is number 5 sacred for Shiva

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Namaste gurus,
Is number 5 sacred for lord shiva? if yes any reason?

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[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
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Is number 5 sacred for lord shiva? if yes any reason? thanks
Yes this 5 aligns nicely with Śiva , please see this post, perhaps it will help: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25829&postcount=2 (http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25829&postcount=2)
It calls out Sadāśiva, often depicted as Sadāśivamūrta the 5 faced-One.

Iśāna and this face looks up
Tatpuruśa faces East
Sadyojāta faces West
Vāmadeva faces North
Aghora faces South.Also the number 3 aligns with Śiva. Hence if 3 and 5 aligns well then the number 8 (5+3) aligns nicely and we see this in the 8th house in Jyotish.

The 8th house deals with life and death. It is a natural mokṣa house and is the realm of yoga, tantra and siddhi (aṣṭa-siddhi or 8 siddhi-s).
Some call these 3 areas (collectively) para-jñāna. Learning is associated with the 5th house (a dharma house) , hence higher then that (para-jñāna) we go to 8th house. We also note the 8 fold yoga practice called out in to Patañjali’s Yogadarśana¹ , a higher learning.

And we also know there are 5 kinds of sādhana - rāja yoga, karma yoga, jñāna yoga, dhyāna yoga and bhakti yoga.
Note if we count 8 houses from the 8th house we are arrive at the 3rd house - which is another place of longivity of life. Hence Rudra's influence once again.

Since Rudra is very imprortant regarding one's longevity He is associated with the 8th. And Śiva as a mahayogī has much to do with mokṣa and all those ideas of para-jñāna.

Just a few ideas on how this 5, 3 and 8 come into play.

praṇām

words & references

mokṣa मोक्ष - release from worldly existence or transmigration;liberation
Patañjali’s Yogadarśana - yama and niyama HDF Posts can be found here: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=57 (http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=57)

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thanks Yajvan ji.

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