GLYPH #2: JYOTIRLINGA - GOD SHIVA EMERGES FROM A PILLAR OF FIRE Indus Script glyph #2. @ HOW BRAHMA LOST HIS FIFTH HEAD. A dispute arose between gods Brahma and Vishnu over who was the greatest. Suddenly, an enormous pillar of light and fire blazed up between them. They agreed that whoever could discover the end would be declared superior. Brahma transformed into a swan (#63, #64) and flew upwards. Vishnu in the form of his boar avatar (glyph #62, also Matsya god fish with tusk) dug down towards the netherworld. Both gods searched, but neither could find the end of the pillar. When they met again, Vishnu admitted truthfully that he failed to find the bottom. Brahma, however, lied and produced a flower that he said came from the top. Just as Vishnu was about to bow to him, the god Shiva emerged from the pillar in a rage, and with a blade of grass, sliced off the 5th head of Brahma which had swollen his ego and caused him to lie (#79, headless bird #83, #198, #51, #52). After that, it is was apparent that Shiva was the supreme deity. Jyotirlinga (radiant linga) shrines (#267, #270-283) across India are honored as emanations of this first manifestation of Shiva as a cosmic pillar of light (#61). Shiva Puranas, Chapter 7 Concordance entries for glyph #2: @ | @ ♣ | Glyph #2 info page

Indus Script deciphered with Hindu mythology: glyph #48, the corpse
THE TRAGIC DEATH OF SATI

Figure 1. Indus Script glyphs deciphered by Celeste Horner 2024. Shiva art by Kala Kshetram @Tumbler Indus Seal M-15 refers to the Hindu shrines dedicated to Sati, the first wife of the god Shiva. She sacrificed herself in fire because her father, a king, disrespected her husband. Indus Script glyph #48 depicts a corpse, with vertebral spines protruding from the back. In this story, these strokes also suggest robes, funeral wrapping, and flames. Glyph #48 also appears Ardhanishwara legend of the three-legged skeleton man, to describe Shiva as a god of the dead, and to represent the noose, called pashu with which the death god Yam extracts souls from their bodies at the end of life. The name of Shiva as Pashupati, Lord of Animals, may be written with glyph #48. Indus Script glyph #48. SATI DIED TRAGICALLY. She married Shiva, God of Destruction against the wishes of her father, a king. He did not want his beautiful princess daughter to marry a poor, matted-hair ascetic who was covered with crematorium ash and writhing snakes. To show his contempt, the king hosted an elaborate sacrificial banquet and invited all the gods of the universe, except Shiva. Sati went to the event, dispite not being invited. When she appeared, her own father mocked her husband, and humiliated her. In protest, unwaveringly loyal to her husband Shiva, Sati walked into the sacrificial fire and died. Shiva arrived in a consuming rage and destroyed the entire place. After that, he staggered around the land like a mindless drunken man, agonizing in bottomless grief, carrying the body of his dead wife. He was oblivious that parts of her corpse fell to the ground. His trail of tears became a pilgrimmage route in India to this day. Each part of Sati's body that fell has a Shakti peeta shrine and letter of the Sanskrit alphabet dedicated it, so that her memory will never die. Finally Shiva's grief gave way to anger, and he started the fatal steps of his Tandava dance that had the power to destroy the universe. At that point, Vishnu, the God of Preservation intervened. He attacked Shiva with his whirling sawtooth Sudarshan chakra, one of the ultimate weapons of the gods. It vaporized the remaining crumbs of Sati's corpse, and knocked the destructive winds out of Shiva. His mind restored, Shiva walked into a forest, sat down, and meditated motionless -- for centuries.

Varuna rides a Makara and holds a pasha noose (glyph #48)
Image credits: Metropolitain Museum and Indianholiday.com. The Indus Script: text, concordance, and tables. Mahadevan, I (1977)

Indus Script glyph #2. @ How Brahma lost his fifth head. A dispute arose between gods Brahma and Vishnu over who was the greatest. Suddenly, an enormous pillar of light and fire blazed up between them. They agreed that whoever could discover the end would be declared superior. Brahma transformed into a swan and flew upwards. Vishnu in the form of his boar avatar dug down towards the netherworld. Both gods searched, but neither could find the end of the pillar. When they met again, Vishnu admitted truthfully that he failed to find the bottom. Brahma, however, lied and produced a flower that he said came from the top. Just as Vishnu was about to bow to him, the god Shiva emerged from the pillar in a rage, and sliced off the 5th head of Brahma which had swollen his ego and caused him to lie. After that is was apparent that Shiva was the supreme deity. Jyotirlinga (radiant linga) shrines across India honor this first manifestation of Shiva as a cosmic pillar of light. Concordance Entries for glyph #48 Glyph #48: corpse, spine. Endless - Shiva - Spine. Shiva is the infinite axis of the cosmos X: crossing over, reincarnation -- an endpoint The knife, the blade -- an endpoint The corpse, the grave -- an endpoint Shiva -- Endless Glyph 48 applied by CCH 2024 to Indus Script discussion by Rig - History Extended 2024 Hindu mythology interpretation of the Indus Script Celeste Claire Horner 2024 Jyotirlinga, the pillar of fire from which Shiva emerged in the legend of How Brahma lost his fifth head U universal, union. Third eye tika. Shiva wallowed poison from Ocean of Milk. |||| Represents the Ganga river falling from heaven. Shiva saved the world by absorbing the impact of the water fall. It flows gently from the top-knot of his hair. The lovely divine maidens, celestial musicians and dancers, the Apsaras, who emerged from the Ocean of Milk. Shiva saved the world by swallowing the poison which emerged from the Ocean of Milk so that the Devas could have the Amrita elixir of immortality and other treasures. The goddess Lakshmi, divinity of wealth and fortune, may be represented by this symbol. She has a special connection to Shiva. The Bael tree which sprouts from her hand, and the fruit, which represents her also, are sacred to Shiva. The dead. Skeleton man. Corpse in fetal position with spinal vertebrae protruding. Death of Shiva's wife Sita in a sacrificial fire. The dead in a fetal position in anticipation of reincarnation and rebirth. Pashu, the noose that Yam, God of Death, uses to pull a soul from a body. E: Endless, deep and high. Represents the Jyotirlinga pillar of fire representing Shiva. The pillar of the cosmos, the gods Vishnu and Brahma failed to find the end of it. |||| Represents the depths of the Ocean of Milk Glyph 171. Represents Ocean of Milk, or lord of the Oceans. 5-prong trident. Also appears as Neptune's 5-prong trident sceptre in Ephesus house. Alamy. 8059: Ψ Trishul. Jyotirlinga I. ||| Tri Murti, TRi. TRIMURTI. 6   How Brahma Lost His Fifth Head ^ Figure 6: Indus Script with glyphs for a Shiva lingam, the swan of Brahma, and multiple strokes for digging and flying action. CCH 2024-3-12. The swan's head is bent back like it is looking down from the tall tower, has lost its head, is dead, or ashamed. The head looks like the Egyptian hieroglyph for crescent moon, an emblem of Shiva. The upside down Y look like the Eiffel tower. The lingam was an infinite tower. RELATED INDUS SCRIPT GLYPHS: Glyphs #2 (Shiva appears in pillar). Glyph #5 (Brahma head). Glyph 79 (Brahma bird avatar looking down). Glyph #83 (Brahma bird avatar with no head). Glyph #198 (5th head of Brahma, 5th block on top of stack of 4). [INDUS SCRIPT HOME] DRAFT UPDATED 2024-5-18 , CREATED 2024-5-18 celeste@digitalthought.info / celeste.horner@gmail.com