The Namakam (chapter five) in Shri Rudram describes the names or epithets of Rudra, who is a fear-inducing/destructive aspect of Shiva. The names of the chapters are Namakam (chapter five) and Chamakam (chapter seven) respectively. Shri Rudram consists of two chapters ( praśna) from the fourth kāṇda (book) of Taittiriya Samhita which is a part of Krishna Yajurveda. The Sri Rudram is commonly chanted during the Pradosha time, which is considered to be a time auspicious for the worship of Shiva. It also contains the mantra Aum namah bhagavate rudraya and the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra. 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). The hymn is an early example of enumerating the names of a deity. The text is important in Shaivism, where Shiva is viewed as the Parabrahman. Chamakam ( Sanskrit: चमकम्) is added by scriptural tradition to the Shri Rudram. It comprises two parts, the Namakam and Chamakam. Shri Rudram ( Sanskrit: श्रीरुद्रम्, romanized: 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).
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