Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates ‘The form of Aghora’ of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The Upaniṣads are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
3. The form of Aghora
[...] Pañcabrahma Upaniṣad verse 7,8
The Aghora (the face of Sadāśiva facing the west) is of the character of water, the Moon, Gauri (the Spouse of Śiva), the Second veda (Yajus) is of the colour of the cloud, is the vowel (U) is pleasing and is said to be Dakṣiṇā -fire. It is composed of the fifty letters (of the alphabet), is sustenance conjoint with the powers of the desire and action, is possessed of the quality of protecting the powers generated by itself, is destructive of the flood of all kinds of sins, and is capable of destroying all wicked persons and bestowing the fruit of all kinds of wealth.