ARJ 0 Report post Posted October 7, 2008 Who is Lord Shri Ayyappa ? Is he same as Lord Kartik ? All I know is he is Shiva's son, who is his mother ? Thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravindran Kesavan 0 Report post Posted October 7, 2008 Dear ARJ, Aiyapa is supposed to have born as a son of Siva as father and Mohini the Vishnu's female form as his mother. Thre Myth goes like this. After the churning of the Milk occean for Amrita , Vishnu bivitched the asuras by asuming his mohini form and managed to give the Amrita to devas only. Hrearing this Lord Siva wanted to see Vishnus Mohini form When vishnu took the form Lord sive got bivitched too and out of Siva and Mohini is born Aiyappa. The Chlid was found by King of Pandala (of present day kerala) And the childless king adopted him as his son. Regards, K.Ravindran Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yagna_narayana 0 Report post Posted October 7, 2008 Dear ARJ, Aiyapa is supposed to have born as a son of Siva as father and Mohini the Vishnu's female form as his mother. Thre Myth goes like this. After the churning of the Milk occean for Amrita , Vishnu bivitched the asuras by asuming his mohini form and managed to give the Amrita to devas only. Hrearing this Lord Siva wanted to see Vishnus Mohini form When vishnu took the form Lord sive got bivitched too and out of Siva and Mohini is born Aiyappa. The Chlid was found by King of Pandala (of present day kerala) And the childless king adopted him as his son. Regards, K.Ravindran The purpose of Ayyappa on the earth was to Kill the evil ( in the form of Mahi and the sister of Mahisasura ). MAhi got some favour froms Brahma that she cant be killed by any one who borns with unification of man and woman.Hence, Vishnu wore the woman form . So virtually, Ayyappa was born by man-man unification. Hence, the favour got be Brahma was completely lost and Ayyappa could able to kill Mahi. I have some question to others from this Forum. Is Ayyappa belongs to Kaliyuga? If not which Yuga he belongs? Is Sabari ( Who waited for Rama very long time in Treta Yuga ) is same as the Sabari in "Sabari Mala"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravindran Kesavan 0 Report post Posted October 8, 2008 There is another interpretation to the parents of Ayyapa being Siva and Vishnu. In esoteric spiritualism, Vishnu is the same as goddess Parvati. Vishnu is the male form of Parvati. Vishnu is Vaishnavi ( Parvati) and Narayana is Narayani (Parvati) . Hense there is no contradiction or perversion in siva vishnu union. K.Ravindran Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
