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Story 17- it is about Bhagwan Shiva as merchant selling precious navaratna stones
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Veerapandian was happily ruling the Pandya kingdom.Apart from the queen,he had many wives.Though he had children born to him from his other wives,but the queen was not blessed with a child.Queen was sad due to this & urged Veera pandian to do Shiva puja & Vrathams along with her.
After following several rituals& Vrathams they were blessed with a son.He named him as SelvaPandyan & taught him vedas & sastras.Once when veerapandian went to forest for hunting,he was attacked by a tiger & was killed.
The sudden demise of Raja brought sorrow to family& people.
The other sons of Raja used this opportunity to loot the riches from treasury,took away precious jewels,crowns & many other treasures.Ministers unaware of this decided to sworn in young prince as the Raja.They were shocked when the treasury was opened.The crown was not there.
Enough Gems were not there to make a new crown.With great worry, ministers along with prince SelvaPandyan decided to go to Alayam of Bhagwan Shiva & Meenakshi devi to guide them on next https://t.co/v5UhkQnxv6 they nearing Alayam,a charming jewel trader walked towards them.
Before we proceed any further, I'd like you to have a look at the below THREAD on the ancient Hindu system of measurement. A lot of terminologies from there will be used here too. Get yourself acquainted with the different units of Hindu measurement
THREAD on ancient Hindu system of measurement(\u092e\u093e\u0928\u093e\u092a\u0915\u0930\u0923\u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u094d)
— Ugra (@_ugra_) December 23, 2020
The Shilpa shastras give much insight into how dimensions such as length,width,height etc were measured. It is using this system that the smallest of murthis to the biggest of buildings were planned & constructed (1) pic.twitter.com/SWEHym3KWj
The ancient Temple builders i.e. the Sthapatis, have consulted various Shastras in order to execute all their wondrous workmanship. The Shastras are many, yet there is much commonality than differences in them. (3)
This vast ocean of knowledge revealed by the Devas to the ancient Rishis has resulted in the various different styles of Temple building, image making, rock sculpturing etc (4)
Some of the important Shastras consulted by the Sthapatis:
1) Vishnudharmotthara purana
2) Agni Purana
3) Matsya Purana
4) Brihat Samhita
Above texts contain a vast ocean of info on Temple building. Ancient Temples of Northern Bharat were built according to this tradition (5)
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Whenever we chant a Mantra in Sanskrit, it starts with 'Om' and mostly ends with 'Swaha' or 'Namaha'. This specific alignment of words has a specific meaning to it which is explained in Dharma Shastra.
Mantra is a Sanskrit word meaning sacred syllable or sacred word. But Mantras r not just words put together,they r also vibrations.The whole Universe is a cosmic energy in different states of vibration &this energy in different states of vibration forms the objects of Universe.
According to Scriptures,Om is considered to be ekaakshar Brahman,which means Om is the ruler of 3 properties of creator,preserver&destroyer which make the https://t.co/lyhkWeCdtv is also seen as a symbol of Lord Ganesha, as when starting the prayer,it's him who is worshipped 1st.
'Om' is the sound of the Universe. It's the first original vibration of the nothingness through which manifested the whole Cosmos. It represents the birth, death and rebirth process. Chanting 'Om' brings us into harmonic resonance with the Universe. It is a scientific fact.
Therefore, Mantras are described as vibrational words that are recited, spoken or sung and are invoked towards attaining some very specific results. They make very specific sounds at a frequency that conveys a directive into our subconcious.