Secret of the Thirumantra – Panchaakkara letters: 02

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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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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

ஃ

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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Secret of the Thirumantra - 02

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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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