Om Namah Shavaya

Janet Carpenter · 02-23-2007, 08:13 PM

Hi, everyone, I am glad to find this site, and you. I am enjoying reading your entries.
I have practiced yoga for years and have made it the basis of my life work. I am still learning - this website is a new way to experience yoga ! I like it.

**xela** · 02-24-2007, 08:09 AM

Hi Janet! Welcome to the forum!

YogSadhak · 03-13-2007, 09:27 AM

Namaste & Welcome Janet !

On a friendly note...a minor correction to the topic title.......

It should be "Om Namah Shivaya"

"Shiv" or "Shivaah:" means good / auspicious
"Shav" means corpse or dead

"Shiv" is very much auspicious (shubh) and a symbol of eternal life, while the second is inauspicious (ashubh) for it heralds decay and decomposition.

Hari OM !

Janet Carpenter · 03-13-2007, 10:18 AM

Wow !

Thank you for the information !

It's interesting, I have been recently looking at a sanskrit-english website (actually a couple of them) and got a bit of a frame of reference for the source of your comment. I found many words describing variations on one thing, a lot of textures and subtleties, in Sanskrit.

"Shavaya" sounds like how I say and sing it: "shuh-veye-uh"
but evidently I mean "Shivaya."

It's kind of like trying to say to someone in their language "have a nice day" and because you mispronounce it, you say: "your mother is a bulldog!"

OOOPS

QueenMaa · 03-17-2007, 08:51 PM

Hello Janet and welcome to the forum!

02-23-2007, 08:13 PM	#1
Janet Carpenter trimshát Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 31	Hi, everyone, I am glad to find this site, and you. I am enjoying reading your entries. I have practiced yoga for years and have made it the basis of my life work. I am still learning - this website is a new way to experience yoga ! I like it. __________________ shanti

03-13-2007, 10:18 AM	#4
Janet Carpenter trimshát Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 31	Wow ! Thank you for the information ! It's interesting, I have been recently looking at a sanskrit-english website (actually a couple of them) and got a bit of a frame of reference for the source of your comment. I found many words describing variations on one thing, a lot of textures and subtleties, in Sanskrit. "Shavaya" sounds like how I say and sing it: "shuh-veye-uh" but evidently I mean "Shivaya." It's kind of like trying to say to someone in their language "have a nice day" and because you mispronounce it, you say: "your mother is a bulldog!" OOOPS __________________ shanti

03-17-2007, 08:51 PM	#5
QueenMaa catvaarimshát Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 42	Hello Janet and welcome to the forum! __________________ My Health Essentials Blog

02-24-2007, 08:09 AM	#2
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03-13-2007, 09:27 AM	#3
YogSadhak dashan Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 10	Namaste & Welcome Janet ! On a friendly note...a minor correction to the topic title....... It should be "Om Namah Shivaya" "Shiv" or "Shivaah:" means good / auspicious "Shav" means corpse or dead "Shiv" is very much auspicious (shubh) and a symbol of eternal life, while the second is inauspicious (ashubh) for it heralds decay and decomposition. Hari OM !