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In Tamil the consonants and vowels are known as
‘body-letters’ (mey-ezhuttu) and ‘life-letters’ (uyir-ezhuttu) respectively .
So in the praNava of Shiva-Shakti, the Lord corresponds to the ‘body-letter’
and the Goddess corresponds to the ‘life-letter’. And this coordinates with the
thought that Shiva is the body and Shakti is the soul.
Secondly, in Tamil parlance it is common to say:
‘If you have the power (Shakti) to do this, do it; otherwise stay quiet as
‘shiva’ (‘shivane-enRu iru’)! This again coordinates with the thought that
Shiva is the actionless substratum and Shakti is the switch that switches
everything into action!
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