Lingastakam

A short introduction

Lingashtakam is a hymn in praise of Sri Siva, also called Maheswara, Rudra, Pasupati etc. The Linga is a symbol for Siva, just like Sankha and Chakra are symbolic of Sri Vishnu. Linga also means the gender of a being. We have Stree Linga (Female gender), Pumlinga (Male Gender) and Napumsaka Linga (literally non-male Gender, but meaning neutral gender). Linga has also become over the ages, a symbol of manliness, the erect phallus, and it is appropriate since He is the Adi Purusha. While Para Brahma is considered to be Nirguna, i.e. without any discernible attributes, once He/She/It decides to manifest in Saguna form (for reasons beyond our intelligence), we have Purusha (male) and Prakriti (Nature, considered to be feminine). And we have the Trinity (the creating, preserving and destroying aspects) of Devas and Devis, Brahma, Vishnu and Siva in the male aspects and Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati in their female aspects, their consorts.

Pengenalan pendek

Lingashtakam adalah lagu pujian yang memuji Sri Siva, juga dikenali sebagai Maheswara, Rudra, Pasupati dan lain-lain Linga itu terdapat tanda Siva, sama seperti Sankha dan Chakra adalah simbolik Sri Vishnu. Linga juga bermakna jantina makhluk. Kami mempunyai Stree Linga (Wanita jantina), Pumlinga (Lelaki Jantina) dan Napumsaka Linga (harfiah bukan lelaki Jantina, tetapi bermaksud gender neutral). Linga juga telah menjadi sepanjang zaman, simbol kejantanan, zakar tegang, dan adalah wajar kerana Dia adalah Adi Purusha. Sementara Para Brahma dianggap Nirguna, iaitu tanpa sebarang dicerap sifat-sifat, sekali Dia / Beliau / Ia memutuskan untuk nyata dalam bentuk Saguna (atas sebab-sebab di luar perisikan kami), kami mempunyai Purusha (lelaki) dan Prakriti (Alam, dianggap menjadi feminin ). Dan kita mempunyai Trinity (penciptaan itu, memelihara dan memusnahkan aspek) yang Devas dan Devis, Brahma, Vishnu dan Siva dalam aspek lelaki dan Saraswati, Lakshmi dan Parvati dalam aspek wanita mereka, isteri mereka.