Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra
by T. S. Syamkumar | 2017 | 59,416 words
This page relates 鈥楨xpiatory Rites in Matrisadbhava鈥� of the study on Expiatory Rites in Sanskrit literature and ancient Indian religion and society, with special reference to Keralite Tantra. Further references to texts include those found in Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism as well as Dharmashastra literature. This study also investigates temple records and inscriptions of Kerala in order to demonstrate the connection between social life and expiatory rites and its evolution.
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1.5. Expiatory Rites in 惭腻迟峁泂补诲产丑腻惫补
惭腻迟峁泂补诲产丑腻惫补[1] is an essential Tantric treatise of Kerala which mostly deals with goddess centered (艢补办迟颈 oriented) worship. The ritual system of Rurujit is an extensive example for this 艢腻办迟补 ritualism. 艢补峁卥补谤补, the commentator of 艢别峁蝉补尘耻肠肠补测补 considerably referred this text.[2] Several similarities are seen between 惭腻迟峁泂补诲产丑腻惫补 and 艢别峁蝉补尘耻肠肠补测补 It is assumed that the date of this ritual manual is in between 11th and 12th centuries CE.[3] The 25th and 28th chapters of this text deliberate the expiatory rites. This ritual manual elucidates a detailed way of Pr膩ya艣cittahoma with 础驳苍颈办腻谤测补 in 25th 笔补峁璦濒补. The causes of impurities affected in rituals or sanctum sanctorum seen in this text are mostly same to that of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻蝉补峁僪颈迟腻, 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补苍颈产补苍诲丑补苍补 and 笔谤补测辞驳补尘补帽箩补谤墨. Accordingly this ritual manual prescribes Bimba艣uddhi, 厂迟丑腻苍补艣耻诲诲丑颈 and 艢腻苍迟颈丑辞尘补 as the expiations in 28th chapter.[4] These ritual details are also same to that of the early Tantra manuals of Kerala. It suggests most of the expiatory rituals in a 艢腻办迟补 way. Unfortunately this chapter is incomplete.
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[2]:
m膩t峁泂adbh膩v膩dy膩gamokta-kriy膩krama峁� vadan || Vimar艣ini on 艢别峁蝉补尘耻肠肠补测补, 7.1.
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Ajithan, P.I., op.cit., p. 208. Sanderson has precisely noted that the date of 惭腻迟峁泂补诲产丑腻惫补 predates to fifteenth century. Vide 鈥淭he 艢补颈惫补 Literature鈥�, p. 51f.
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The Pr膩ya艣cittapa峁璦las (25 & 28) of 惭腻迟峁泂补诲产丑腻惫补 are given in the appendix I (B) of this thesis.