text: Pinakin While usually the Rudras are described to eleven, in one instance in the Mahabharata; they are said to be eleven thousand and surrounding Shiva, which is another name for Rudra.  The eleven groups of hundred are named:
  Ajaikapad
  Ahi Budhnya
  Pinakin
  Rta
  Pitrrupa
  Tryamabaka
  Maheshvara
  Vrsakapi
  Sambhu
  Havana
  Ishvara
  The Bhagavata Purana Canto 3 Chapter 3 mentions that Rudra is born from the anger of Lord Brahma. The names are mentioned in Canto 3 Chapter 3 and Verse 12 as follows:
  Manyu
  Manu
  Mahinasa
  Mahān
  Śiva
  Ṛtadhvaja
  Ugraretā
  Bhava
  Kāla
  Vāmadeva
  Dhṛtavrata
  In Bhagavata Purana Canto 6 Chapter 6 the eleven Rudras are said to be the children of Sarūpā and Bhūta. Sarūpā was a daughter of Daksa. The names of the eleven Rudras given in Canto 6 Chapter 6 Verse 17-18 are:
  Raivata
  Aja
  Bhava
  Bhīma
  Vāma
  Ugra
  Vṛṣākapi
  Ajaikapāt
  Ahirbradhna
  Bahurūpa
  Mahān
  The Matsya Purana mentions the ferocious eleven Rudras – named:
  Kapali
  Pingala
  Bhima
  Virupaksa
  Vilohita
  Ajapada
  Ahirabradhya
  Shasta
  Shambhu
  Chanda
  Bhava
  Aiding God Vishnu in his fight against the demons. They wear lion-skins, matted-hair and serpents around their necks. They have yellow throats, hold tridents and skulls and have the crescent moon on their foreheads. Together headed by Kapali, they slay the elephant demon Gajasura.