Naivedya (food platter) 4 °ehcÉl b¡m¡ 4 : Five gods (five mounds) f’cha¡ Nine planets (nine mounds) ehNËq Principle deity (Lakshmi), fËd¡e One single mound Narayana e¡l¡uZ Other platter: AeÉ¡eÉ °e−hcÉ : gm Sweet ¢j¢ø Platter of small mounds L¥−Q¡ °e−hcÉ Tumblers 2 2 −Nm¡p, Bhojya (uncooked food materials) −i¡SÉ Rice Q¡m Spice l¡æ¡l jnm¡ Ghee (or oil) O£ (h¡ am) Dal (pulse) X¡m Vegetable (five kinds) pê£ fy¡Q lLj Hom (havan) materials Fire pot Sand p¡j¡NË£ −q¡j Wood L¥ä −q¡j Wooden sticks h¡¢m Ghee L¡W Overflowing rice tumbler L¡¢W (p¢jd) Beetle nut O£ Cooked food (Bhog) f§ZÑf¡œ New cloth for purohit (shirt/dhoti) p¤¤f¡l£ −i¡N f¤l¡¢q−al ea¥e S¡j¡ Bbh¡ ea¥e d¤¢a QUESTIONS, SYMBOLS AND TERMINOLOGIES What is Om? Om or Aum is the basis of all sounds, the universal symbolic word for divinity. Hence every mantra begins with Om, connecting our thoughts with divinity. Aum became the sacred word in Vedas, Hum of the Tibetans, Amin of the muslems, and Amen of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Jews and Christians. Amen in Hebrew means and “Sure” Aum is the all-pervading sound emanating from the Invisible Cosmic Vibration (Holy “Faithful”. Ghost of Christians), God in His aspect of Creator; the of the Bible, the voice of the “Word” creation, testifying the divine presence in every atom. Aum can be heard within you (Anahata) as
°ehcÉl b¡m¡ 4 : f’cha¡ ehNËq fËd¡e e¡l¡uZ AeÉ¡eÉ °e−hcÉ : gm ¢j¢ø L¥−Q¡ °e−hcÉ −Nm¡p, 2 −i¡SÉ Q¡m l¡æ¡l jnm¡ O£ (h¡ am) X¡m pê£ fy¡Q lLj −q¡j p¡j¡NË£ −q¡j L¥ä h¡¢m L¡W L¡¢W (p¢jd) O£ f§ZÑf¡œ p¤¤f¡l£ −i¡N f¤l¡¢q−al ea¥e S¡j¡ Bbh¡ ea¥e d¤¢a Naivedya (food platter) 4 Five gods (five mounds) Nine planets (nine mounds) Principle deity (Lakshmi), One single mound Narayana Other platter: Sweet Platter of small mounds Tumblers 2 Bhojya (uncooked food materials) Rice Spice Ghee (or oil) Dal (pulse) Vegetable (five kinds) Hom (havan) materials Fire pot Sand Wood Wooden sticks Ghee Overflowing rice tumbler Beetle nut Cooked food (Bhog) New cloth for purohit (shirt/dhoti) QUESTIONS, SYMBOLS AND TERMINOLOGIES What is Om? Om or Aum is the basis of all sounds, the universal symbolic word for divinity. Hence every mantra begins with Om, connecting our thoughts with divinity. Aum became the sacred word in Vedas, Hum of the Tibetans, Amin of the muslems, and Amen of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Jews and Christians. Amen in Hebrew means “Sure” and “Faithful”. Aum is the all-pervading sound emanating from the Invisible Cosmic Vibration (Holy Ghost of Christians), God in His aspect of Creator; the “Word” of the Bible, the voice of the creation, testifying the divine presence in every atom. Aum can be heard within you (Anahata) as
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