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IS GOD MADE OF FIVE ELEMENTS TOO?



We know that the human body or the sharira is made of panch mahabhuta tatwa or the five elements. The five elements are prithvi or the earth; jal or water; agni or fire; vayu or air; and akash or sky meaning space. Upon death, the human body is believed to dissolve into these five elements.

Is God made of these five elements too? We do not know. We call him BHAGAWAAN. The word BHAGAWAAN is made of five letters viz., BHA+GA+AA+WA+NA. Here BHA stands for Bhu or prithvi which means earth; GA stands for Gagan or akash or sky or space; AA stands for Agni or fire; WA stands for Vayuor air; and NA stands for Neer or jal or water.

We do not know what God is made of. Therefore, we do not know if God is made of these five elements. But, his name viz., BHAGAWAN is certainly made of these five elements.



Om Namah Shivaya is one of the most popular Hindu mantras and the most important mantra in Shaivism. Namah Shivaya means "O salutations to the auspicious one!", or “adoration to Lord Shiva", or "universal consciousness is one". It is called Siva Panchakshara, or Shiva Panchakshara or simply Panchakshara meaning the "five-syllable" mantra (viz., excluding the Om) and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. This Mantra appears as 'Na' 'Ma' 'Śi' 'Vā' and 'Ya' in the Shri Rudram hymn which is a part of the Krishna Yajurveda[2] and also in the Rudrashtadhyayi which is a part of the Shukla Yajurveda.


Namah Shivaya means "Adoration to Lord Shiva"; this is preceded by the devotional syllable "Om". In Siddha Shaivism and Shaiva Siddhanta Shaivism traditions, Namah Shivaya is considered as Pancha Bodha Tatva of Lord Shiva and his universal oneness of five elements: Na sound represents earth Ma sound represents water Śi sound represents fire Vā sound represents Pranic air Ya sound represents sky or ether Its total meaning is that "universal consciousness is one".

Its total meaning is that "universal consciousness is one". Panchakshara mantra The five-syllable (Panch Akshara) form, omitting the Om In Shaiva Siddhanta, the five letters also represent: Na is the Lord’s concealing grace Ma is the world Śi stands for Shiva Vā is His revealing grace Ya is the Ātman or soul


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