Hindu mythology in the Indus Script
GLYPH #136: MOUNT MERU



Glyph 136: Mahadevan 1977 concordance entries
[1] Mount Kailash, with diamond-gem (consciousness) at the top
[2] Mount Kailash, abode of Shiva and Parvati
[3]
[4] Parama (परम) is a Sanskrit superlative adjective that means "supreme," "highest," "ultimate," or "the best"
[5] Superlative Suffix: The suffix -ma turns it into a superlative form, meaning "the most distant" or "the absolute highest" point
[6] union
[7]
[8]
[9] Related glyphs: #135,   #136


Mount Meru

Parama Vishnu Lokha - Ankhor Wat


Inscription 1471:     Mount Meru, heart, center of the world


Cover
layer (of earth)
shield
surface
enclosure
Heart
center of the world
bhakti, love
Mount Meru
5 steps
perfection 5 elements
5 peaks
Cover
face
Mukta
Incarnation
hidden



Five
peaks
of Mount Meru
Horn
Mount Mandara
mountain peak
central peak uprooted from Mount Meru
for Ocean churn
Four
remaining peaks of Mount Meru


Inscription 1471.12:

Sacrifice, prior to the churning of the Ocean of Milk. Mount Mandara peak, steep and sharp like a horn i
was broken off Mount Meru. It was carried by Vishnu's eagle mount Garuda
to the ocean. Formerly, Meru had 5 peaks, after this sacrifice was reduced to 4.

Brahma's 5 heads reduced to 4. Dharma originally 4 legs, one reduced each Yuga until only one leg in Kali Yuga.

Sacrifice prior to churning. Linga uprooted theme. 5 peaks of mountain reduced to 4 peaks, the 4 pillars of the world, holding up the sky

Inscription 2603:


Kur ((core, heart)) Underworld, Sumerian 𒆳 ) Hidden realm

U+121B3 𒆳



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