Hari Om
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Here is another view on Ru + dra. This is offered via an explanation Abhinavagupta gives on one sutra in the Parā-trīśikā Vivaraa. 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