Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha!
Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha!
Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vaasudevaya!
Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha!
It was India who first gave zero the status of a number and it was Hindu mathematicians who first conceived of zero as a number. Zero signifies something very different from simply nothing. Zero has the power to build any number (eg.10, 100, 1000 etc.) at the same time it has the ability to destroy another number – zero times of anything is zero. Zero stands for vacuum, void, nothing. The discovery of zero and the place value system were inventions unique to the Indian civilization. It was India that gave to the world the value of Zero which was represented by the words like Shoonya in the earliest Sanskrit texts. In mathematical language Shoonya means nothing, its value is nil, however spiritually it symbolizes the ultimate being the Parabrahma. Shuunya is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning zero, nothingness. Shuunya is a symbol that represents absence and it indicates the presence of nothing. Absence lies at the beginning and also at the end of existence.
In Indian classical dance we find a mudra (symbolism) known as Shoonya mudra. It is said that this mudra is ideal for ailments of the ear, nose and throat. In the science of Yoga there is a yogic prakriya known as Soonya meditation which is considered to be one of the important practices for those who want to reach a higher level of meditative state. In Hindu lunar calendar we find a reference to the word Soonya in the context of Soonya masam and Soonya thithi. Shuunyata described as the Buddhist doctrine of emptiness was refuted by Sri Madhvacharya founder of Dvaita philosophy. According to Pythagoras, Zero (Shuunya) is the perfect form which contains all and from which all is created.
Shuunya is a Sanskrit word. Su means blissful, auspicious, delightful, good etc. Universe is called Soonya and is regulated by the all pervading supreme Lord SriManNarayana (Niyamaka). Zero is considered as a revelation of Divinity. It represents the cosmic egg. Lord Vishnu is known as Hiranyagarbhah from whose vitality emerged that famous golden egg which is the one from which creation takes place. He is the cause of the universe, directly responsible for creation of everything in the universe. There cannot be any other cause other than Lord Vishnu for the creation of the universe. He manifests himself first before the creation of the universe.
Shuunya is one of the several thousands of names of Lord Vishnu. In Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stothram, sloka # 79 we find a reference to the word Soonya (Viirahaa vishhamah suunyo ghritaasiir achalaschalah). One, who is without any attributes, appears as Shuunya (emptiness). He is the One who is a big zero as far as the defects are concerned. He is the only one in the Universe who is totally devoid of any defects of any kind. He is the one who annihilates everything during Maha Pralaya (great deluge). Even during Maha Pralaya when nothing exists still He exists and He is real eternal and primordial.
Sri Krishnaarpanamasthu
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