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Tag Archives: mantra
The Kaumāra cycle in the Skandapurāṇa’s Śaṃkara-saṃhitā
Many khaṇḍa-s, māhātmya-s and saṃhitā-s attach themselves to the sprawling “Mega-Skandapurāṇa”. We use this term to distinguish it from the “Ur-Skandapurāṇa”, which was first published by Bhaṭṭārāi in the late 1980s and is now known to survive as three related … Continue reading
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Tagged gods, heathen, Hindu, Hindu ritual, karttikeya, kaumAra, kaumAra ritual, kumAra, kumArasaMbhava, mantra, purAna, purANas, rudra, saiva, shaiva, shiva, shiva purana, skanda, skandapurANa, tantra, tantras, viShNu
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On the rise of the mātṛkā-s and the goddess Cāmuṇḍā
The roots of the mātṛkā-s in the śruti and the Kaumāra tradition The standard list of 7/8 goddesses known as the mātṛkā-s is a hallmark feature of the classical religion: Brāhmī, Māheśvarī, Kaumārī, Vaiṣṇavī, Vārāhī, Indrāṇī, Cāmuṇḍā, sometimes with the … Continue reading
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Tagged bhairava, bhairava temple, erotic, evolution of religions, goddesses, gods, Hindu, Hindu ritual, kaula, kaumAra ritual, kumAra, mantra, mantra-sAdhana, mantra-shAstra, mathurA, mAtR^ikA, matsya purANa, religion, ritual, rudra, saiva, seven goddesses, shaiva, shakta, shatarudrIya, shiva, temple, twelve goddess
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RV 10.5
The Ṛgveda is replete with obscure sūkta-s but RV 10.5 might easily take a place in the top tier of those. One might even ask why even attempt to write a commentary on this. We admit we could be plainly … Continue reading
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Tagged Aryan, atharva veda, atharvaveda, evolution of religions, gods, Greek, Greek thought, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, mantra, mantra-sAdhana, mantra-shAstra, religion, Rigveda, Veda, vedAnta, vedic
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Making of a modern-day mantra-śāstra pamphlet
Originally, all mantra instructions were oral, keeping with the spirit of the śruti. But over time, starting probably around the Mauryan age, written manuals began to supplement the oral teachings. Thus, through the ages practitioners of the mantra-lore have made … Continue reading
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Tagged atharvaveda, Indo-Aryan, Indo-Iranian, mantra, mantra-sAdhana, mantra-shAstra, religion, Rigveda, Veda, Yajurveda
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A note on āmreḍita-s in the Ṛgveda and issues of word distribution
sa darśataśrīr atithir gṛhe-gṛhe vane-vane śiśriye takvavīr iva । janaṃ-janaṃ janyo nāti manyate viśa ā kṣeti viśyo viśaṃ-viśam ॥ RV 10.91.2 by Aruṇa Vaitahavya He, with visible auspiciousness, a guest in house after house, in forest after forest lurking like … Continue reading
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Tagged grammar, Hindu, Hindu ritual, Hindus, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, linguistics, mantra, religion, Rigveda, ritual, Veda, vedic
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Śarabha vidhi
The account of this rite continues from the prefatory narrative. Lootika: “There are several ways in which Rudra is worshipped as Śarabha conceived as the great dinosaur. We shall follow the way which is appropriate for us brāhmaṇa-s who observe … Continue reading
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Tagged maNDala, mantra, mantra-sAdhana, mantra-shAstra, religion, shaiva, sharabha, Story, tantra
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parjanya
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Tagged cloud, fractal, Generative Art, mantra, parjanya, Rigveda, vedic
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A Greco-Semitic Apollonian ritual and the heathen assimilation of paleo-Abrahamism
Many turns of the sun ago, when we landed on the shores of the krau~ncha continent, we were politely informed by the mlechCha-s that our Indian degrees were not really worth their name. While we were arguing the case of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abrahamism, Apollo, evolution of religions, Greek magical papyri, Horus, mantra, mantra-shAstra, Seth, syncretic, Thoth
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Account of a mantra practice and discussion thereon
The below account is mainly for mantra-theorists and practitioners in the circle but certain points might interest others who are in the know. Certain things will left unstated, which can be understood “between the lines” by such sAdhaka-s. While the … Continue reading
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Tagged AkAshagarbha, amoghavajra, bauddha, maNDala, mantra, Shingon, shubhkarasiMha, Taiko Yamasaki, vajrabodhi, Venus
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