Guest guest Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 That word is " khatvanga " . The literal meaning is " skull-topped staff " , however there are symbolic inner meanings to each of the weapons which Swamiji's translation often make explicit. Om tat sat, Kalidas On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:24 PM, <bmarley343 wrote: > OM NAMO SHIVAYA everyone. > > love and light on this beautiful day. > > In several verses of the chandi it mentions missles of consciousness. > > such as in chapter 7 verse 15. i am wondering what word in the sloka > actually constitutes missles? and i am wondering what their ancient > equivelency would have been? in the ramakrishna math translation it > uses " skull topped staff " . does anyone know which word in the sloka is > reffering to this weapon? thank you. blessings ! dan > > Om Tryambakam Yajamahe > Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam > Urvarukamiva Bandhanan > Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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