Amarirasa, Amarīrasa, Amari-rasa: 1 definition

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Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Amarīrasa (अमरीरस) or simply Amarī refers to a type of miraculous fluid, according to the 13th-century Matsyendrasaṃhitā: a Kubjikā-Tripurā oriented Tantric Yoga text of the Ṣaḍanvayaśāmbhava tradition from South India.—[...] (Cf. Śivatīrtha)—Verse 40.18 names the miraculous fluid as amarī, a term echoed in Matsyendrasaṃhitā 27.5 as amarīrasa. That chapter, Matsyendrasaṃhitā 27, teaches concoctions of herbs and physical secrations such as faeces, urine, menstrual blood, phlegm (?) and semen (?) (viṅ-mūtra-rajo-recaka-sāraka) associated with Lokeśa, Keśava, Rudra, Īśa and Sadeśvara, respectively (27.2). In Matsyendrasaṃhitā 27.5a Sadāśiva (i.e. probably Sadeśvara, or rather the substance associated with him, probably semen) is said to be the best among them. This may indicate that the meaning of amarī (and sudhā, amṛta etc.) is flexible; it may refer not only to urine, but to other bodily fluids as well. Amarī should be drunk after reciting the appropriate mantra and should be massaged on one’s body (27.21–26ab), similarly to what is taught in Matsyendrasaṃhitā 40.64–65, where it is clearly semen.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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