Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates ‘Mahabharata on Bhasma’ of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The Upaniṣads are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
32. Mahābhārata on Bhasma
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Oh Rājan (Yudhiṣṭhira)! Those who desire long life and those desire of prosperity and the Brāhmiṇs desiring liberation should apply Bhasma to their body everyday.[1]
Footnotes and references:
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Mahābhārata Śānti parva VII. 61.