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Re: Significance of Siva Linga
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: > Vidya, I request you to explain this for me. Saiva Siddhaanta has
: > the classification of 'pathi, pasu and pasaam' {all Tamil words :-)}.
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: The words pati, paSu and pASa are relics from vedic ritual actually, so
: they have a saMskR^itam origin. And all Saiva schools use this
: terminology quite frequently.
pashu, pati and pasam may not be pure tamizh words. The
corresponding pure words are uyir, iRai and taLai.
pashu = uyir
pati = iRai
paasham = taLai
uyir denotes the jiivaa. I think sanskrit pashu denotes animal
in general and in this context taken as jiivaa.
taLai means bondage ( paasham also means the same) and iRai means
God or lord, which is the root word for iRaivan. Sanskrit pati
also means lord, like shriipati. I have a book called
"tiruvaintezhuttu" it uses the terminology uyir, iRai and taLai.
But major saiva siddhaanta works like tirumantiram use a lot of
saMskR^itam words in general. But at some level I get really
confused whether samskR^itaM borrowed words from tamizh and
sanskritized it, I believe it is very likely.
--
Ravi
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