By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Bhimasańkara, BhImaZańkara, Bhimashańkara
- Śańkara (Śiva) who is fearsome/ terrible
- one of the fierce, intense and destructive forms of Śiva; the name of Śiva as the presiding deity of one of the 12 jyotirlińgas, the sacred pilgrim centres devoted to Him.
