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V\u0101ma means handsome . Deva means god . V\u0101madeva means the handsome god . It is said
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One should meditate on Shiva, seated along with Uma at the base of the wish-fulfilling tree, who is the abode of auspiciousness and is the youthful god that is most handsome.

We all want to be handsome, beautiful etc. and we have our own notions of it. Vaama means weird or distorted. Lord Shiva looks weird because he has a munda-mala(garland of skulls), smears ash, has snakes, wears elephant skin etc. None of these match our standards of beauty. Yet He is most handsome. Why? Because beauty is the inner beauty. Lord Shiva inspires us to look beyond appearances and look deep. How to appreciate beauty in others, which is beyond appearances? When we turn within and identify what is beautiful in us, we can see beauty in things, people & situations. Satyam Shivam Sundaram is Lord Shiva.

Vaamadeva also means on whose left side is Mother Parvati. Vaame Devi Yasya Saha. Lord Shiva sports from His left(Vama) side, The power of Consciousness(Chit-Shakti) presiding over His left half makes Him a Deva, a player. One on whose left side is Goddess Parvati or Prakriti. With the Support of Mother Parvati, Lord Shiva does the whole creation. Deva also means a player. Vaamadeva means one for whom the whole creation is also just a leela. He teaches us to live life like a sport. Let us play the game of life with a sportsmanship spirit. In and through all experiences of life we must never forget that we are truly beautiful. Satyam Shivam Sundaram is our nature.

Vaamadeva means the Lord who gives us our karmaphala. Actions give results. How? This proves that there is an intelligent cause who is the one who empowers us to act and also gives us the results of actions.

The name Vamadeva appears in the famous vedic mantra - Vaamadevaaya namo jyeshthaya namah shreshthaya namo\u2026etc.

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