Eleven expansions of Lord Siva who control the forces of destruction in the material world.

Vedic gods; the terrible gods of storms. Sometimes Rudras are mentioned as a group; at other times they are thoguht of as a single god, Rudra.

the fierce, impetuous ones; [a group of Gods, in the Veda sometimes identified with the Maruts, later eleven (or thirty-three) minor deities led by Rudra ( Siva)].