Tara in Hinduism
author: Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya
edition: 2003, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 414
ISBN-10: 8178540215
Topic: Hinduism
Textual Interpretations - Bhutasuddhi
This page describes Bhutasuddhi from pages 185-186 in the book: Tara in Hinduism by Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya. This book represents a study of the Goddess Tara (तारा, tārā) and collects various standpoints regarding her cult from both Buddhist and Brahmanical sources. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms. It is part of the series “Textual Interpretations”.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Bhutasuddhi” according to 12 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Devi Bhagavata Purana [by Swami Vijnanananda]
On Bhuta Shuddhi. 1-21. Narayana said :-- O Great Muni! Now I shall tell you the rules of Bhuta Shuddhi, i. e. , the purification of the elements of the body (by respiratory attraction and replacement, etc. ). Firstly, think of the Highest Deity Kundalini (the Serpent Fire) as rising up in the hollow canal Sushumna in the Spinal Cord from the Muladhara (the sacral plexus) to the Brahmarandhra (the aperture supposed to be at the crown of the head)....
Read full contents: Chapter 8 - On Bhuta Shuddhi
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu [by Shrila Rupa Gosvami]
30 - atha arcanam — shuddhi-nyasadi-purvanga-karma-nirvaha-purvakam | arcanam tupacaranam syan mantrenopapadanam ||1.2.137||English translation“Deity worship: arcana means offering items with mantras after introductory activities such as bhuta-shuddhi and nyasa.”...
Read full contents: Verse 1.2.137
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) [by Arthur Avalon]
“These two Nadis,”—“The Ida is placed on the left, and the Pingala on the right of the Meru” says the Bhuta-shuddhi-Tantra. The Sammohana-Tantra speaks of their likeness to the Sun and Moon as follows: “The Ida Nadi on the left is pale, and is in the nature of the Moon (Candra-svarupini). She is the Shakti-rupa Devi, and the very embodiment of nectar (Amrita-vigraha). On the right is the masculine Pingala in the nature of the Sun....
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