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Source: Google Books: The Paramarthasara of Abhinavagupta with the Commentary of Yogaraja

Bhairavīmudrā (भैरवीमुद्रा) is another name for Śaktivikāsa (“the blossoming of energy”) which refers to the Krama practice, according to Kallaṭa.—Yogarāja in his commentary on the Paramārthasāra of Abhinavagupta quotes the text of Kallaṭa (that Kṣemarāja himself quotes in his Pratyabhijñāhṛdayavṛtti text 18)—a verse that is instrumental in defining śaktivikāsa (“the blossoming of energy”), also called bhairavīmudrā, which, as the context shows, implies a reference to Krama practice. [...] Kallaṭa’s line appears there as an aphoristic definition of the śaktivikāsa, a technique of inner absorption with external expansion of the senses, also called bhairavīmudrā and described as—“The blossoming of the energy hidden internally results from the simultaneous opening of the entire wheel of sense-organs”. [...] Later on, the Vṛtti relates the śaktivikāsa to the practices at work in the ūrdhvakuṇḍalinī, according to a process requiring “the restraint of the prāṇa between the two eyebrows, which [restraint] is accomplished by the energy of the subtle prāṇa which develops gradually through the regulation of the vibrations in the cavities of the nose”.

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Partial matches: Mudra, Bhairavi.

Full-text: Bhairavi Mudra, Bhairava Mudra, Shaktivikasa, Amnayika.

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