sivan and sivam

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OM NAMAH SHIVAYA

 

Dear friends,

Please clarify the two words sivan and sivam.

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Om Namah Sivaya Sivan, Murugan (Lord Skanda) , Kannan (Lord Krishna), Ayyapan, etc, in which 'an' is a Tamil suffix for masculine gender. However, Sivam does not have a gender because it is the core of ever living beings. When we view Lord Siva in His highest aspect, i.e far beyond dual nature, we refer Lord Siva as Sivam. Therefore, we say Sivan when see Him as a Male, but Sivam when we refer Him as the all pervading Universal Soul (Paramatma / Satchidananda). Sivaya Namahksatish_adv <ksatish_adv wrote: OM NAMAH SHIVAYADear friends,Please clarify the two words sivan and sivam.

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Om Namah Sivaya

Just to add to what Selva ji has said. In the Mandukya upanishad,

Atman (Brahman) is described as - Shivam (auspicious), Shantam

(peaceful) and advaitum (non-dual).

 

, Selvaratnam

Selvakumar <selvauk wrote:

>

> Om Namah Sivaya

>

> Sivan, Murugan (Lord Skanda) , Kannan (Lord Krishna), Ayyapan,

etc, in which 'an' is a Tamil suffix for masculine gender. However,

Sivam does not have a gender because it is the core of ever living

beings. When we view Lord Siva in His highest aspect, i.e far beyond

dual nature, we refer Lord Siva as Sivam.

>

> Therefore, we say Sivan when see Him as a Male, but Sivam when

we refer Him as the all pervading Universal Soul (Paramatma /

Satchidananda).

>

> Sivaya Namah

>

> ksatish_adv <ksatish_adv wrote:

> OM NAMAH SHIVAYA

>

> Dear friends,

> Please clarify the two words sivan and sivam.

 

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