Pakshapaksha, Pakṣāpakṣa, Paksha-apaksha: 1 definition
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Pakshapaksha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Pakṣāpakṣa can be transliterated into English as Paksapaksa or Pakshapaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramPakṣāpakṣa (पक्षापक्ष) refers to the “opposite polarities” [?], according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—[...] This is the Triangle called the City of the Moon, which is the Full Moon. The goddess of the New Moon (Amādevī), who destroys the polarities of the breath and with it the opposites (pakṣāpakṣa), is in the centre of it. Thus, the opposites balanced out, the formless energy of the goddess—the Energy of the Void (khakalā)—pours out along the central channel between them and deploys herself as the three energies of will, knowledge and action, and so as the ‘crooked goddess’ (vakradevī) assumes the form of the Triangle and so generates the Krama in its threefold form corresponding to the transmissions (krama) of the goddess’s three lineages.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Paksha, Apaksha.
Starts with: Pakshapakshaghata.
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