My musings

 

  Shi-vasham-kar adinath's pranava: maa or aaa(becomes maa when mouth closed and opened) It is uttered by Ox called Nandi. Nandi is the vahanam of Shiva as it is said in the puranas, but the inner layer meaning of that is that is Nandi is the Vahaka(carrier)of Shiva lingam (in its back) in form of humpon its back as is the case of all ox and bullocks. SKANDhAS PRANAVA: AIM and HAM-SAU It is uttered by its vahanam i.e., Mayura or Peacock/Swan(also the vahanam of Brahma and Saraswathi, can be so because Skandha is the Subrahnmaniyan or Good Brahman). The sound uttered by peacock is AIM and also HAM - SAU which is a filtering/vishuidhI pranayama.(not incidental that Hamsa is the name for swan in samskrith, and not incidental the name is SWA-N in English because Brahmas center- is SWA-DHISTANA)  Mayura is the vahanam of Skandha because it carries Vel (Skandhas weapon) in its feathers and so also the cock also carries it and hence Muruga is shown with both Cock and Peacock as its a...