{"id":482,"date":"2018-03-17T16:39:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T16:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2018-03-17T16:45:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T16:45:40","slug":"the-multidimensionality-of-meanings-of-the-same-term-in-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"The multidimensionality of the same term meanings in different texts"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my students asked a question about the Yogay\u0101j\u00f1avalkya<\/em>\u00a0text. There is a\u00a0shloka<\/em> in the section on dhyana<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u0905\u0925\u0935\u093e \u092a\u0930\u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0902 \u092a\u0930\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0935\u093f\u0930\u0917\u0939\u092e\u094d
\n\u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0926\u0947\u0936\u093e\u0926\u094d\u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937\u0902 \u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923\u092a\u093f\u0902\u0917\u0932\u092e\u094d\u0964<\/p>\n

athav\u0101 param\u0101tm\u0101na\u1e43 param\u0101nandaviragaham<\/em>
\ngurupade\u015b\u0101dvij\u00f1y\u0101ya puru\u1e63a\u1e43 puru\u1e63a\u1e43 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47api\u1e43galam\u0964<\/em><\/p>\n

Or when receiving a teaching from the Guru, the embodiment of the supreme soul, the highest bliss, having dark and red color.<\/em><\/p>\n

What does it mean by dark and red color? Why these particular colors?<\/p>\n

The meaning of combination of these two colors in relation to Divinity can be found in a number of sources, first of all in pur\u0101\u1e47as<\/em>, such as Padmapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, Skandapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, Li\u1e45gapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In Li\u1e45gapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, in the description of greatness of the five faces of Shiva<\/em>, namely Aghora<\/em>, Aghora Shiva<\/em> has the characteristics of Dark and Red colors.<\/p>\n

\u0938 \u0924\u0902 \u0926\u0943\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0935\u093e \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0918\u094b\u0930\u0902 \u0918\u094b\u0930\u0935\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0930\u092e\u092e\u094d\u0964\u0964
\n\u0935\u0935\u0902\u0926\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0935\u0926\u0947\u0935\u0947\u0936\u092e\u0926\u094d\u092d\u0941\u0924\u0902 \u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923\u092a\u093f\u0902\u0917\u0932\u092e\u094d\u0964\u0964 \u0967\u096a.\u096c \u0964\u0964<\/p>\n

In N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47as\u016bktam<\/em>, or for example in\u00a0Mah\u0101n\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a Upani\u1e63ad<\/em>\u00a0(Ch. 23),\u00a0<\/span>the famous <\/span>mantra<\/em> is given:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u090b\u0924\u0902 \u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f \u092a\u0930\u0902 \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937\u0902 \u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923\u092a\u093f\u0902\u0917\u0932\u092e\u094d \u0965 \u0909\u0930\u094d\u0927\u094d\u0935\u0930\u0947\u0924\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u0942\u092a\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930\u0942\u092a\u093e\u092f \u0935\u0948 \u0928\u092e\u0903 \u0965<\/p>\n

To the Great Order, Truth, the Great Absolute, the person in the shape of the Universe, with extraordinary eyes, having dark and red color, the one whose sexual power is directed upwards, to him I offer my respects.<\/em><\/p>\n

Numerous comments to that ancient Vedic mantra<\/em> contain different interpretations, as for example the dark (on the right) is a symbol of Shiva<\/em> and the red color on the left side is a symbol of the Goddess Uma (Um\u0101mah\u0113\u015bvara<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\u0924\u093e\u0926\u0943\u0936\u0902 \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e \u0938\u094d\u0935\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0941\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0939\u093e\u092f \u0909\u092e\u093e\u092e\u0939\u0947\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0915\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937\u0930\u0942\u092a\u0902 \u092d\u0935\u0924\u093f | \u0924\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0926\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0923\u0947 \u092e\u0939\u0947\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930\u092d\u093e\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u0903 | \u0909\u092e\u093e\u092d\u093e\u0917\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u092e\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u0919\u094d\u0917\u0932\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u0903 |<\/p>\n

There is also the interpretation saying that these are the colors of Shiva<\/em> and N\u0101r\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em> (Harihara<\/em>). But whatever the interpretations are, the idea of integration of basic metaphysical categories can be traced in all of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my students asked a question about the Yogay\u0101j\u00f1avalkya\u00a0text. There is a\u00a0shloka in the section on dhyana: \u0905\u0925\u0935\u093e \u092a\u0930\u092e\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0902 \u092a\u0930\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0935\u093f\u0930\u0917\u0939\u092e\u094d \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941\u092a\u0926\u0947\u0936\u093e\u0926\u094d\u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937\u0902 \u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923\u092a\u093f\u0902\u0917\u0932\u092e\u094d\u0964 athav\u0101 param\u0101tm\u0101na\u1e43 param\u0101nandaviragaham gurupade\u015b\u0101dvij\u00f1y\u0101ya puru\u1e63a\u1e43 puru\u1e63a\u1e43 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47api\u1e43galam\u0964 Or when receiving a teaching from the Guru, the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[47,48],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texts","tag-scripture","tag-yogayajnavalkya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}