What Is the Namaḥ Śivāya Mantra? from the 'Path to Siva' Book. ^ Satguru Bodhinatha, Veylanswami (2017).In the film Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (2007), Elizabeth Gilbert explained that the first chant provided by her guru was 'Om Namah Shivaya.' Gilbert wrote that this meant 'I honor the divinity within me.' See also References The Tamil Saivaite hymn Tiruvacakam begins with the five letters 'Na' 'Ma' 'Śi' 'Vā' and 'Ya'.It appears in the Shiva Purana in the chapter 1.2.10 (Shabda-Brahma Tanu) and in its Vidyeshvara samhita and in chapter 13 of the Vayaviya samhita of the Shiva Purana as 'Om Namaha Shivaya'.Tirumantiram, a scripture written in Tamil language, speaks of the meaning of the mantra.Whole Panchakshara Stotra is dedicated to this mantra.The mantra appears in the Rudrashtadhyayi which is a part of the Shukla Yajurveda.Thus predates the use of Shiva as a proper name, in the original context being an address to Lord Rudra (later Shiva), where Shiva retains its original meaning as an adjective, meaning 'auspicious, benign, friendly', a euphemistic epithet of Rudra. The Mantra appears as 'Na' 'Ma' 'Śi' 'Vā' and 'Ya' in the Shri Rudram hymn which is a part of the Krishna Yajurveda.Thus is the five-lettered form of Shiva.': Tirumantiram 941. The Tirumantiram (a scripture in Shaiva Siddhanta) announces that 'His feet are the letter Na.
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