A city that is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the planet.
Shall we begin with a thread on the Visvanathashtakam?
(I'm using the spelling I'm comfortable with. Please forgive the non-use of diacritics)
Visvanatha is the Lord of the Universe, the form of Siva in the town of Varanasi. #KashiVishwanathCorridor
A city that is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the planet.
The old town of Varanasi lies on the banks of the Varuna and Assi rivers.
(Ganga Aarti on the Assi Ghat)
The Visvanathashtakam, traditionally attributed to Adi Sankara, is dedicated to His glory.
If you'd like to sing/chant the Visvanathashtakam while reading the thread, here's a wonderful rendition by SPB. https://t.co/VmWIASbWLZ
Sankara begins right from the jata, the matted hair of Siva.
And how does he describe it?
Let's look at Ravivarma's painting Descent of Ganga.
Siva's matted hair is open (as we say in Tamil He's the விரிசடைக் கடவுள்)
Ganga descends and beautifully (ramaneeya as Sankara says) decorates his Jata with her waves.
As the 1st verse begins with Ga of Ganga, Sankara begins the 2nd with Gauri.
As Ganga decorates his jata, Gauri forever adorns his left side (Vama bhaga).
Another Ravi Varma painting.
A video of a murti from the Thondavada temple, with Siva on one side and Vishnu on the other.
https://t.co/Vz0ys9FQwY
This temple briefly appears in the Rajinikanth movie Sri Raghavendra as well!
Why is Kama addressed as Ananga? When he disturbs Siva's penance, Siva briefly opens his 3rd eye.
Kama is instantly turned to ash. So, he's the one without a body, Ananga.
Even as he describes Siva's various attributes, Sankara feels that Siva has many attributes that are beyond words and speech!
He's Vageesa, who is worshipped by Vishnu and other Suras (Devas).
The next part is beautiful.
From Gangaikonda Cholapuram.
The 3rd stanza begins with alliteration with the Bhu sound:
भूताधिपं भुजग भूषण भूषिताङ्गं - Bhuuta-Adhipam Bhujaga-Bhuussanna-Bhuussita-Anggam
Siva is the Bhuta Adhipati - the Lord of all beings (Bhoot, contrary to what we may believe, is not the word for "ghost". It denotes all that is created)
Sankara describes Siva as being clothed in the skin of the tiger.
But why, you wonder? There is a story!
Who's the best hunter, the Nishada, of pride? Siva, of course!
The wives of the sages worship Him.
The enraged sages attack him with a conjured tiger. A sculpture from Kanchi Kailasanatha temple that captures the moment a sage raises his hand to attack Siva.
Siva flicks his little finger, to skin the tiger and wears its skin around his waist.
Thus, Sankara calls him Vyaghrajina Ambara Dharam, wearing the tiger skin.
He then goes on to describe what Siva holds in his 4 arms.
Pasa (rope), Ankusa (goad) and Trisoola (trident), and Abhaya mudra.
This is perhaps a depiction earlier to the மான்-மழு (deer and axe) one
He binds us with the Pasa of Srishti, the rope which is woven with strands of Tirobhava (concealment), goads us further with Sthithi, uses the Trisoola for Laya and rescues us (Anugraha) with the Abhaya mudra.
Sankara addresses Siva as the one whose kirita (diadem) is adorned with the shining cool one (sheetala).
Who is this shining cool one, you wonder? The moon, of course! Siva is after all, Chandrasekhara!
He addresses Siva as the one who burnt the five arrows of Kama with His third eye.
Interestingly, the word Panchaanana is also a pun.
How?
In fact, Sankara has composed a full stanza (44) of the Sivananda Lahari, as an elaborate pun on Siva and a lion.
As you may know, the Sarabha form of Siva, when he subdues Narasimha, has the feet of a lion.
He says just as the Lion destroys herds of wild elephants in musth (more on this later), Siva destroys the elephantine pride in us.
Siva did kill an actual elephant demon too.
Wait, what's that?
So, Siva, like the other Panchaanana, the lion, destroys the pride of elephants.
A bronze depiction of Gajasamhara Moorthy.
But we'll keep that for another day.
Getting back to Stanza 5.
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THE MEANING, SIGNIFICANCE AND HISTORY OF SWASTIK
The Swastik is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon. Swastik has been Sanatan Dharma’s symbol of auspiciousness – mangalya since time immemorial.
The name swastika comes from Sanskrit (Devanagari: स्वस्तिक, pronounced: swastik) &denotes “conducive to wellbeing or auspicious”.
The word Swastik has a definite etymological origin in Sanskrit. It is derived from the roots su – meaning “well or auspicious” & as meaning “being”.
"सु अस्ति येन तत स्वस्तिकं"
Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs
Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;
"🕉स्वस्ति ना इन्द्रो वृधश्रवाहा
स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
स्वस्तिनास्तरक्ष्यो अरिश्तनेमिही
स्वस्तिनो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु"
It translates to," O famed Indra, redeem us. O Pusha, the beholder of all knowledge, redeem us. Redeem us O Garudji, of limitless speed and O Bruhaspati, redeem us".
SWASTIK’s COSMIC ORIGIN
The Swastika represents the living creation in the whole Cosmos.
Hindu astronomers divide the ecliptic circle of cosmos in 27 divisions called https://t.co/sLeuV1R2eQ this manner a cross forms in 4 directions in the celestial sky. At centre of this cross is Dhruva(Polestar). In a line from Dhruva, the stars known as Saptarishi can be observed.
The Swastik is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon. Swastik has been Sanatan Dharma’s symbol of auspiciousness – mangalya since time immemorial.
The name swastika comes from Sanskrit (Devanagari: स्वस्तिक, pronounced: swastik) &denotes “conducive to wellbeing or auspicious”.
The word Swastik has a definite etymological origin in Sanskrit. It is derived from the roots su – meaning “well or auspicious” & as meaning “being”.
"सु अस्ति येन तत स्वस्तिकं"
Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs
Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;
"🕉स्वस्ति ना इन्द्रो वृधश्रवाहा
स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
स्वस्तिनास्तरक्ष्यो अरिश्तनेमिही
स्वस्तिनो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु"
It translates to," O famed Indra, redeem us. O Pusha, the beholder of all knowledge, redeem us. Redeem us O Garudji, of limitless speed and O Bruhaspati, redeem us".
SWASTIK’s COSMIC ORIGIN
The Swastika represents the living creation in the whole Cosmos.
Hindu astronomers divide the ecliptic circle of cosmos in 27 divisions called https://t.co/sLeuV1R2eQ this manner a cross forms in 4 directions in the celestial sky. At centre of this cross is Dhruva(Polestar). In a line from Dhruva, the stars known as Saptarishi can be observed.