KINGDOM OF SITHTHARS

The Siththars were living in the forests, mountains staying away from the common people because of their searches. We found evidences which show that the Siththars stay in the lonely places where the people can not enter easily. I have already shared the details about the mountains where the Siththars were staying and the importance of those mountains also. You can read that post in this link.

At the end of that post I have mentioned that I would share information about one of the mountains that was considered as the head quarters of the Siththars. As a sequence of it I am going to write about the Sivanmalai or Sathuragiri mountain in the upcoming days which is considered as the land of surprise.

If I start writing about the greatness of the Sathuragiri mountain, it may take even months to finish it up. I wish put to forth some of my ideas before I begin to write about the Sathuragiri mountain. As a continuation of these thoughts only I started writing this post.

Many of the have shared their experiences about the Sathuragiri mountain. All those are written with a commercial purpose only. For example it may be for the better sales of the books. Also to draw the attention and excitement of the readers they have exaggerated about the Sathuragiri mountain.

As a result of these exaggerations and rumours about the Sathuragiri mountain, the mountain is considered as a mysterious land and a place where the unusual people live.  Apart from this, I believe that because of such exaggerations people make a mind block that it it impossible to reach to the medicinal herbs that is available on the mountains

My opinion is that rather than promoting it as a religious property that could increase the religious beliefs, they could attempt to spread the greatness of the Siththars who lived their, which could in turn be a benefit to the public.

We can see on the internet that most of the people have gone to the Sathuragiri mountain and have shared their experiences along with pictures. We can find the evidences that they are exactly showing the actual facts without any exaggerations. At times I feel proud about these friends who share the exact information without exaggerations. Even I decided to follow such people and write this post honestly. Though I did not find the chance of going out of Sri Lanka, I have found many books about the Sathuragiri mountain from the book collections of my grandfather.

I have decided to share only the information that the Siththars told about the Sathuragiri Mountain. You can expect many surprising information in this sequence about the Sathuragiri mountain. The rest of the information in the next post.

I also request you to share the details of this post to your friends also.

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In the previous post we have seen about the introduction of the Panchaakkara letters and what those 51 letters are. Also we have seen that Thirmoolar told that those letters control the functioning of our body parts. Today I shall share about my understanding regarding to which body parts these letters govern and its philosophical notation.

Let us see the list that Thirumoolar told about the body parts which are governed by the panchaakkara letters.

Hair, fore head, right eye, left eye, right ear, left ear, right nostril, left nostril, right cheek, left cheek, upper lip, lower lip, tooth of upper jaw, tooth of lower jaw, chin, head, right hand, left hand, right foot, left foot, right rib, left rib, kulai (organs between the chest and stomach), lower abdomen, stomach, generative organs, testicle, mooladhara (pelvic plexus), anus, throat, left breast, right breast, right shoulder, crown of the head, agnjai, visudhi, anahata, manipura, swadhistana, thighs, knee, ankle, heart, tongue, spine, brain, urinary bladder, pelvic girdle, kidney, liver, skull and centre of the eye brows are the 51 parts mentioned by Thirumoolar.

The letters that correspond to the body parts has to be known through a guru only and hence I am not sharing it here. Those who does with proper practice and attained mature level only can share it, is a rule and hence I cannot reveal it fully. In future if I have got permission to do so, I will surely share them.

Now I shall just share the philosophical meaning behind these panchaakkara letters.

"மண்டலம் ஐந்து வரைகளுள் ஈர் ஆறு

mandalam ainthu varaikalul eer aaru

கொண்டிட நிற்கும் குடிகளும் ஆறு எண்மர்

kondaadida nirkum kudikalum aaru enmar enmar

கண்டிட நிற்கும் கருத்து நடுவாக

kandida nirkum karuththu naduvaaga

உண்டு நிலாவிடும் ஓடும் பதத்தையே

undu nilaavidum oadum pathaththaiyae"

- திருமந்திரம் (Thirumanthiram)

He says that our soul is being filled with five types of mandalams and twelve protectors. And there are six types of inhabitants and our body is monitored by eight maidens.

In this the five mandalams are earth mandalam, water mandalam, wind mandalam, fire mandalam, and sky mandalam referring to the panjapoothams.

The twelve protectors are Indra, Agni, Varuna, Vayu, Kubera, Aditya, Chandra, and Yama will protect all the eight directions. Along with them Ganapathy, Kumaran, Vayiravan, Durga also protects us. Hence altogether twelve of them protect us.

The six inhabitants within us refer to body, mouth, eye, nose, ear and mind.

The eight maidens who mind our body are Ananga Kusumai, Anga Megalai, Ananga Madhanai, Anga Madhana, Ananga Raegai, Anga Vaegini, Ananga Kusai, Anga Malini.

If one learns all these clearly and practice this panchaakkara letters then he will not have end at all. If he stands by this, the grace of God can be attained.

In next post I shall catch up with some other information.

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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.

Thirumantra

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..

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.

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In the previous post we have seen that the Thirumantra book of 3000 songs has been categorized into ten parts. Also we have seen that under the Paayiram there are 156 songs in 13 categories. Today we shall see about the tantras.

First Tantra

Under this there are 166 songs categorized into 17 titles. In general it talks about the morale norms.

Second Tantra

Under this there are 208 songs categorized into 25 titles. It explains about Lord Siva and life.

Third Tantra

Under this there are 333 songs categorized into 21 titles. In this mostly we can find information related to yoga.

Fourth Tantra

Under this there are 530 songs categorized into 13 categories. In this the methods of worship are explained.

Fifth Tantra

Under this there are 154 songs categorized into 20 titles. It speaks about the idol wordhip, ritual worship, yoga and wisdom in Shaivism. .

Sixth Tantra

Under this there are 128 songs categorized into 14 titles. In this we can know about the appearance of guru, wisdom level, asceticism, austerity and greatness of viboodhi*.

Seventh Tantra

Under this there are 407 songs categorized into 30 categories. It explains about the six basis,six lingams, control over sense organs and bad behaviour.

Eighth Tantra

Under this there are 518 songs categorized into 33 categories. This explains about the philosophical doctrines, the actions of the sages and the mukkunam*.                                                    

Ninth Tantra

Under this there are 400 songs categorized into 22 categories. This tells about the appearance of guru, three kinds of panchatcharas, rising of wisdom and wishes. With this the Thirumantra completes.

Hence with the paayiram and the nine tantras, thirumantra totally contains 195 titles with 3081 songs.

One of the ways to attain the blessings of the guru is to read the thirumantra book on every morning. In the next post we shall see about information which has been written with hidden meaning in the thirumantra book and was maintained as secret till date.

*Viboodhi - the sacred ashes (used for Saivite mark)

*Mukkunam - thaamasam, rajaasam, sathveegam

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