Re: Rudrakhsa
Hari Om
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Namaste
Here is another view on Ru + dra. This is offered via an explanation Abhinavagupta gives on one sutra in the Parā-trīśikā Vivaraṇa. I thought to pass it on, as it is consistent with the former posts offered above.
- ru denotes rodhana रोधन - stopping, restraining, checking, preventing, impeding and is another name for;
- saṃhāra संहार - drawing in, contraction, dissolution, or conclusion +
- dra denotes drāvaṇa द्रावण - putting to flight; causing to run. Another word used is;
- sṛṣṭi सृष्टि - letting go, letting loose, mission, production, procreation, hence creation or manifestation.
If we put them together we get restraining and contraction or saṃhāra + creation and manifestation or sṛṣṭi.
Hence we have Rudra, He who takes in, and ends ( dissolution) + He that makes manifest or creation.
It is through Rudra's svātantrya ( freedom or some call Divine Autonomy) that this occurs, vis His icchā śakti
pranams
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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