A Western name...
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Giving a name to a child is a big deal for parents. Many (not all) on HDF have most notable names given to the devatā-s or saints as
their 'screen name'. Having this name as one's legal name found on documents or licenses are few, and a different matter. That is neither here nor there but thought to mention it.
Yet one must think how will this child I name like the sound I give to them ? If I give them a foreign name that is not really part of the western culture ( where I happen to reside at the time), am I doing this little human a dis-service ?
I found there are many profound sounds that can be applied that are most noble in manner, yet fit nicely into the culture one is born in. Let's take a few examples...
The one I happen to employ for my daughter ( over 30 years ago ) was sarah. If we deconstruct the name we have sa + ra + h. ( for me, my intent was sā + rā + ḥ ) The name satisfies the divine, and the practical at the same time:
- sārā = the substance or essence or marrow or cream or heart or essential part of anything
- sāra = strength power , energy
- ḥ - is called visarga - considered final emancipation , exemption from worldly existence; This visarga is written as : ( a colon sign, one dot above the other) in saṃskṛtam. Offically it is not part of the saṃskṛta alphabet but is part of the ~rules~ of saṃdhi¹
This ḥ is owned by śiva ; in fact the ~lore~ is the top and bottom dots are considered śiva and śakti but we will leave that for another time.
So , sārāḥ sound form is the essence, the essential part of anything, of the highest nature (ḥ). The implication is the Divine. So, when one addresses sārāḥ they are addressing the highest in her. If we went in depth we could go by each sound form (phoneme) sā + rā + ḥ but that may be a bit too much at this time.
And what of another name that may be worthy of one's name ? How about lana or lāṇa ?
- la is a name of Indra ; lā is to give.
- ṇa - is knowledge; this ṇa also equals nirvṛti which is emancipation ( nir-vāṇa ); it is also complete satisfaction or happiness
You can see the auspiciousness of lāṇa without me connecting the dots.
Last one:
ronnie or ranee or rāṇi = rāṇa = a peacock's tail ; raṇī = queen.
... just a few ideas.
iti śivaṁ
1. saṃdhi , some write sandhi - In general, containing a conjunction or transition from one to the other .
यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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