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Khatvaangee One who has the khatv\u0101nga weapon . This weapon is one of the major weapons of lord Sadaashiva . He holds it in one of his ten hands. The form of the katv\u0101nga weapon is club or staff
with a skull at the top of it . This khatv\u0101nga is also a symbol of human body . Like khatv\u0101nga cannot move , do things or anything else without the movement and doer ship of Shiva , the humans
also should understand the doer - ship of Shiva . Only the lord who is residing inside the human body is the prime reason for the lives to prevail and only because of his grace and action we do things . This feeling will help us surrender completely to him and
we will loose ahamkaara - the sense of false I

An ordinary seeker may not understand that why Lord Shiva is interested in his recognition as Khatvangi, by holding a single leg of a wooden cot in his hand. If there were four legs of the cot, it could be assumed that a wooden cot would be made out of it in future for leisurely purpose. But a single leg proves nothing. Even scriptures do not describe any of its weaponry use. Trident is already there as a weapon, which is infallible. Yes, one intention is perceived here that this wooden leg can be used for hand-rest during chanting with rosary. But that is also done occasionally, so what is the secret behind constant keeping of a wooden leg?
\u201cWhen Brahma spoke untruth, then you chopped off his fifth head. It did not caused death of Brahma, so no sinful reaction could effect you. Even then you took this wooden pole in hand as a punishment, just to teach the world that one should atone after committing offence. In spiritual science, wooden pole is a sign of pure goodness. Thus you are called as Khatvangi, because you possess pure-goodness-expanding potencies.\u201d
Lord is almighty, still by atonement he follows scriptural injunctions to set an example in the world. Shat-Rudra-Samhita states\u2014
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Constantly living on alms and holding skull and wooden leg in hands will
eliminate the sin of Brahma-hatya, killing of a holy man.

Other spiritualist translate \u2018Khatvang\u2019 as \u2018Turiya Avastha\u2019. This world is set
within four stages namely Jagrita(Awakening), Swapna (Dreaming), Sushupti (Sleeping) and Turiya (Transcedental). These are like four legs of a cot, on which the cot stands. The world is similar to a cot. Shiva stays beyond three stages, and he is fixed in the forth- one called \u2018Turiya\u2019. Thus he holds only a single leg of the cot, so he is called Khatvangi.

Shri Swayamprakash Yati says that a leg is a leg, as long as it is fixed to a cot. When it is separated from a cot, it is no more a leg. Similarly Jagrita,
Swapna and Sushupti stages are legs of the world in practical, but Turiya is a leg for lip-service only, because it is not fixed in the cot, rather it is in hands of Shiva. Turiya stage is not different to Shiva, therefore Khatvang is identical with Shiva. Vedic hymns sing\u2014Shivam Chaturtham Manyate (Mandukya 7).

Acharya Madhusoodan Swami, in his interpretation of Mahimnah Stotram, has mentioned the \u2018Prakriti\u2019 as Khatvang. Prakriti is sustained by Lord
Maheshwar, so he is called Khatvangi.

Param-Purushartha (ultimate goal) is most desirable, so it is also called Khatvanga and Shiva is called Khatvangi because he supports it.

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