Etymology of a few words

[Srikrishna Ghadiyaram]

Hari Om !!

The tile of the book is "A Garland of Letters", by
John Woodroffe.

Om Namo Narayanaya !!

Srikrishna

--- Srikrishna Ghadiyaram
<srikrishna_ghadiyaram at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Hari Om !!
>
> I read this following sentence in a book only
> yesterday.
>
> "A book of thirty-one chapters published in 1922, by
> John Woodroffe which is an indepth exploration and
> explanation of the Sanskrit alphabet or letters as a
> key to understanding the esoteric meanings of mantra
> as given in the Tantric Sastra. The "Garland" in the
> title refers to the letters of alphabet which Devi
> wears areound Her neck as the originator of sounds
> and
> Sanskrit."
>
> See if this helps. If you get to read it please post
> your synopsys.
>
> Om Namo Narayanaya !!
>
> Srikrishna
>
>
> --- Shrinivas Gadkari <sgadkari2001 at YAHOO.COM>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 May 2002 14:25:08 -0700, ken knight
> > <hilken_98 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> >
> > >‘ra issues out of ri through its conjunction with
> > ‘a’.
> > > Jayaratha explains that the sound ra flashes
> forth
> > >instantaneously like lightning, whereas a phoneme
> > has
> > >a certain duration, and he adds that in Shiva
> there
> > is
> > >no objectivity (whereas it is already there at
> the
> > >level of the phonemes ra and la). Further,
> > according
> > >to tradition and not only in the Trika, the
> phoneme
> > >‘ra’ is regarded as the seed of fire agnibIja. So
> > when
> > >the power of will, in its undisturbed form,
> flashes
> > >forth instantaneously like lightning, the phoneme
> > ri
> > >will arise; and in its undisturbed form, equally
> > >bright but comparatively more stable, rI will
> > arise;
> > >then, when this twofold energy appears as
> stability
> > or
> > >stillness (sthairaya,nishcalatA), a state
> belonging
> > to
> > >earth (l^i,l^I) will arise.   Padoux p.255-6
> > >
> >
> > Namaste Kenji and members interested in this
> topic,
> >
> > Picking this topic after a break of about a month.
> > You have pointed that ra is agni bIja, and have
> been
> > struggling to understand the relation between the
> > sound ra and agni.
> >
> > My contemplation makes me associate ra with
> roaring
> > sound rrrrrrr... . Roaring is a manifestation of
> > anger.
> > This is the closest I could get to agni.
> >
> > Then Shra has to do with quieting anger. (Since in
> > an earlier post I gave reasons to associate Sh
> with
> > quieting).
> >
> > Comments are welcome.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Shrinivas Gadkari
>
>
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