A U M
A U M
Creator Preserver Destroyer
Morning Noon Evening
= 12 Hour Day
But a day is 24 Hours. Therefore we implicity have 2 AUMS in a 24 hour day:
A U M A U M
Creator Preserver Destroyer
Day Night
Morning Noon Evening i ii iii
Beginning Middle End
This logic can be applied to the
2 Phases of the moon: Waxing -Waning
2 Phases of the year: \\\\\\\" \\\\\\\".
This helps to explain why and how the letter M functions as both the \\\\\\\"midpoint\\\\\\\" and the end of the Alphabet.
For instance, in Hebrew, in a 22 letter aphabet the letters
Aleph, Mim, Shin produce
A M S
1 14 21
It is noteworthy that Sanskrit has a trend towards Shifts in Letters (q.v.) which include S > Z. This spread to other languages. Hence, in Englsih, in a 26 letter aphabet the letters become
A M Z
1 13 26
There are 13 months in a lunar year.
On closer inspection we see that the 26 letters break down into two groups of 13:
1-13 14-26
A - M N - Z
Creative Receptive
First 6 months Last 6 Months
Sanskrit has other ways of dividing the Alphabet in terms of the sacred
A Ka Tha and Akasha the word for Ether or Space:
Beginning Middle End
A Ka Tha
a k A za
aka becomes the word for 1
As a result the letters K L M typically become letters to divide the alphabets into 2 depending on whether they have 22, 24 or 26 letters.
22 Letters
1 - 11 12 -22
A K L Z
In terms of English Alphabet
A K Z
In terms of Siva
Jiva, Para, Mala
Letter A U Ma
Thus it is in Three-lettered Word
"A U M"
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AUM
In Sanskrit A is much more than the first vowel. In AUM
A = Beginning = adimat = Creator = Brahma
U= Progress = utkarsa = Preserver = Vishnu
M = End = miti = Destroyer = Shiva
See: AUM and adimat, utkarsa, miti. Cf. Alpha - Omega.