September 2025
The Āgamika Abhicāras
The Āgamas are scriptures that predominantly deal with the worship of principal Vaidika deities like Śiva, Viṣṇu and Śakti. They also contain philosophy, nityakarmas, sixteen saṁskāras, procedures for temple construction, idol worship, hōmas, and sādhanās. The Āgamas can be classified into three – (1) Śaivāgmas, (2) Vaiṣṇavāgamas and (3) Śāktāgamas (also called as Śakta Tantras). In these Āgamas, there are various rituals...
Kṣemīśvara, also called Kṣemendra, is the author of a play called Caṇḍa-kauśika. The introductory segments of his play reveal to us his place and period to some extent. Kṣemīśvara was the great-grandson of Vijaya-prakoṣṭha; he penned the play upon the request of King Mahī-pāladeva. It is said that Mahī-pāladeva was Candra-gupta (Maurya) in his previous life and was responsible for the elimination of the Nanda dynasty. The Nandas of the past were...
यहां भी दो प्रकार की समस्याए उपस्थित होती है – जब राज्य छोटा होता है तो बाह्य आक्रमण का भय बढ़ जाता है और यदि साम्राज्य अति विस्तृत है तो आंतरिक शत्रुओं से निपटना आवश्यक हो जाता है। इन दोनों ही दशाओं में ‘राग’ (आसक्ति, तृष्षा आदि) और द्वेष (शत्रुता, दुर्भावना आदि) के भाव मुख्य रूप से क्रियाशील होते हैं। आंतरिक शत्रुता की दशा में तो यह अत्यधिक प्रबलता से परिलक्षित होते है। किसी भी देश के प्राकृतिक संसाधन, आर्थिक सम्पन्नता, मैत्री भाव और आदर भाव...
Ekāha Category
In the Ekāha rites, the details will be provided only for the Śyēnayāga. The rest of the abhicāra rites only have differences in the śastras, stōmas and sāmans. Those details will not be dealt with here. After the performance of these rites, the yajamāna has to perform Jyōtiṣṭōma for peace or prāyaścitta[1] since violence is involved.
(1) Syēna-yāga
The Śyēnayāga is the most important among all the abhicāra rites found in the...