On Apr 18, 2008, at 8:47 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
traditionally it has no meaning: its
just a sound whose effects are known to be good.
Vaj wrote:
Actually, traditionally, it does have a meaning as
is witnessed by the numerous bija dictionaries which
define their meanings in some detail.
Nonsense.
Give me your mantra, I'll tell you it's meaning and quote the text it
came from.
For example:
...another level of the TM mantra "Shreeng" is "Sa (the first letter)
indicates Mahalakshmi, Repha (the guttural whirring of the "R-sound")
indicates "dAna" (giving, imparting, "paying back"); "ee" (I)
indicates "Tushti", satisfaction and contentment, the Nada indicates
"Para", the transcendent--that which is "beyond"; and the Bindu
indicates the destroyer of discomforts and uneasiness. Thus shreeng
is the Bija or Seed for the worship of Lakshmi." -The mantrarthabhidanam
(msg # 164856)
