Nīlakaṇṭha
Nīlakaṇṭha · nīla-kaṇṭha, “blue-throated”
Nīlakaṇṭha is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Śiva: Nīlakaṇṭha, “the blue-throated”, a name of Bhagavān Śiva, who held the Kālakūṭa poison in his throat.
Places
- Nīlakaṇṭha at Kāliñjara: the form in which Bhagavān Śiva says he abides at Kāliñjara, told on Kālañjara. Kūrma Purāṇa, Uttarardha, Chapter 35; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 6, 50, 57, 63; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 109, 117, 219