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(1) Dreadful. 
(2) Terrible. 
(3) Destroyer. 
(4) The deity mentioned in the Ved who is beneficent to human beings (Shiv or Shambhoo). In Vaajasaneyee Sanhitaa, he is addressed as Mahaadev. Later on his names, Shiv and Shambhoo, became his main names. Several stories are related to him in Puraan. There is one Shiv Puraan also. 

(5) There are 11 Rudra - (1) Mrigvyaadh, (2) Sharv, (3) Nirriti, (4) Ajaikpaad, (5) Ahirbudhnya, (6) Pinaakee, (7) Aparaajit, (8) Visheshwar Bhav, (9) Kapardee, (10) Sthaanu, and (11) Bhag.
(Padm Puraan, p 50)

There are 11 Rudra - (1) Har, (2) Bahuroop, (3) Tryambak, (4) Aparaajit, (5) Vrishaakapi, (6) Shambhu, (7) Kapardee, (8) Raivat, (9) Mrigvyaadh, (10) Sharv, and (11) Kapaalee - these are 11 Rudra. Hundreds of such Rudra are famous. It is said that these 11 Rudra have 840 million (84 Crore) children

According to Bhaagvat Puraan, 3/6, there are 11 Rudra. When Brahmaa Jee's own children Sanakaadi Muni refused to create any kind of Creation, He got very angry, and he got so angry that a red and blue child came out of the center of his eyebrows. He was the Poorvaj (ancestor) of Devtaa - Bhav (Rudra). He cried first then asked his name and his dwelling place. Brahmaa Jee said - "Because you started crying as soon as you were born, you will be called as Rudra and I have already created eleven places for you to live - Hriday (heart), Indriyaan, Praan, Sky, Air, Fire, Water, Prithvi, Sun, mind and Tap. 

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