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Hinduism :
Shiva is Aadi , Shiva is Anant
Srinivasan
Shiva is Aadi , Shiva is Anant . Shiva is nirakaar . Shiva Has No Form Yet It Is In All Forms . In the Rudraabhishekam , it is said , ' Virupe-bhyo vishva-rupe bhyash-cha vo namo namah '. Virupe-bhyo means , that one which has no form and , Vishva-rupe-bhyo means , yet it is in all the forms of the universe . Everything , all forms are the manifestation of the formless Shiva .
Shiva is the consciousness that present all over ; it is an energy field . Shiva is never born and he has no end . He is eternal . He is the fourth state of consciousness , known as the ' Turiya avasta ' ( the meditative state ), that is beyond the waking , sleeping and dreaming state . Shiva is the eternal ocean of infinity from which all existence is manifest and into which all the existence is dissolved . Shiva is limitless , unfathomable , attributeless , unchanging and eternal .