yajvan
03 September 2008, 11:21 AM
Hari Oṁ
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Namaste
We have talked of pūrnīmā in past posts. This pūrnīmā is another name for the full moon…from pūrṇa meaning filled , full , filled with or full.
We also looked at a tithi's¹ prada प्रद- the giving , yielding , offering , granting , bestowing , causing , effecting , uttering, influence. Yet we have not spent much time on the new moon amāvāsya. Let take a look.
The moon via the tithi expands and contracts, some call this spanda. The expansion to the fullness of pūrnīmā and the contraction
to amāvāsya. This happens in 15 stations of the moon's motion.
This amāvāsya is made up of amā + vāsya: amā अमा means together, at home + vāsya वास्य means to be covered or enveloped. So how does this apply to the new moon? The sun (Śiva) + the moon (Śakti) are together, enveloped. This is Sa + Umā, coming together. ( the t is dropped in sat).
Who is this Sa? There is a view given in the Trika system that calls sa the 3rd Brahma. This Sa is held in the highest regard. From this sa, we have sattā , existence itself, satya or truth, saṃpat or acquisition. This sa is found in some of the most notable mantra-s e.g. amṛtabīja.
Yet why the attention on this? It’s a way of looking at Brahma as oṁ tat sat. The 3rd quality is sat. And what is this sat ? it is Being, That (tat) which really is. Who says this? Kṛṣṇa in Chapt 17, sloka 23 of the Bhāgavad gītā says oṁ-tad-sad iti nirdeśo brāhmaṇas. What this says is oṁ-tad-sad is the indication/identifier (nirdeśo) of Brahman ( the Supreme).
So we know Sat is Supreme, Brahman. And Umā is Śrī Devī, Pārvatī.
Now when Sa(t) comes together (amā + vāsya) with Umā what is created Soma. That is when a+u are joined in sanskrit we get o.
Hence s(a+u)ma = soma.
What do we call the moon? Soma ( also Chandr¹). When Śiva and Pārvatī are joined together we get Soma. Hence for amāvāsya, the new moon Śiva and Pārvatī come together, are enveloped, become Soma.
Perhaps this is why Śiva is always seen with the crescent moon over His head.
ॐ विरूपाक्षाय नमः
oṁ virūpākṣāya namaḥ
(We bow to Virupaksha, the One of spotless form)
pranams
words and references
sat सत् - Being, existenence, real, actual, that which really is.
umā उमा - is Śrī Devī, Pārvatī; this is also splendour , light ; tranquility, night ( as when the moon is present)
candra चन्द्र- glittering, shining; having the brilliancy or hue; a lovely or agreeable phenomenon of any kind
Tithi Qualities - http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23311&postcount=3 (http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23311&postcount=3)
~~~~~~
Namaste
We have talked of pūrnīmā in past posts. This pūrnīmā is another name for the full moon…from pūrṇa meaning filled , full , filled with or full.
We also looked at a tithi's¹ prada प्रद- the giving , yielding , offering , granting , bestowing , causing , effecting , uttering, influence. Yet we have not spent much time on the new moon amāvāsya. Let take a look.
The moon via the tithi expands and contracts, some call this spanda. The expansion to the fullness of pūrnīmā and the contraction
to amāvāsya. This happens in 15 stations of the moon's motion.
This amāvāsya is made up of amā + vāsya: amā अमा means together, at home + vāsya वास्य means to be covered or enveloped. So how does this apply to the new moon? The sun (Śiva) + the moon (Śakti) are together, enveloped. This is Sa + Umā, coming together. ( the t is dropped in sat).
Who is this Sa? There is a view given in the Trika system that calls sa the 3rd Brahma. This Sa is held in the highest regard. From this sa, we have sattā , existence itself, satya or truth, saṃpat or acquisition. This sa is found in some of the most notable mantra-s e.g. amṛtabīja.
Yet why the attention on this? It’s a way of looking at Brahma as oṁ tat sat. The 3rd quality is sat. And what is this sat ? it is Being, That (tat) which really is. Who says this? Kṛṣṇa in Chapt 17, sloka 23 of the Bhāgavad gītā says oṁ-tad-sad iti nirdeśo brāhmaṇas. What this says is oṁ-tad-sad is the indication/identifier (nirdeśo) of Brahman ( the Supreme).
So we know Sat is Supreme, Brahman. And Umā is Śrī Devī, Pārvatī.
Now when Sa(t) comes together (amā + vāsya) with Umā what is created Soma. That is when a+u are joined in sanskrit we get o.
Hence s(a+u)ma = soma.
What do we call the moon? Soma ( also Chandr¹). When Śiva and Pārvatī are joined together we get Soma. Hence for amāvāsya, the new moon Śiva and Pārvatī come together, are enveloped, become Soma.
Perhaps this is why Śiva is always seen with the crescent moon over His head.
ॐ विरूपाक्षाय नमः
oṁ virūpākṣāya namaḥ
(We bow to Virupaksha, the One of spotless form)
pranams
words and references
sat सत् - Being, existenence, real, actual, that which really is.
umā उमा - is Śrī Devī, Pārvatī; this is also splendour , light ; tranquility, night ( as when the moon is present)
candra चन्द्र- glittering, shining; having the brilliancy or hue; a lovely or agreeable phenomenon of any kind
Tithi Qualities - http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23311&postcount=3 (http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23311&postcount=3)