The Auspicious OM with Trishul

Handcrafted symbol of auspiciousness to be stuck on a door or wall of altar. OM means oneness with the Supreme, the merging of the physical being with the spiritual. It is the most sacred syllable, the first sound of the Almighty - the sound from which emerges each and every other sound, whether of music or of language.

The trident of Shiva is the symbol of the three qualities of Nature, the three gunas, and hence the three functions of Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer. In the microcosm the trident represents the three subtle arteries of the body, ida, pingala, and susumna, which, according to the theory of yoga, ascend from the root center at the base of the spinal cord to reach the "lotus of a thousand petals" at the summit of the head.

Height: 3 inches