Meaning of Lord Subrahmanya By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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There are umpteen names for Lord Karthikeya or Lord Muruga. One of them is

" Subrahmanya " .

 

In Sanskrit, " su " denotes anything good natured. " Brahmanya " refers to a person

who has had the experience of the Brahman (as in the Vedic verse – 'namo

brahmaNya devAya')

 

Thus 'Subrahmanya' is a representation of a good natured person who has had the

experience of Brahman.

 

Further Lord Subrahmanya also has a name 'Saravana Bhava' .

 

What does 'Saravana' mean? 'Sara' in Sanskrit means dried grass ('dharba'

grass). So 'Sara vana' refers to a forest of dharba grass. Generally such a

forest is very cool.

 

The skin of the snake is very tender and it often looks for

a cool place to live.

Hence snakes find home ('bhava') in the 'saravana'.

 

It is because of the same reason that, in the Subrahmanya kshetra (in the West

Coast of India), the deity is only a 'naga' (snake) carved in stone.

 

Category: Sanskrit Etymology, Karthikeya

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