Secret of the Thirumantra – Panchaakkara letters: 01

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In the previous post I have mentioned that on reading the Thirumantra book every morning by understanding the meaning will help in attaining the blessings of the guru. Some of the friends have asked about understanding the meaning of those songs. In the following link, the meaning has been explained in simple Tamil words and in English, utilize them.


We shall see about the panchaakkara letters which is used in the thirumantra as a hidden meaning. The panchaakkara letters refers to 51 Tamil letters. These letters are the pulse of the “Chidhambara Chakra” or the “Thiruvambala Chakra”. All these tricky informations are shared by Thirumoolar in hidden meaning only. 

I have already shared the information about the Thiruvambala chakra in one of the posts. Thirumoolar says that these letters controls the body and those who realize this and worship the Thiruvambala Chakra can attain body which will not destroy.

"ஆகின்ற சக்கரத்து உள்ளே எழுத்து ஐந்து ஐந்தும்
aaginra sakkaraththu ullae ezhuththu ainthu ainthum
பாகு ஒன்றி நின்ற பதங்களில் வர்த்திருக்கும்
paaku onri ninra pathangalil varththirukkum
ஆகின்ற ஐம்பத்தி ஓரெழுத்து உள்நிற்கப்
aaginra aimbaththi oarezhuththu ulnirkap
பாகு ஒன்றி நிற்கும் பராபரன் தானே
paaku onri nirkum paraaparan thaanae"

- திருமந்திரம் (Thirumantra)

He says that the 51 panchaakkra letters has to be written in the 25 blocks present at the centre of the chakra. He also says that god will be present in these letters. Before seeing the greatness of these letters, let us see what they are..

The 12 vowels

அ (ah), ஆ (aah), இ (e), ஈ (ee), உ (oo), ஊ (oooh), எ (a), ஏ (ae), ஐ (ai), ஒ (oh), ஓ (oah), ஒள (au)

The 12 vowels with the special letter ஃ (agh)

ஃஅ, அஃ, ஃஇ, இஃ, ஃஉ, உஃ, ஃஎ, எஃ, ஃஐ, ஐஃ, ஃஒ, ஒஃ

The 18 consonants

க (ka), ங (nga), ச (sa), ஞ (nja), ட (ta), ண (Na), த (tha), ந (nha), ப (pa), ம (ma), ய (ya), ர (ra), ல (la), வ (va), ழ (zha), ள (La), ற (Ra), ன (na)

The 8 consonants with special letter ஃ (agh)

ஃக, கஃ, ஃச, சஃ, ஃப, பஃ, ஃய, யஃ 

Special character


In total, 51 letters. Each one of them govern one part of the body says Thirumoolar. We shall see those details in the next post.

Translated by - சந்தியா