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blackknight-100 · 6 months ago

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My humble offerings for pride month - A Shiva-Mohini tale + Lakshmi at the end! Many thanks to @samissobsessed for reminding me about them :)

Also, just so you know, canon-timeline died a very painful death when I threw it out of the window with my own hands!

The first time Shiva sees Mohini, she is just emerging from the group of entranced Asuras with the pot of nectar. Parvati, still rubbing his burning throat, pauses her ministrations to see what has caught his attention.

“Ah,” she says, eyes glittering when she sees the divine beauty, “is she not pretty, Arya?”

Shiva thinks ‘pretty’ does not even begin to describe her. Mohini is short and dark, all lissom limbs corded with lean muscles, and open hair rolling all the way down to her calves. With her dimpled cheeks and long lashes, she looks very unlike Vishnu, whom Shiva knows and dotes upon. For a moment, Shiva is possessed by a strange desire to speak to her, certain that even Saraswati’s songs would not match the sweetness of her voice, and he is almost jealous of the Asuras.

Parvati’s laughter brings him back to earth, to the mountain no longer churning, and Vasuki slithering wearily around his shoulders.

“My dear Vasuki,” his wife says, eyes crinkled with amusement, “leave your lord to his musings, now that Kama, rascal that he is, has decided to strike my poor husband once again.”

“No!” Shiva says, louder than intended, and blushes. “No,” he repeats, “it is nothing like that.”

The excuse sounds weak even to his own ears. Parvati laughs harder. Shiva decides the next time he gets hold of Kamadeva, there would be no return from the burning.

As if Kama striking him was not enough, Rati shows up on Kailash the following week, eyes bright with mischief.

“We won the war easily,” she tells Gauri, as if that was what she had come to discuss all along.

Shiva does not trust her one bit. He is proven correct when Rati follows that up with, “It is all because of lovely Mohini. Did you see how she charmed the Asuras?”

“Of course we did. Arya was very interested,” says the traitor previously known as Gauri, Shiva's wife.

“Was he?” Rati covers her smile with a coy palm. “Of course he was! Such beauty, such grace! Why, I feared if this went on unchecked, I would lose my place as Goddess of... you know.”

Gauri throws him an amused wink, barely holding back her teasing delight. “I do know,” she agrees.

Shiva pretends that this time, he will stick to his resolve of never speaking to his wife again.

“She is alone now!” Kali says, bouncing excitedly next to him. “You should go take your chance! Shoot your shot! Ask to court her!”

“I am your husband,” Shiva says exasperated, even as he laughs at her antics. “Are you not even a little jealous?”

Kali ignores his question and rolls right over him. “Maybe you shall have a babe, the sweetest child in all the three worlds! What if it is a boy? With her dark face and your dreadful hair? Or a girl? Oh my, please let it be a girl.”

“That is Vishnu,” Shiva tries, ignoring the comment about his dreadful hair. “Your brother. Why are you like this?”

Kali waves a dismissive hand. “She is my sister, not my brother. Besides, any sister worth her salt would aid her sibling’s pursuit of a gentleman.”

The words warm Shiva’s heart more than Surya’s fire ever could. “You think I am a gentleman?”

Kali turns her nose up at him and points to the enchantress. “Not if you do not go after her.”

Shiva does as he is told. After all happy wives make for happy lives.

It is incredibly easy for Kali to tell him to ‘shoot his shot’ from cold Kailash, but as Shiva soon finds out, it is significantly more difficult than it looks.

For one, Mohini takes one look at him and starts running. She is not even fleeing from him – Shiva would never pursue a woman who did not want his company – she merely appears to enjoy teasing him. This lines up with what Shiva knows of Vishnu. What does not line up is the crowd of gods gathered in the clouds, cheering them on. Cheering him onwards.

“This is mortifying,” he calls out to Mohini, as Kama and Vasanta drop flowers on them, and Vayu makes their clothes flutter dramatically. “Stop, I beg you!”

Mohini only laughs. It is the dearest sound in all the world – sweet as the nectar she stole for the gods, breathless as Ganga at Gangotri, and delirious as Varuni's newly brought sura. Shiva feels Rati’s pull upon his ascetic self, and willingly lets it consume him.

Mohini’s joy is worth the pain of Kama’s love.

Afterwards, they lie together in a shadowed glade, beneath a blossoming Kadamba tree. The air carries the scent of spring flowers and oncoming rain, and of their shared affection.

Shiva rolls around to look at her, at Mohini, Mistress of Illusions, and asks quietly, “Are you alright?”

Mohini laughs. It is more breathless than it was before, but it is still the most delightful sound in the world.

“Of course I am,” she says, making sparkling patterns in the air. “But I will demand recompense for my torn necklace - and you may not have any help this time.”

Shiva finds himself smiling as well. He reaches out a hand, all the way from the earthly air to the gardens of the divine, plucking lotuses from Indra's pond. Then, from the weaver spider he borrows a silken thread and strings it through the flowers.

“Will you have this?” he asks Mohini, offering her the garland.

“Mighty ascetic,” says the enchantress, “any gift from you I shall treasure and wear all my immortal life.”

+1.

Mohini is visiting them on Kailash when Lakshmi comes to see Uma. She is a little miffed to be drawn away from Ayyappa, sure, but the new goddess is good company, and Uma is eager to be her friend.

Mistress Wealth is an indescribable beauty, with her gold-bright face and ruby lips, and her hair a riot of obsidian curls. Her smile, bright as Varuna's best pearls, widens when she sees Uma.

“Greetings,” Lakshmi calls, waving a dainty hand. “It has been a while.”

“It has indeed,” Uma agrees, pulling her to the side. “Shiva is with the baby. Come meet Ayyappa!”

“You had a child?” Lakshmi lights up. "Oh, oh, may I see him?”

“Of course!” Uma shakes her head and adds, “His mother is Mohini.”

Lakshmi furrows her brows. “Who is- ” she begins, and then stops.

Uma turns to look back at her, bewildered, only to find Lakshmi staring at Vishnu-Mohini, who has emerged from the antechamber at the sound of voices. They are also in the process of swapping between forms – male one moment, female the next.

Uma swallows her laughter at Lakshmi's besotted look, turns to her sibling and gestures at the quick changes. “Why are you doing... this? My head hurts from looking at you.”

“You wound me!” Vishnu-Mohini clutches their chest dramatically, which is hampered by the fact that their breast swells one moment and disappears the next. “I must find out which form looks most pleasing on me. Oh, who is this lovely goddess?”

Lakshmi stirs as if from a trance, and immediately blurts out, “Are you married?”

“Not yet.” Mohini winks at her. “Are you proposing? Where are my gifts?”

Lakshmi holds out her hand and pulls an ornament from thin air – a weighty necklace of garnet-studded gold – and offers it to Mohini with the most serious look Uma has ever seen on the restless goddess's face.

“Marry me,” she says, “and you shall have my heart and mind and all treasures of land and sea.”

Mohini takes it, eyes gleaming. “I like chasing and being chased.”

Lakshmi's mien softens, and mischief returns to her face. “Good thing then,” she laughs at last, “that we have similar tastes.”

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quadranthinduism · 4 years ago

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The trimurti in Hinduism is sometimes referred to by HIndus as the trinity of the Hindus. But the trimurti also becomes a quaternity in Hinduism. I have seen different examples for the transcendent fourth. I have read a book that described that the trimurti was a quaternity when the Mother Goddess was added. Another example is, those who worship Surya, the Sun God, see Surya as the transcendent fourth part of the trimurti. For the Surya worshippers, Surya encompasses the previous three deities in the trimurti. They say that the other three Gods are manifestations of Surya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti

The Quaternity for Surya worshippers in relation to the Hindu trimurti

Surya is Brahma in the morning

Surya is Shiva in the evening

Surya is Vishnu in the afternoon

Surya

There are four hindu sampradayas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampradaya

Sri Devi Lakshmi Sampradaya

Rudra

Brahma

Four Kumaras

Originally the vedas were considered the triple vedas. A fourth veda however was added.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas

Rigveda

Samaveda

Yajurveda

Atharveda

Each veda has four major text types

Samhitas

Brahmanas

Aranyakas

Upasanas

There are 16 stages of life in Hinduism. These are the 16 Samskaras. http://www.vmission.org.in/hinduism/samskaras.htm

Indologist Jan Gonda has identified 16 steps (shodasha upachara) that are common in all varieties of puja:[27]

Avahana (“invocation”). The deity is invited to the ceremony from the heart.

Asana. The deity is offered a seat.

Padya. The deity’s feet are symbolically washed.

Water is offered for washing the head and body

Arghya. Water is offered so the deity may wash its mouth.

Snana or abhisekha. Water is offered for symbolic bathing.

Vastra (“clothing”). Here a cloth may be wrapped around the image and ornaments affixed to it.

Upaveeda or Mangalsutra. Putting on the sacred thread.

Anulepana or gandha. Perfumes and ointments are applied to the image. Sandalwood paste or kumkum is applied.

Pushpa. Flowers are offered before the image, or garlands draped around its neck.

Dhupa. Incense is burned before the image.

Dipa or Aarti. A burning lamp is waved in front of the image.

Naivedya. Foods such as cooked rice, fruit, clarified butter, sugar, and betel leaf are offered.

Namaskara or pranama. The worshipper and family bow or prostrate themselves before the image to offer homage.

Parikrama or Pradakshina. Circumambulation around the deity.

Taking leave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)

There are 16 stages of Puja in hinduism.

There are four major denominations of Hinduism

Vaishnavism

Shaktism

Shaivism

Smartism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_denominations

Panchayatana puja is the form of Puja in the transcendent fourth denomination Smartism. A quincunx is a cross/X made of five parts. The deities in Smartism are worshipped in the form of a quincunx.

The Ramayana

The marriage of the four sons of Dasharatha with the four daughters of Siradhvaja and Kushadhvaja Janakas. Rama and Sita, Laskhmana and Urmila, Bharata and Mandavi and Shatrughna with Shrutakirti.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana

The Ramayana describes the fourfold incarnation of God through Ram and his three brothers- the four sons of Dasharatha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmana

The birth of Four Sons of Dasharatha is depicted below

The Hare Krishna mantra is 16 words in a four by four quadrant model grid. The Hare Krishna teach that the mantra is God Himself. The 16 square quadrant model is the Form of Being

The Hare Krishna mantra is a quatrain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Krishna_(mantra)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Tandava_Stotram

Quatrains have four lines. The Shiva Tandava Stotram is composed of quatrains. Each line in the quatrain has 16 syllables There are 16 squares in the quadrant model. The hymn is said to have been created by Ravana. Ravana stole Sita from Ram in the Ramayana.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaupai_(poetry)

Chaupai is a quatrain verse that uses a metre of four syllables. Quatrain is four lines. The syllable count of chaupais are 16/16. There are 16 squares in the quadrant model.

There are 40 famous chaupais. Again there is the repetition of four.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman_Chalisa

The Hanuman Chalisa has 40 verses. Chalisa means forty in Hindi. Again, there is the repetition of fours

The introductory dohas of the Hanuman Chalisa talks about “the four fruits” of Ram. The Gita press interprets the four fruits as the four purusarthas.

The first three are worldly. They were described in the Vedas. The Upanishads added the transcendent fourth, Moksha.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puruṣārtha

Dharma

Kama

Artha

Moksha

The Ganesha Shodashi is 16 forms of Ganesha in a quadrant model pattern. The Ganeshas are in a four by four pattern. The Ganesha Shodashi is the most popular form through which Ganesha is worshipped. Ganesha is said to represent the Aum, and be shaped like the Aum. I described that the Aum is the fourfold sound.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two_forms_of_Ganesha

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-2776/5-Facts-You-May-Not-Know-About-OM.html

The physical form of Ganesha is related to the Om. The Om is the fourfold sound. The upper curve of the Aum is the face of Ganesha. The lower curve is the belly. The twisted curve on the right side of the Om is the trunk.

The four states of consciousness in Hinduism

http://articles.nithyananda.org/2012/06/intensity-and-the-four-states-of-consciousness/

http://yogananda.com.au/g/g_turiya.html

In Hinduism there is three regular yogas and a fourth transcendent yoga. Swami Vivekananda articulated that there are four main paths of yoga

http://yogananda.com.au/g/g_turiya.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Yogas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_of_Synthesis

Karma Yoga or the Path of Action (karma)

Gyan Yoga or the Path of Knowledge (Gyan)

Bhakti Yoga or the Path of Devotion (bhakti) to Ishvar (God)

The fourth different yoga is Raj yoga

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are very famous. I watched lectures on them a long time ago on the internet. They are composed of four parts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali

Samadhi Pada

Vibhuti Pada

Sadhana Pada

Kaivalya Pada

The Brahma Sutras are four chapters each divided into four parts. The 16 parts are a quadrant model pattern.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma_Sutras

According to the Upanishads the self has 16 parts.

“Lastly, Sukesa approached the sage and said: ‘Holy sir, Hiranyanabha, prince of Kosala, once asked me this question: ““Sukesa, do you know the Self and his sixteen parts?”” I replied, ““I do not. Surely, if I had known them, I should have taught them to you. I will not lie, for he who lies perishes, root and all.”” The prince silently mounted his chariot and went away. So now I ask of thee, Where is the Self?’” (Prashna Upanishad 6:1).

https://ocoy.org/dharma-for-christians/upanishads-for-awakening/the-prashna-upanishad/where-is-the-self/

https://msu.edu/~puhek/miem/Upanishads.html

Shankara recognized 16 authentic upanishads. There are 16 squares in the quadrant model.

There are four stages of life in Hinduism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashrama_(stage)

Bramacharya- focused on education. The first square is related to the idealist temperament. Idealists are mental and concerned with education. 0-24

Vanaprastha- 48- 72. This is the retirement stage. The individual is now less concerned with the family and more with preparing for Moksha. The artisan temperament is related with the third stage. The artisan is more of an individual and less concerned with community and family

Grihastha- the Grihastha stage is concerned with family and married life. The second square is related to homeostasis and relationships 24-48

Sannyasa 72 plus. The person has renounced the world and is focused on Moksha. The fourth square temperament is the rational temperament. The Rational is focused on seeking the Truth.

There are four Adi Shakti Pithas. They are said to be the four major parts of Devi Sati’s body. They are

Puri, Odisha (inside Jagannath Templecomplex)

Guwahati, Assam

Berhampur, Odisha

Kolkata, West Bengal (Kalighat Kali Temple)

There are 16 bridal ornaments that Hindu women wear. There are 16 squares in the quadrant model.

https://www.utsavpedia.com/cultural-connections/solah-shringar-the-grand-makeover/

There are four major Advaita Mathas. Each of the four is related to one of the four Great Sayings of the vedas

Padmapāda

Hastāmalakācārya

Sureśvara

Toṭakācārya

The four great sayings of Hinduism are

prajñānam brahma - "Prajñāna[note 1] is Brahman"[note 2], or "Brahman is Prajñāna"[web 3] (Aitareya Upanishad 3.3 of the Rig Veda)

tat tvam asi - "Thou art That" (Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7 of the Sama Veda)

ayam ātmā brahma - "This Self (Atman) is Brahman" (Mandukya Upanishad 1.2 of the Atharva Veda)

aham brahmāsmi - "I am Brahman", or "I am Divine"[7](Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10 of the Yajur Veda)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat

Angkor Wat has a central quadrant and a lot of cruciform layouts.

The Deula style has four components

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimala_Temple

vimana (structure containing the sanctum)

nata-mandapa (festival hall)

jagamohana (assembly hall)

bhoga-mandapa (hall of offerings)

Aurobindo is a famous Hindu sage. He was thought by many to be an avatar of Krishna. He also is worshipped with the Divine Mother. The woman who he is worshipped with was thought to have been an avatar of Laxmi. He said that there were four beings involved in creation. They are

https://books.google.com/books?id=VLetDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT38&lpg=PT38&dq=four+beings+aurobindo&source=bl&ots=gK2kaJSPKG&sig=YhINYug5PcnfH-Q_ynJ5OeB6QN8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdxeqeu-XXAhVoxlQKHS7wBM4Q6AEIRDAH#v=onepage&q=four%20beings%20aurobindo&f=false

Varuna

Bhaga

Mitra

Aryaman

According to many Hindus, like the Hare Krishna, Krishna originally had two quadruple expansions. According to these Hindus, Krishna is the supreme God. The two quadruple expansions are similar to the gnostic notion that in the beginning was two tetrads.

https://www.facebook.com/Knowyourgod/posts/501900056583733:0

First quadruple expansion

Karanadakashayi Vishnu [Maha-Vishnu]

Kshirodakashayi Vishnu [the Supersoul in each individual]

Garbhodakashayi Vishnu [the expansion in each universe]

Sesha, also called Seshanaga

These four create the material cosmic manifestation.

Krishna then expands himself into four forms. These four forms experience pastimes in Vrindavan. When studying Hare Krishna I would watch cartoons on the pastimes of Krishna. The cartoons consisted of these four characters, who are four forms of Krishna.

Krishna

Pradyumna

Balarama

Aniruddha

The second quadruple expansion are present in the infinite vaikuntha planets

Vasudeva- expansion of Krishna

Pradyumna

Sankarshana- representation of Balarama

Aniruddha

https://vaniquotes.org/wiki/The_four_Srimad-Bhagavatam_verses_beginning_with_aham_evasam_evagre_are_the_gist_of_the_whole_Bhagavatam._These_are_nicely_summarized_by_Lord_Caitanya

According to Hindus like the Hare Krishna, four verses sum up the Bhagavatam.

The renowned isckon temple of Delhi is divided into four sections

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISKCON_Temple_Delhi

https://www.nativeplanet.com/delhi/attractions/iskcon/

Lord Caitanya had four disciples. Caitanya was seen as an incarnation of Krishna. Often Caitanya is depicted cruciform, with his arms raised, and with his four disciples, two on each side.

The Char Dham are four holy pilgrimage sites in Hinduism. They are mentioned in the Mahabarata

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Char_Dham

Badrinath

Puri

Dwarka

Rameswaram

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Char_Dham

The four pilgrimage sites above are for Vishnu. Shiva also has four pilgrimage sites associated with him.

The Vedic Priesthood consists of 16 members in four groups of four. Four groups of four is the quadrant model. The 16 members are four chief priests and their assistants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_priesthood

The hotṛ was the reciter of invocations and litanies. These could consist of single verses (ṛca), strophes (triples called tṛca or pairs called pragātha), or entire hymns (sukta), drawn from the ṛgveda. As each phase of the ritual required an invocation, the hotṛ had a leading or presiding role.[citation needed]

The udgātṛ was a chanter of hymns set to melodies (sāman) drawn from the sāmaveda. This was a specialized role in the major soma sacrifices: a characteristic function of the udgātṛ was to sing hymns in praise of the invigorating properties of soma pavamāna, the freshly pressed juice of the soma plant.[citation needed]

The adhvaryu was in charge of the physical details of the sacrifice (in particular the adhvara, a term for the Somayajna). According to Monier-Williams, the adhvaryu "had to measure the ground, to build the altar, to prepare the sacrificial vessels, to fetch wood and water, to light the fire, to bring the animal and immolate it," among other duties.[citation needed] Each action was accompanied by supplicative or benedictive formulas (yajus), drawn from the yajurveda. Over time, the role of the adhvaryugrew in importance, and many verses of the ṛgveda were incorporated, either intact or adapted, into the texts of the yajurveda.[citation needed]

The brahman was the reciter of hymns from the atharvaveda who was largely silent and observes the procedures and uses Atharvaveda mantras to 'heal' it when mistakes have been made.

With the hotṛ:

the maitrāvaruna

the acchāvāka

the grāvastut (praising the Soma stones)

With the udgātṛ:

the prastotṛ (who chants the Prastâva)

the pratihartṛ ("averter")

the subrahmanya

With the adhvaryu:

the pratiprasthātṛ

the neṣṭṛ

the unnetṛ (who pours the Soma juice into the receptacles )

With the brahman:

the brāhmanācchamsin

the agnīdh (priest who kindles the sacred fire)

the potṛ ("purifier")

The Hindus have a four caste system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India

Brahmins (priestly people)- mental. The first square is mental and good.

Vaishyas (artisans, merchants, tradesmen and farmers)- These are the doers.

Kshatriyas (also called Rajanyas, who were rulers, administrators and warriors). Homeostasis. The second square maintains order and structure. Rulers and administrators organize and order. Warriors protect.

Shudras (labouring classes).

The fourth caste was seen as different

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/twice-born

The three upper orders were “distinguished from the shudras”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvija

The Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, and the Vishyas are considered “twice born” but the shudras are not.

http://eighttwosix.blogspot.com/2010/03/indias-caste-system-socially-useful.html

Again the quadrant pattern in the caste system is fulfilled in that the first three castes are different from the fourth. Hindus say that they have a four caste system. There is a fifth element that is so different that it is not even really considered a caste. The fifth is always questionable and ultra transcendent. I described how Empedocles said that fire is the fourth different element. But fire still associates with air, water and Earth. The fifth, ultra transcendent element, aether, does not even interact with the first four. It is not even connected. The same holds true for the untouchables.

Ramakrishna had a teaching about four wise men and an elephant. The four wise men touched different parts of the elephant, and thought the elephant was the aspect they touched. Ramakrishna says that religion is like the elephant, and different religions understand a different part of the whole

One touched the leg of the elephant, and said, "The elephant is like a pillar."

The third touched the belly, and said, "The elephant is like a big jar."

The second touched the trunk, and said, "The elephant is like a thick stick or club."

The fourth touched the ears, and said, "The elephant is like a winnowing basket."

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna had 16 disciples. There are 16 squares in the quadrant model.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciples_of_Ramakrishna

Swami Brahmananda

Swami Premananda

Swami Yogananda

Swami Niranjanananda (The Senior)

Swami Saradananda

Swami Shivananda

Swami Ramakrishnananda

Swami Turiyananda

Swami Abhedananda

Swami Adbhutananda

Swami Advaitananda

Swami Nirmalananda

Swami Akhandananda

Swami Trigunatitananda

Swami Subodhananda

Swami Vijnanananda

Michael Tsarion says that there were four great ancient cults. They were

https://archive.org/stream/MichaelTsarionIrishOriginsOfCivilizationVolume1/Michael%20Tsarion/Michael%20Tsarion%20-%20Astrotheology%20-%20Part%202_djvu.txt

Stellar

Solar

Lunar

Saturnian

Four Dharmasutras survive. They are

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmaśāstra

The Manusmrti is divided into four parts

Creation of the world

The dharma of the four social classes

Source of dharma

Law of karma, rebirth and final liberation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_prosody

There are 16 auspicious dreams in Jainism. These 16 dreams were seen by the mothers of important leaders in Jainism. There are 16 squares in the quadrant model. Some sources say that there are 14 auspicious dreams. The 16 dreams are the dreams of Trishala, mother of Mahavira

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auspicious_dreams_in_Jainism

The first of the dreams is of an elephant with four tusks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahajanapada

Ancient India, during the time of the Buddha, was made up of 16 Great Kingdoms. There are 16 squares in the quadrant model.

The Buddhist Anguttara Nikaya lists the 16 nations.

sixteen great nations: Anga Assaka (or Asmaka) Avanti Chedi Gandhara Kashi Kamboja Kosala Kuru Magadha Malla Machcha (or Matsya) Panchala Surasena Vriji Vatsa (or Vamsa

The Vyākhyāprajñapti, a sutra of Jainism, has a different list of the 16 Great Nations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahajanapada

Anga

Banga (Vanga)

Magadha

Malaya

Malavaka

Accha

Vaccha

Kochcha

Padha

Ladha (Lata)

Bajji (Vajji)

Moli (Malla)

Kasi

Kosala

Avaha

Sambhuttara

The muladhara chakra is the root chakra. The muladhara chakra has four petals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muladhara

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogini

64 is four 16s. There are four extant shrines of the 64 yoginis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muladhara

I have spoken to Hindus, and researched the chakras, and they are a four plus three pattern. The first four are different form the next three.

The four petals are said to represent the four elements. The four petals are also thought to represent the four vrittis

greatest joy

delight in controlling passion

natural pleasure

blissfulness in concentration

The four petals are also thought to represent the four goals of a Hindu, dharma (psycho-spiritual longing), artha (psychic longing), kama (physical longing) and moksha (longing for spiritual liberation.

The Vishuddha chakra is the fifth chakra. The chakra has 16 petals.

https://www.yogaindailylife.org/system/en/chakras/vishuddhi-chakra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishuddha

In Hinduism there are 16 abilities that a human can develop. An avatar is said to be perfect in all 16 abilities. There are 16 squares in the quadrant model. The sixteen petals are also argued to represent the 16 vowels in the sanskrit alphabet.

In yoga there is the swastika pose called the swastikaasana

http://www.yogicwayoflife.com/swastikasana-the-auspicious-pose/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJT5UQ_OVE

Square breathing involves inhaling for four seconds, holding for four seconds, exhaling for four seconds, and then holding the breath out for four seconds and continuing. I attended a meditation event where the instructor had the class do square breathing some time last year. I did not even realize that what we were doing was quadrant oriented, until I looked it up afterwards and realized that the four components of the breath was a quadrant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmTPI8iPPPE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtakam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Pg1RoMJP4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aPD_SdwuVg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASa08VbK5V4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtakam

The stanzas in an "ashtakam" are a rhyming quartet with four lines, i.e. end lines rhyme as a-a-a-a. Thus, in an ashtakam generally thirty-two lines are maintained. All these stanzas follow a strict rhyme scheme. The proper rhyme scheme for an astakam is: a-a-a-a/b-b-b-b….. (/ represents a new stanza).

The conventions associated with the ashtakam have evolved over its literary history of more than 2500 years. One of the best known ashtakam writers was Adi Sankaracharya, who created an ashtakam cycle with a group of ashtakams, arranged to address a particular deity, and designed to be read both as a collection of fully realized individual poems and as a single poetic work comprising all the individual ashtakams. He wrote more than thirty astakams in stuti [dedication] to various deities.

64 is four 16s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:64_grid_Manduka_design_Hindu_Temple_Floor_Plan_Vastu_Purusa_Mandala_Ancient_Architecture.svg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_temple

The 8x8 (64) grid Manduka Hindu Temple Floor Plan, according to Vastupurusamandala. The 64 grid is the most sacred and common Hindu temple template. The bright saffron center, where diagonals intersect above, represents the Purusha of Hindu philosophy.[4][33]

The Brahma Padas, in the center, is a quadrant. There are four padas, the Brahma, the Devika, the Manusha, and the Paisachika.

The 9x9 layout still has four padas, but it extends the Brahma Padas.

The 9x9 (81) grid ‘’Parama Sayika’’ layout plan (above) found in large ceremonial Hindu Temples.

http://theswastikasymboloriginandmigration.blogspot.com/2010/03/swastika-symbol-is-also-commonly.html

Agni, the God of fire in Hinduism, was associated with the swastika. When making a fire people use firesticks, and the sticks make a cross.

https://at37.wordpress.com/category/swastika-and-maltese-cross/page/4/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnLbYVsjsZg

THE KABBALISTIC CROSS is used in Kaballah

THIS IS ANOTHER SIKH MANTRA. There are 16 WORDS FOUR BY FOUR. There are 16 SQUARES QUADRANT MODEL- THE MANTRA IS CALLED THE DIVINE DOCTOR

https://www.spiritvoyage.com/mantra/ra-ra-ra-ra-ma-ma-ma-ma/man-000099.aspx

Mantra: Ra Ra Ra Ra Ma Ma Ma Ma

Complete Mantra:

Ra Ra Ra Ra

Ma Ma Ma Ma

Sa Sa Sa Sat

Hari Har Hari Har

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIHUgfxW0Kg

The Sikh Triple Mantra is also made up of quatrains of four lines

http://www.spiritvoyage.com/blog/index.php/the-aad-such-mantra-a-code-for-unconditional-love/

Aad Such Chant like you are speaking to a friend from long ago and visualize that you are pointing to the past (behind you). Jugaad Such Chant like you are speaking to a friend from the future and visualize that you are pointing into the future (forward). Hai Bhai Such Chant with the feeling like its going on right now and visualize like your hands are pushing something down from your chest to your hips. Nanak Hosee Bhai Such Chant with the feeling like its going on all around you and visualize your palms up and to your sides. **Make such you are emphasizing the CH in Such like you are coaxing a snake up your spine.

Mantra: Aap Sahaee Hoa

https://www.spiritvoyage.com/mantra/aap-sahaee-hoa/man-000007.aspx

Complete Mantra:

Aap Sahaaee Hoaa, Sachay Daa Sachaa Doaa, Har, Har, Har

Language: Sanskrit

Translation:

You, Divine One, have become my refuge. True is Your support, Great Creative Infinite.

ANOTHER VERY FAMOUS FOUR PART MANTRA

https://www.3ho.org/kundalini-yoga/meditation/featured-meditations/adi-shakti

Adi Shakti, Adi Shakti, Adi Shakti, Namo Namo

(I bow to the Primal Power)

Sarb Shakti, Sarb Shakti, Sarb Shakti, Namo Namo

(I bow to the all encompassing Power and Energy)

Pritham Bhagvati, Pritham Bhagvati, Pritham Bhagvati, Namo Namo

(I bow to that which God creates)

Kundalini Mata Shakti, Mata Shakti, Namo Namo

(I bow to the creative power of the Kundalini, the Divine Mother Power)

BEFORE BEHIND LEFT AND RIGHT IS A QUADRANT- VERY POPULAR MANTRA

http://rootlight.com/music_meditation_prayerlight.htm

The Prayer of Light

Love before me

Love behind me

Love at my left

Love at my right

Love above me

Love below me

Love unto me

Love in my surroundings

Love to all

Love to the Universe

Peace before me

Peace behind me

Peace at my left

Peace at my right

Peace above me

Peace below me

Peace unto me

Peace in my surroundings

Peace to all

Peace to the Universe

Light before me

Light behind me

Light at my left

Light at my right

Light above me

Light below me

Light unto me

Light in my surroundings

Light to all

Light to the Universe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajra_(king)

King Vajra then had 16 idols of Krishna and other gods carved from a rare, imperishable stone called Braja and built temples to house these idols in and around Mathura so as to feel the presence of Lord Krishna. The four presiding idols of Braja Mandala are Sri Harideva of Govardhan, Sri Keshava Deva of Mathura, Sri Baladeva of Baladeo, and Govindaji of Vrindavan. There are two Naths—Sri Nathji, who were originally at Govardhan and are now in Nathdwara, Rajasthan and Sri Gopinath, who is now in Jaipur. The two Gopals are Sri Madana Mohan, who is now housed at Karoli Rajasthan, and Sakshi Gopal, who is now moved to town of Sakshi Gopal, Orissa, near Puri. There are 16 squares in the quadrant model.

The show Information Please would have a transcendent fourth guest panelist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Please

Panel regulars included writer-actor-pianist Oscar Levant and newspaper columnists and renowned wits and intellectuals Franklin P. Adams and John Kieran. All the panelists were well-versed in a wide range of topics, though each had a specialty. Music and filmquestions were often addressed to Levant. Adams was well known for his mastery of poetry, popular culture and Gilbert and Sullivan. Kieran was an expert in natural history, sports and literature. A typical question would have three or four parts and would require the panelists to get a majority of the questions right, lest they lose the prize money.

The show would always have a fourth guest panelist, usually either a celebrity, a politician or writer. Guest panelists included Fred Allen, Leonard Bernstein, Boris Karloff, Clare Boothe Luce, Dorothy Parker, S. J. Perelman, Sigmund Spaeth, Rex Stout, Jan Struther, Deems Taylor, Jackie Robinson, Alexander Woollcott, George S. Kaufman, Ruth Gordon, Orson Welles, Basil Rathboneand a very young Myron "Mike" Wallace.

A variation of Information Please, this time a program devoted exclusively to music with the same four-member panel format, became popular when it was televised in Los Angeles in 1953. After two years of local success, Musical Chairs became a summer replacement series on NBC Television. The Bill Leyden-hosted game show lasted eleven weeks on the national airwaves.

https://books.google.com/books?id=xteudBGBIuoC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=16+items+wife+wears+hinduism&source=bl&ots=p73U8fSGH5&sig=efOpwxFS3WKcDJG36kTjMWzFIp8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv-ePi56_YAhVl0FQKHZrSCP4Q6AEIPjAG#v=onepage&q=16%20items%20wife%20wears%20hinduism&f=false

During marriage a Hindu woman wears 16 necessary items. There are 16 squares in the quadrant model.

VASTU SHASTRA has HINDUS ORGANIZE THE HOUSE around THE FOUR ELEMENTS

http://www.vaastu-shastra.com/bring-energy-balance-elements.html

http://www.vaastu-shastra.com/ngif/five-elements.gif

To relive the blocked energies, centre of existence need to be balanced for well-being and better life. Our living place consists of five elements. Space which is the most important of all the five elements.

Air is governing element of North-west corner while fire is assigned the South-east because of its aggressive nature. Water is an element of North-east and earth is assigned with South-west. Likewise the human body is a crafted frame having an order of five elements called chakras which is balanced by external elements. The elements of living place need to be balanced akin we balance body’s elements with external material such as food and meditation.

Vastu Energy Balance Imbalance of elements can be corrected by the most subtle & higher element- space while defects in native place can be balanced or rectified using Vastu tools like wind chimes, energy pyramid and crystals. These Vastu tools helps rectifying negative energies and try subtle the ambience with positive prana. Body prana can be instilled by correcting chakras that are responsible for our day to day functions. In such way external prana of cosmos or dwelling place have to make lively by creating balance with energy elements of Vastu.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v7aK7Z4iaJA/UU06D6EatRI/AAAAAAAAALc/_NJKmKCHGEg/s1600/download+(1).jpg

http://vastu-home.blogspot.com/2013/01/vastu-for-pooja-room.html

The pooja space in your home should be organized according to Vastu Shashtra, because it is the place where you reflect and praise.

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A mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल, literally "circle") is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the universe.[1] In common use, "mandala" has become a generic term for any diagram, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; a microcosm of the universe.

The basic form of most mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the general shape of a T. Mandalas often exhibit radial balance.

Painted Bhutanese Medicine Buddha mandala with the goddess Prajnaparamita in center, 19th century, Rubin Museum of Art

Kalachakra Mandala

Mandala of the Six Chakravartins

Floorplan for the 9th-century Indonesian Buddhist temple Borobudurin takes the form of a mandala

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala

Vajrabhairava Mandala, silk tapestry, China via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cosmological Mandala with Mount Meru, silk tapestry, China via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chenrezig sand mandala created at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on the occasion of the Dalai Lama's visit in May 2008

Sandpainting showing Buddha mandala, which is made as part of the death rituals among Buddhist Newars of Nepal

Painted 17th century Tibetan 'Five Deity Mandala', in the centre is Rakta Yamari (the Red Enemy of Death) embracing his consort Vajra Vetali, in the corners are the Red, Green White and Yellow Yamaris, Rubin Museum of Art

Thangka painting of Manjuvajra Mandala

Fig. 132 – The Vishva-Vajra is the emblem of the fifth Djanibuddha (Vairocana). The two crossed thunderbolts (vajra) of this tantric symbol represents the indestructible truth.

https://quadralectics.wordpress.com/3-contemplation/3-2-temples/3-2-5-eastern-religious-architecture/

Fig. 134 – The Tibetan sanctuary of Samye Gompa is a monastic complex with the ground plan of a mandala.

https://quadralectics.wordpress.com/3-contemplation/3-2-temples/3-2-5-eastern-religious-architecture/

The Shivaistic (Hinduistic) temple-complex of Prambanan is situated some forty kilometers to the east of Borobudur. It matches the beauties of the contemporary Borobudur temple in many respects.

Fig. 143 – A Map of the Prambanan temple complex by N.J. Krom (1920).

https://quadralectics.wordpress.com/3-contemplation/3-2-temples/3-2-5-eastern-religious-architecture/

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