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Subject: Re: om nama sivaaya - maha shiva raathri
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> Shiva - the word meaning auspicious - is one of the Hindu
> Trinity, comprising of Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the Preserver
> and Shiva or Mahesh, the Destroyer and Re-Producer of life.
Dear LSK
Thanks for this. I wish to suggest one correction. Here the destroyer
is supposed to be the form known as Rudra. Sivam is not one of the
Trinity, which is of recent interpretation. Sivam is the formless
Brahman and on the night of Sivarathri we worship the formless form,
that is Lingam.
அருவம் அருவுருவாய்த் தோன்றும் நேரத்தினைக் குறிப்பது சிவராத்திரி. நோன்பி
ருக்கும் அகத்திய நண்பர்களை வணங்கிப் பணிகிறேன்.
அன்புடன்
குமார்
நற்றுணையாவது நமச்சிவாயவே
