Saraswati - Knowledge that flows

Saraswati - Knowledge that flows

Saraswati is the Goddess of Knowledge.  She is the wife of Brahma from whom the Vedas originated. In olden days, people followed the Gotra system where the gene was supposed to be transferred from the father to the generations through the mother. Therefore, if Brahma was the father of the Vedas, it had to be carried out through the Mother who is his wife called 'Saraswati'. 

Saraswati is flow.  It is masculine characteristic to accumulate while it is feminine characteristic to distribute. If knowledge does not flow down, that knowledge is useless.  In other words, it is not those who have knowledge would be respected; but those who impart the knowledge that is worthy of worship.  That is probably the reason why there are hardly any temples dedicated to Brahma while there are many to Saraswati. 

Without knowledge however, Saraswati wouldn't have been there at all.  That is why it is said that Brahma only created Saraswati.  Thus Brahma the knowledge then became engaged with the flow of knowledge which gave rise to many knowledge branches (Rishis / Maharshis).   Were these Rishis / Maha-Rishis actually human beings?   Or were they reputed Universities where knowledge at different levels were researched?  We probably do not know.  It is said that Maharshi Viswamitra created the rats. Today we know that rats are the best of creations we could use for conducting research on, particularly in those branches of science pertaining to maintaining our health.  Could it be that the King turned Maha-rishi was christened Viswamitra thanks to this great achievement of his, that he became the Mitra (= Friend) of the Viswa (=Universe)?

There is also the story of Vishnu as Lord Hayagriva who restored the Vedas from the asuras Madhu & Kaitabha.  The vedas were then delivered to Saraswati who propagated it. Thus Lord Hayagriva is considered the Guru of Godesss Saraswati.

jñānānanda mayaṃ devaṃ nirmala sphaṭikākṛtiṃ
ādhāraṃ sarvavidyānaṃ hayagrīvaṃ upāsmahe

ज्ञानानन्द मयं देवं निर्मल स्फटिकाकृतिं
आधारं सर्वविद्यानं हयग्रीवं उपास्महे

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References: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayagriva

http://hindumythologybynarin.blogspot.in/2012/11/story-lord-hayagriva-less-known-form-of.html

http://www.apamnapat.com/articles/Devibhagavata010.html

Ganapati & Allah / Yehowah (Yahweh)

Ganapati & Allah

After my earlier post on "Allah is a Sanskrit" mantra, (http://sunambiar.blogspot.in/2015/06/the-sanskrit-word-allah.html) I find another relation of Allah in the Hindu (elephant headed) God Ganapati (Ganesha).

The word अऌः (Allah) is made of the three letters 'अ', 'ऌ' and ':'. The अ stands for Ankusa (and it looks like one too) which is the instrument / stick with a hook - bullhook or goad, that is used to control the mammoth/elephant.  It is as I have already mentioned in my above mentioned post, the Purusha (in Tantric references).  The visargah ':' is the Stree or Shakti / Nature / Prakriti (again in Tantric reference).  It is actually written like the digit 8.  This denotes Paasam - the rope. A rope is wound like the digit 8; (I have seen merchants winding rope like digit 8 on their one hand while the other is used to guide it properly).  The ऌ denotes the elephant head of Lord Ganesha. Observe the twist  of the elephant trunk in the letter itself.  The ऌ according to Tantric references is Neutral (napumsaka). 

पाशाङ्कुश धारम् देवम् वन्देऽहम् गण नायकम् 

Paasaankusa dharam devam vandeham gana naayakam

- Ganesha Ashtakam ::  Sri Adi Shankaraachaarya

Incidentally, Ganesha is denoted holding Paasam (rope) in one hand and Ankusam (bullhook / goad) on the other.

Thus the Sanskrit word अऌः denotes Lord Ganesha with his parents Shiva denoted by Purusha vowel that is Ankusam अ and Shakti denoted by Paasam and the Stree vowel  visargah ':'. 

The Purusha (Shiva) controls while Stree (Shakti) ties / bonds.  They are the two aspects of the brain. That of Logic and that of Emotions.  Emotions cannot be controlled other than by Logic and self control (Yama).  Control can be achieved in Yoga and hence Shiva is the founder of Yoga & therefore the perfect Yogi.  Emotions generate a lot of energy (Shakti) which could be used for creation as well as for destruction. 

Just like the Chicken & Egg, as per the Ganesha Purana all have come from Ganesha. But Shiva and Parvathi are the parents of Lord Ganesha.  Yet Ganesha not born out of Shiva or Parvathi.

Every form of worship starts with Ganesha vandanam. Obeisance to Lord Ganesha. The breaking of the coconut indicates that we should open ourselves and have an open mind if we need to remove all obstacles.  

Many scholars believe that Vikramaditya empire extended upto or even further to the Middle East and Mecca in particular.  There are many similarities between Brahmi script and Aramaic.

The Sanskrit mantra अऌः was adopted by the Arabians to denote God - the creator.  It is said that Prophet Mohammed later adopted it into Islam after weighing a few other options.

The words Kali-ph (Caliph), Ramallah, Ramadaan, Ramzan, Rahim (Ram), the black stone of Mecca, etc.,  Zam-zam (Ganga), Brahmin-style dressing during Haj, circum-ambulation around the black stone, etc., also indicate a strong bond between the Sanskrit language, Hindu culture and the religion of Islam itself.

Coming to Hebrew again of the Christian God Yahweh (Yehowah), which is written as יְהֹוָה , the letters form the Head of Ganesha again with a neatly drawn trunk in between. 

The three prongs of AUM, or Ganesha indicating Iccha (Desire), Jnaana (Knowledge) and Kriyaa (Activity).

The AUM that is Ganesha of the Hindus is therefore Allah of Islam and the Yahweh of the Christians.

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