Parvati translates to "She of the mountains" and refers to Parvati being born the daughter of Himavan, lord of the mountains and the personification of the Himalayas. Shiva (Siva) One of the eight names of Rudra, given to him by Brahmā, Padma-Purna. This aspect became the presiding deity over the earth. The Linga Purana states that Shiva is to the universe what clay and the potter are to the pot, namely the upadana-karana (material cause) and the nimitta-kāraṇa (instrumental or generative cause). Such a Being manifests himself in five different forms, as shown on the Mukhalinga. The five-faced mukhalinga is called pancha-mukhalinga. The five faces relate Shiva to the classical elements, the directions, the five senses and five parts of the body. These represent Shiva's five aspects: Sadyojata, Vamadeva, Aghora, Tatpurusha and Ishana. * Ishana: He who is the soul of the universe * Tatpurusa: The illusory (maya) material world * Aghora: Buddhi with its eight components beginning from dharma * Aharkar: Vamadeva pervades the whole of the universe in the form of aharkar * Sadyojata: Manas-tatva (mind) Shiva is the embodiment of Tamas, the centrifugal inertia, the tendency towards disintegration, dispersal, annihilation, non-existence, darkness, the Void. The dispersion is the final outcome of all differentiation, all time and space. Fun Fact: The Trishula (trident) is a bladed trident, and was used to sever the head of Ganesha.