Why Om Namah Sivaya instead of Om Sivaya Namah?

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Would appreciate learned folks here dispensing the reasons behind why

this mantra in particular is flipped the other way around compared to

other mantras (e.g. Om Gurave Namah, Om Gan Ganapathaye Namah etc),

surely there is some spiritual/philosophical/mythological significance?

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namaste,

 

The mantra comes from the rudra-prashna of the taittiriya samhita. The

style of this prashna is such that namaH is said only once for each

pair of two names. eg. " namaH somAya ca rudrAya ca " . So also, the

relevant snippet is " namaH shivAya ca shivatarAya ca " . namaH applies

both to shiva and shivarata. In the rudra trishati (where namah is

added to each name), the same mantra is said as " namaH shivAya ca

namaH " .

 

bhavadIyaH,

 

ajit

 

 

On Jan 7, 2008 4:15 PM, Dinesh Nambisan <dinesh wrote:

>

> Would appreciate learned folks here dispensing the reasons behind why

> this mantra in particular is flipped the other way around compared to

> other mantras (e.g. Om Gurave Namah, Om Gan Ganapathaye Namah etc),

> surely there is some spiritual/philosophical/mythological significance?