SAIVA-SIDDHANTA

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Thou
THE SAIVA RELIGION 30 1
"Prithivyobhavah, apassarvah, Agnerudrah, Vayor Bhlmah,
Akasasya Mahadevah, Suryasyograh, Chandrasya Somah,
Atmanah Pasupatih."*
The famous passage in the ;th Brahmana of the 3rd
Chapter in the^ Brihadaranya Upanishat gives more forms than
these as the Sarira of the Brahman, but in the Agamas and
Puranas, these are reduced to eight, as comprising
forms.
GOD S
TRANSCENDENCE.
all other
As God is immanent in the Chetana and tana Ache"
Prapancha
as the soul of all, He is identified with the Universe as the
All, and yet His transcendency
is also brought out by such
statements as Antas
, Antara
,
Anyata , Neti Neti,
They are in me, not I in them.
art not aught in the
Universe, naught is there save Thou."
GOD IS
SATCHIDANANDA.
Siva is Sat Chit Ananda,f Somaskanda (Sa-Umaskanda) ; {
Being, Light and Love. As Pure Being, the absolute, God is
unknowable ;
and as Light and Love. He links himself to
Man; and it
is possible to Man to approach Him through Love.
GOD S SAKTI IS LIGHT AND LOVE.
This Light and this Love are therefore called His Sakti,
and
I)
Vayu-Samhitaa Chap. 3).
f Vide Bishop Westcot s definition, God, the Holy Ghost and Christ,
Light, and Love.
| Uma literally means Light or Wisdom,
as Spirit,
Vide Brahma sutra fl^TOMd^lVTcj; and also Svet. text