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[edit] The Meaning of Rudra

I have moved this here. There may be some recoverably useful text, if placed in context. At the moment it's rather bizarre. Paul B 13:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

This section is clearly a theosophical interpolation.

Rudra means the Lord of Ethers (Rodasi, Antariksha). The Lord vibrates through the ethers. His vibration in the ethers is like a roar, which can be listened by the ones who can listen to silence. Silence is the higher aspect of sound called Nada. The Rudras roar through the ethers transmitting electromagnetic waves. The whole world of the phenomena of light beyond darkness manifesting visible and invisible worlds is the work of Rudras. He is the fire that manifests the three worlds. He is therefore the three fires.

The Rudras are chiefly 11 and exist in the 3 worlds of cosmic, solar and planetary. Rudras function to create and to destroy. “Eleven are the Rudras and thrice eleven they are. Hence the number is thirty three.” An initiate of 33 degrees carries the knowledge of creation and destruction (Reference from the book on Rudras). The 11 Rudras exist in the human body in all the 3 planes: as mind, as the 5 senses and the 5 organs of action, as Akasa, as the 5 elements and the 5 sensations and as chief life manifesting as 5 major and 5 minor pulsations. Rudra associates with the body and conducts the vibrations of life, of mind and of Akasa. It is the function of Rudra that enables the pulsation in the body and the occurrence of thought, speech and action. He roars through the body. When he departs from the body, the departing soul as well as his friends and relatives roar (weep). When he begins his function in the body with the first breath, the just born child roars (cries). The Rudra roars through the sky like a thunder. The light manifests through such thundering. Such is the power of Rudra.