He may be seated on a white bull, or simply in the ''[[Padmāsana|padmasana]]'' though being seated on the bull is preferred.<ref name=":7" />

If he is represented with only two arms, his hands must carry a trident and a [[kapala]] or one of the hands (the left one generally) might be in the ''[[varadamudra]]''; if, however, he has four hands, the two front ones should be sculptured as playing upon a [[veena]] and the others are to be held in the ''varada'' and ''[[Abhayamudra|abhaya]]'' [[Mudra|mudras]].<ref name=":7" /> Gopinatha Rao suggests that description might be incorrect, as the veena must be held only by the hands of the front pair of arms, which are also the very hands that are necessarily to be in the varada and abhaya poses.<ref name=":7" />

When represented in Lingam form along with the other Panchabrahmas, his face, uncarved, would face upward.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=July 2012|title=Five Powers of Siva : Sadasiva in the Agama Scriptures|url=https://www.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/five-powers-of-siva_ei/five-powers-of-siva_ei.pdf|url-status=live|magazine=[[Hinduism Today]]|location=Kapaa, Hawaii|publisher=Himalayan Academy|page=51|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925013113/https://www.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/five-powers-of-siva_ei/five-powers-of-siva_ei.pdf|archive-date=25 September 2017|access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref>

One verse of the Linga Purana describes Ishana as having three feet, seven hands, four horns and two heads<ref name=":6" /> while in one verse of the Shiva Purana, he is described as "resembling pure crystal".<ref>{{Cite book|last=J.L.Shastri|url=http://archive.org/details/SivaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart4|title=Siva Purana - English Translation - Part 4 of 4|date=1950|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|pages=2036}}</ref>

==In Buddhism and Shinto==
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He is a chief among the gods of [[Paranirmitavaśavarti]], the sixth heaven of the [[Desire realm|Kāmadhātu]].


According to the [[Ainōshō]], there is a theory that this deity is synonymous with [[Mara (demon)|Pāpīyas]] as well as the [[Shinto]] deity [[Izanagi]]. The [[Jinnō Shōtōki]] also states that there is a theory that the names of Japan's primordial creator gods [[Izanagi]] and [[Izanami]] are the same as the Sanskrit names Īśāna and Īśānī.
According to the [[Ainōshō]], there is a theory that this deity is synonymous with [[Mara (demon)|Pāpīyas]] as well as the [[Shinto]] deity [[Izanagi]]. The [[Jinnō Shōtōki]] also states that there is a theory that the names of Japan's primordial creator gods [[Izanagi]] and [[Izanami]] are the same as the Sanskrit names Īśāna and Īśānī.


'''Īśānī''' is Īśāna's consort. According to the [[Secret Storehouse Records]] (祕藏記) she is flesh white in color and wields a [[Hoko yari|spear]].
'''Īśānī''' is Īśāna's consort. According to the [[Secret Storehouse Records]] (祕藏記) she is flesh white in color and wields a [[Hoko yari|spear]].

===Appearance===
Īśāna is often depicted with three eyes and having a fierce expression.


==References==
==References==

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"Ishan" redirects here. For the Nigerian ethnic group, see Ishan people. For the villages in Iran, see Ishan, Ishan.

A sculpture of Ishana
File:Eeesanar Brihadisvara Temple.jpg
Ishana (ஈசானர்), at Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Ishana (Sanskrit: ईशान, IAST: Īśāna), is a deity in Indian mythology. He is often considered to be one of the forms of the Hindu god Shiva[1][2] and is also often counted among the eleven Rudras.[2] In Hinduism[3][1][4], some schools of Buddhism[5] and Jainism[6] he is the dikpala of the northeast direction. In Vastu Shastra, the north-eastern corner of a plot of land is referred to as "Ishana".[7]

In Hinduism

In the Vedas

An early mention of Ishana is in one of the Pañchabrahma Mantrāṇī found in the Taittiriya Aranyaka (TA 10.21.1)[8][9] of the Krishna Yajurveda (c.1200 BCE):

ईशानस्सर्वविद्यानां ईश्वरस्सर्वभूतानां ब्रह्मािधपतिर्ब्रह्मणोऽधिपतिर्ब्रह्माशिवो मे अस्तु सदाशिवोम्।[8]
īśānassarva vidyānām īśvaras sarva bhūtānām brahmādhipatir brahmaṇo’dhipatir brahmā śivo me astu sadāśivom[8]

Translation by Sabharathnam Sivacharyar:

"Lord Ishana—the Supreme Lord and Revealer of all knowledge and spiritual disciplines, the nourisher and controller of all living beings, the Directing Lord of Sadasiva, He who is the guiding and directing authority for the eight Vidyeshvaras, who directs Brahma, Vishnu and others—may He present Himself in this Sivalinga. By such benign presence, let there occur absolute purity and auspiciousness in me. Om"[8]

Ishana is also mentioned in the Vajasneyi Madyandina Samhita of the Shukla Yajurveda (VS 27.35)[10], which the Shiva Purana calls the "Ishana Mantra",[11] though the Purana calls a different verse from the same Samhita which also mentions Ishana (VS 39.8)[12] the "Ishana Mantra" as well.[13]

In the Puranas

Several Puranas mention Ishana; a few of them are detailed here:

The Shiva Purana

In the Shiva Purana, Ishana is described as a form or aspect of Shiva.[14][15] The Purana states that Ishana bestows knowledge and riches on those with intelligence, while curbing evil-doers.[16] Ishana is declared to be the the form of Shiva presiding over the ear, speech, sound and ether as well as the "individual soul, the enjoyer of Prakriti".[17]

The Purana also asserts that the "Ishana Mantra" should be recited when fixing Lingams to pedestals,[11] when wearing rudraksha beads on the head[13] or (only for some) when wearing sacred ash.[18]

The Linga Purana

One verse of the Linga Purana describes Ishana as "the omnipresent lord of all".[19] In another verse, one who makes the idol of Ishana is said to be "honoured in the world of Vishnu."[20] In one verse, he is said to hold an axe[21] while in another, he is described as wielding a trident.[22] Ishana described as being stationed in every being as the organ of speech.[23]

The Purana mentions Ishana as one of the deities present at Daksha's sacrifice who was attacked by Virabhadra.[24] He is also described as having attended the svayamvara of Parvati to Shiva[25].

The Brahmavaivarta Purana

The Brahmavaivarta Purana states that Ishana was born out of the left eye of Lord Krishna. He is described as wearing tiger's skin, adorned with a crescent crown on his head, possessing three eyes and holding a trident, patissa (sword) and club. He became the leader of the Dikpalas.[26]

As one of the Pañchabrahmas

See also: Pancabrahma Upanishad

The Pañchabrahmas are five specific aspects of Shiva collectively taken together.[27] These aspects include Sadyojata, Vamadeva, Aghora, Tatpurusha, and Ishana.[27] Each of these aspects are glorified in their own mantra in the Pañchabrahma Mantrani present in the Taittiriya Aranyaka (TA 10.17-21).[8]

These aspects of Shiva are often depicted in five-faced Lingams which Stella Kramrisch states are physical equivalents of the five Pañchabrahma Mantrani, with each face of the five-faced lingams corresponding to one of the Mantras and representing a particular manifestation of Shiva.[28]

As one of the Panchabrahmas, Ishana is the source of spontaneous grace directed to all beings and to all worlds.[29]

In Vastu Shastra

According to Vaastu Shastra, it is auspicious for homes and offices to be situated in the northeast. North is the direction wealth resides, associated with Kubera, while East is the direction where knowledge resides, associated with Indra. For this reason, Ishana symbolizes the culmination of both knowledge and wealth.[citation needed]

Iconography

Ishana is described as having three eyes, a tranquil appearance and white complexion, dressed with a white cloth and a tiger's skin.[30] On his head, a jata-makuta on top of which exists the crescent moon, must be placed.[30]

He may be seated on a white bull, or simply in the padmasana though being seated on the bull is preferred.[30]

If he is represented with only two arms, his hands must carry a trident and a kapala or one of the hands (the left one generally) might be in the varadamudra; if, however, he has four hands, the two front ones should be sculptured as playing upon a veena and the others are to be held in the varada and abhaya mudras.[30] Gopinatha Rao suggests that description might be incorrect, as the veena must be held only by the hands of the front pair of arms, which are also the very hands that are necessarily to be in the varada and abhaya poses.[30]

When represented in Lingam form along with the other Panchabrahmas, his face, uncarved, would face upward.[31]

One verse of the Linga Purana describes Ishana as having three feet, seven hands, four horns and two heads[20] while in one verse of the Shiva Purana, he is described as "resembling pure crystal".[32]

In Buddhism and Shinto

He is a chief among the gods of Paranirmitavaśavarti, the sixth heaven of the Kāmadhātu.

According to the Ainōshō, there is a theory that this deity is synonymous with Pāpīyas as well as the Shinto deity Izanagi. The Jinnō Shōtōki also states that there is a theory that the names of Japan's primordial creator gods Izanagi and Izanami are the same as the Sanskrit names Īśāna and Īśānī.

Īśānī is Īśāna's consort. According to the Secret Storehouse Records (祕藏記) she is flesh white in color and wields a spear.

References

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  22. ^ Shastri, J.L. (1951). Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 2 of 2. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 564.
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