Hindu mythology in the Indus Script GLYPH #2: 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 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 #2: @ | @ ♣

These are epithets and accomplishments of Shiva.

2134: The elements. WATER: glyph #12, water-bearer. FIRE: glyph #2: Jyotirlinga pillar of fire. VOID: glyph #97, apostrophe, not, empty, but yielding all. EARTH: glyph #206, mount Meru.

Hindu mythology interpretation of the Indus Script

	JYOTIRLINGA, the pillar of fire from which Shiva emerged in the legend of How Brahma lost his fifth head
	WATER-BEARER. The god Shiva is the water-bearer because the waters of the Ganga river fall from heaven onto his head, which legends say absorbs the masive impact, allowing streams to course gently through his matted locks. Shiva is associated with the planet Saturn, which rules the water-bearing sign of Aquarius.
U	universal, union. Third eye tika. Shiva swallowed 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.
	APSARAS. 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.
	SKELETON. 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. This glyph represents the spinal cord, and the rising of kundalini. The Shiva glyph #342 represents the sacrum, the base of the spine, where the kundalini serpent is coiled.
	ENDLESS. 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.
•	Glyph #0 (added by Celeste Horner 2024): Void, nothingness, an aspect of Shiva.