--- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > --- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > Thanks, Rick. Clearly stated and depicts what I felt about it.
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > > on 5/29/05 9:44 AM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The bija mantras are meaningless by any standard. They have
no
> > > > > meaning in Sanskrit
>
Welll, I can't even tell what the entry is supposed to be, and the
definitions are all meaningless to me anyway, so I guess you made my
point for me... ;-)
> Well....
>
> Entry zRGga
>
> Meaning n. (perhaps connected with %{ziras} , %{zIrSan} ; ifc. f. %
> {A} , or %{I}) the horn of an animal , a horn used for various
> purposes (as in drinking , for blowing , drawing blood from the
skin
> &c.) RV. &c. &c. ; the tusk of an elephant R. Ka1m. ; the top or
> summit of a mountain , a peak , crag MBh. Ka1v. &c. ; the summit of
a
> building , pinnacle , turret ib. [1087,2] ; any peak or projection
or
> lofty object , elevation , point , end , extremity AV. Kum. Gi1t. ;
a
> cusp or horn of the moon R. Hariv. VarBr2S. ; highest point ,
acme ,
> height or perfection of anything Hariv. 6424 ; the horn as a symbol
> of self reliance or strength or haughtiness Ragh. ; the rising of
> desire , excess of love or passion (cf. %{zRGgAra}) Sa1h. ; a
partic.
> military array in the form of a horn or crescent MBh. vi , 2413 ; a
> syringe , water-engine Ragh. S3is3. ; the female breast BhP. ; a
> lotus L. ; agallochum L. ; a mark , token , sign L. ; = %
> {zazazRGga} "' , hare's horn "' , anything impossible or extra
> ordinary , Kusum. ; m. a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant L. ;
N.
> of a Muni (of whom , in some parts of India , on occasions of
> drought , earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for
rain)
> MW. (%{I}) f. see s.v. [Cf. Lat. {cornu} ; Goth. {ha4urn} ; Germ. ,
> Eng. {horn}.]
>
>
>
>
> or English and their origin is unknown. No TM
> > > > > mantra has meaning as it is taught. If you chose to assign
it
> > > > > meaning, that's your problem.
> > > >
> > > > Each bija mantra is associated with a different Devata. And
the
> > > advanced
> > > > techniques add words that denote a reverential relationship
> with
> > that
> > > > Devata.
> >
> > And if someone doesn't feel that way, they're in denial?
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