Shambhavimudra, Śāmbhavīmudrā, Shambhavi-mudra: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchŚāmbhavīmudrā (शाम्भवीमुद्रा) is the name of a practice supported by the Amanaska Yoga treatise.—The Amanaska replaced the graduated systems of yoga, usually consisting of various auxiliaries, with one technique called Śāmbhavī Mudrā and the practice of Samādhi. Indeed, the Amanaska’s rejection of the auxiliaries of Yoga, complex metaphysics and philosophical systems, mantras, Brahmanical and non-Brahmanical asceticism, the cremation-ground practices of the Kāpālikas and sect-identifying signs, distinguish it markedly from pre-tenth century CE Pātañjala and Tantric Yoga.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: nathi.ru: The Amanaska YogaThe Amanaska Yoga describes Śāmbhavī mudrā as a technique for inducing the state of unmanī by the arousal of kuṇḍalinī and this is in keeping with the descriptions of Śāmbhavī mudrā in other Haṭha texts. Śāmbhavī mudrā is a Kaula technique which would appear to have some connection to the Kubjikā cult of the western transmission.
This mudrā involves fixing the gaze in order to attain laya and amanaska. In addition, the author observes that, though the gaze (dṛṣṭi) is held steady, it weakens until it does not rest upon any object (ālambana); then, it becomes calm and the flowo f conceptuality (saṅkalpaparaṃpara) is cut off completely. The eyes are open but the gaze gradually turns inward until the Yogī sees the self in himself (ātmānaṃ ātmani), which is a perception of the highest reality (paraṃ tattvaṃ). Thus, Śāmbhavī mudrā is essential for the attainment of the state of amanaska.
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Partial matches: Shambhavi, Mudra.
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