--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Nov 10, 2011, at 5:43 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > Sorry, but that seems like rubbish to me. IMO, the basic > > element of that category of biija mantras seems to be > > 'agni' read backwards: 'inga'. If the first/final a-sound > > is only implied, like in 'agni' (agniH/agnim/agninaa, etc) > > for some sandhi positions,([a]gni/ing[a]), it might make that basic > > element even more effective?? :o > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/164856 > > And meaning is vitally important, the idea of "meaningless sounds" is > quite simply, a lie. > > One of my favorite mantra dictionaries is the Mantrarthabhidanam from > the Varada Tantra. It's first verse quotes Shiva, directly > communicating to his counterpart, Parameshsvari: > > "Sri Shiva said: Listen Oh Parameshsvari! Now I shall describe to you > the meaning of Mantras. In the absence of any knowledge of which no > one can get siddhi, even with a million sadhanas." > > Pretty clear, huh! What makes it so special is the clarity with which > it describes the TM mantras. > > For example, another level of the TM mantra "Shreeng" is "Sa (the > first letter) indicates Mahalakshmi, Repha (the guttural whirring of > the "R-sound")
OMG! Must admit I've never heard or read that repha is a *guttural* sound! Just tried it, sounds to me like I'm extremely angry when I pronounce it! There's something in it that reminds me of Siberian shamans and mammoth hunters... ;-) At least here in Finland people pronounce the r-sound like that when they imitate badly alcoholized people... :o repha m. a burring guttural sound , the letter %{r} (as so pronounced) Pra1t. S3rS. ; a word BhP. ; (in prosody) a cretic ($) Pin3g. ; passion , affection of the mind L. ; mfn. low , vile , contemptible L. (cf. %{repa}).