Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
author: Jai Paul Dudeja
edition: 2018, Kalpaz Publications
pages: 207
ISBN-10: 9386397978
ISBN-13: 9789386397973
Topic: Shaivism
OM is Primordial
This chapter describes OM is Primordial in the book Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra (An Invincible Armour for Conquering Death). The ten chapters of this text deal with the basic introduction (of mantras in general), Indian mythology, meditation practices (japa/dhyana/sadhana) and several other studies. It further deals with the the deities of mantras, the significance of the Mrityunjayamantra, its different versions in sacred texts such as the Vedas, Samhitas and Stotras. This chapter is part of the collection Part 2: Primordial, Sacred Syllable OM.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
so that the unmanifested Primordial Matter becomes the cause of Mahat and other things [which it would not be if ‘mahabhutadi were taken as ‘things beginning with the elemental substances ]. � (4) It is described as ‘dispelling darkness in the sense that when Primordial Matter changes from its pristine subtile (non-evolvent) condition into the evolvent condition, it becomes resplendent with light. � The masculine gender of the epithets referring to Primordial Matter, Pradhana (which is Neuter...
Read full contents: [A different explanation of verses 3-11]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) [by A. Yamuna Devi]
) in the meaning of yoni, Kshirasvamin once again quotes from Sankhya Karika (3) That ‘the primordial cause is non-changing � yonirupadanakaranam yatha—mulaprakritih |; The same is repeated illustrating the term mula (III. 3. 200; p. 319) in the sense if adi or primordial� mula pratishthayam adye yatha—mulaprakritiravikritih | (iii) Kshirasvamin also adds that the gunas namely sattva, rajas and tamas in their equilibrium state is called avyakta� sattvarajastamasam samyavastha—avyaktakhya | (iv) The...
Read full contents: Philosophy (1): Some concepts of Sankhya philosophy
Samarangana-sutradhara (Summary) [by D. N. Shukla]
The sublimest praise of this primordial type connected with the Primordial Creator Himself hints at the Brahmanic conception of the Hindu Temple in unmistakable sense, a notice of which is taken in the Study Proper (vide Denotation and Connotation of the Prasada and Planning of the Prasada (chap. II and X). The text has bestowed upon this first type of the Hindu temple all the ornamentation and decorative elements of Hindu Architecture (Samaranganasutradhara 52. 79)....
Read full contents: Chapter 51 - Genealogy of the Prasadas (Prasadajati)
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[Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra: index]
[About the Author (Jai Paul Dudeja)]
[Preface]