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Essay name: Shaiva Tantra: A way of Self-awareness

Author: L. N. Sharma
Affiliation: Banaras Hindu University / Department of Philosophy and Religion

This essay studies Shaiva Tantra and Tantric philosophies which have evolved from ancient cultural practices and represents a way of Self-awareness. Saiva Tantra emphasizes the individual's journey to transcendence through inner and external sacrifices, integrating various traditions while aiming for an uncreated, harmonious state.

Chapter 15 - Pitha-yatra (pilgrimage to sacred places)

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7 (of 15)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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- 306 Prayaga, VaraṇÄ�, AttahÄsa, Jayanti, ÄrÄṇasÄ«, Kalinga, kulÅ«tÄ and LähulÄ.
There are eight petal-points of
"under-fields" of the neart-lotus
identified with: VirajÄ, ErudikÄ, malÄ, Elapuri, sirika, najapuri,
Mayapuri and Marudesa (TA, XV, 89-91). The eight "under-areas" are the
connections between the petals of the neart-lotus and they are localized
in: Jalandhara, NepÄla, Kashmir, GargikÄ, Hara, the "region of the
barbarians (meleccna), DvÄravrtti, Auruksetra and Khetaka (TA, XV, 92-93a
The geographical correspondence of these topo-
...
nymics is often uncertain, even in the list given by D.Ch.Sincar in
"The Sakta Hitha" (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, XIV,
1948, n.1, pp.1-108). Some of them are not at all represented in the
available lists, such as: Värendra, varana and KulÅ«tÄ. For the last term
we find some indications in HT, 1, 7,14 which appears as Aulata; the
form nulūta is mentioned in connection with the mandala of Samvara by
Giuseppe Tucci in "Indotibetica", vol.1II, 2, p.45. ErudikÄ and nÄlÄ
(alias Alipuram according to HCC, XXIX, 61) are also not listed. Najapuri
is the actual Rajauri, still being named in RT, VI, 286 (and the note).
Marudesa appears as MÄrutesa, MÄrutesvara (?) and Marukosa in TA, XXIX,
61; the toponymic Maru is found in the mandala of Samvara in G.Tucci
"Indotibetica", ibidem. GargikÄ, Hara, the place which is refered to
with the epithet Mlecchadesa, Dvaravrtti( Dvaravati, Khetaka are
...
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also difficult to be localized. But all this discussion has a secondary
importance for our point of view, because the mystic significance of
pithayatra is what we are interested in. "The summits of mountains, the
banks of rivers, the spaces which are nallowed by lingas (are identified

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