Re: A few Questions :)
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Pañcavaktrāya पञ्चवक्त्राय pañ पण् is to honor or praise; pañca is 5; vaktra वक्त्र is face or mouth. Hence śiva is being hailed as the 5 faced One. What are those 5 faces? Some call this pañcakṛityavidhiḥ - śiva's 5 great acts. They are:
- sṛiṣṭi - the creative act
- sthiti - the protective or maintenance ( stability) act
- saṁhāra - the destructive act
- tirodhāna - the act of enfolding or concealing His nature
- anugraha - that act of revealing his nature - His Grace
Another way of viewing the 5 (pañcakṛtyavidhiḥ) :
- sṛṣṭi सृष्टि - letting go or emanation or emission - from this all of creation as we know it unfolds. Note it is an emission of all the tattva's that make up creation
- sthiti स्थिति - continued existence; continuance in being . We may see this as the maintenance of life or of all creation
- saṁhāra संहार - contraction; drawing in (like an elephant's trunk); fetching back. Note many like to use the word destruction (vilaya - dissolution , liquefaction , disappearance , death , destruction ) yet this is not what is being communicating here, it is tat of drawing back in.
- tirodhāna तिरोधान - concealing; covering ( like a sheath , veil , cloak ) ; this covering people wish to call māyā, and we have many posts on this subject.
Yet here in this darśana (view , doctrine , philosophical system ) māyā is the śakti of the Supreme, in this case of śiva. It is His own self-imposed limitation on his own Self.
- anugraha अनुग्रह - grace; showing favor, kindness; This we know as His blessings and the main act that brings one to kevala¹
Siva as 3 fold: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3375
There is much much more to this, its reasoning and origins. My views are rooted in kaśmir śaivism; these views and insights are found throughout HDF.
praṇām
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kevala - simple , pure , uncompounded , unmingled ; the doctrine of the absolute unity of spirit ; some call this mokṣa
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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