vijnana bhairava and tantra bhairava here supreme reality or parama shiva is termed as bhairava which also means the 'ego destroyer' the word bhairava is made of three letters bha ra and va according to the hermeneutic etmyology 'bha' indicates bharana maintenance of universe 'ra' indicates ravana withdrawal of the universe 'va' indicates vamana manifestation of the universe thus bhairava brings together all the three aspects of god shrsti manifestation sthiti maintenance and laya withdrawal