Pancakshara Mantra

[atanu]

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Will you please elaborate on this a bit?


Namsate and regards

नमः शिवाय च शिवतराय च

[sarabhanga]

Śi शि means to Excite or to Sharpen, and alone it is a short name for Śiva.
So that Śi-Va is One who Excites the Ocean, Moves the Sky, and Quickens All of Creation.

And Śiva is an epithet of Rudra (Howler ~ i.e. Tempest).

[sarabhanga]

Namaste Atanu,

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[sarabhanga]

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[sarabhanga]

Śi also means to Bestow or Satisfy, and thus Good Fortune or Peace.
And Śiva is both One who Gives All and the Ocean of Peace (i.e. Dissolution).

[sarabhanga]

Śa श is a Weapon or Destroyer, and it invokes Liberation and Happiness. And Śa names both Rudra and Śiva.

Śī शी means to Lie Down, and Śiva is the One in whom All Things Rest.

Śam शं and Śim शिं both indicate Welfare or Happiness.

[sarabhanga]

Śava शव is derived from Śvā श्वा (to Swell or Increase); meaning Swollen, and thus a Corpse.

Śva श्व invokes a Dog, which is another ‘Howler’ and the vehicle of Bhairava, the Fearsome attendant of Śiva.

I इ expresses Wonder, and the number 100; and Im इं is the Agni (Fire) Bīja.

Śi is Śakāra tempered by Ikāra, and so it Sharpens the Weapon and invokes 100 Rudras.

Śiva is Śava with Fire at its heart ~ both Animating and Cremating the Body.

[sarabhanga]

न्यास
|| nyāsa ||


ओं हृदयाय नमः ।
om hridayāya namah |

ओं नं शिरसे स्वाहा ।
om nam śirase svāhā |

ओं मं शिखायै वषट् ।
om mam śikhāyai vashat |

ओं शिं कवचाय हुं ।
om śim kavacāya hum |

ओं वां नेत्रत्रयाय वौषट् ।
om vām netratrayāya vaushat |

ओं यं अस्त्राय फट् ॥
om yam astrāya phat ||

[sarabhanga]

Namah is derived from Ākāśa (Æther):
Nam is inspired by Vārāhī (Śakti of the Boar) and ruled by Brihaspati (Guru ~ Jupiter);
Mam by Indrānī (Śakti of the One who Drops ~ i.e. of the Lord of Rain) and Śani (Slow Moving ~ Saturn); and
Ah by Durgā (Śakti of the Inaccessible ~ Consort of Śiva) and Sūrya (the Sun).

Śi is a combination of Ākāśa and Agni ~ inspired by Yogeśvarī (the Lady of Yoga) and ruled by Rāhu (Seizer ~ the Lunar Nodes).
Va and Ya represent Cāmundā, who takes the heads of Canda (Fierce) and Munda (who Shaves) ~ i.e. Candamundā (Fiery Razor).
Vam arises from Jala (Water) and Yam from Vāyu; and Vāya is ruled by Soma (Moon).

Śiva unites Rāhu who desires Amrita (Immortality) and causes Eclipse, with Soma (the Extract) which is held by the Moon.
So that Yogeśvara Śiva brings Total Eclipse. And Śiva is well known as Hara (the Siezer or Robber).

The Mahābhārata describes Śiva’s feat of Tripuradahana (Burning Three Cities):
The Three Cities were revolving in space and made from Gold (the Sun), Silver (the Moon), and Iron (the Earth).
Śiva waited for 1,000 years, until they fell in one line, and then He effortlessly reduced them to blackness with a single shaft.

[Arjuna]

Namaste, Sharabhanga!

Could U plz tell bija-shakti-kilaka for panchakshari and are there any variants?
I remember i saw rather strange description of these in some malayali paddhati once...