Ravini, Rāviṇī: 4 definitions

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Ravini 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.

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: academia.edu: The Yoga of the Mālinīvijayottaratantra

Rāviṇī (राविणी) refers to the “representation verbal consciousness”.—The Yogin who masters this Resonance can ascend to ever higher forms of embodiment and thus achieve the ultimate merging.  The Yogin is instructed to practise daily until rāviṇī, the power of representation in the form of the highest verbal consciousness, arising from Resonance, merges into non-Resonance.

Source: eScholarship: Gāruḍa Medicine (śaivism)

Rāviṇī (राविणी) is the name of a Goddess Rāviṇī who is able to ward off nāgas, poisons, and demonic spirits among other skills, according to the pañcaviṃśatihṛdayācakra chapter of the Jayadrathayāmala.

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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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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Rāviṇī (राविणी) is the name of a Goddess, according to the Jayadrathayāmala.—The Nityā form of Kālī is Nityaklinnā. She is the young Kālikā who causes women to ‘melt’ with the arousal of passion. [...] The Tantra promises that by reflecting on her, the adept becomes the equal of Kāmadeva and all women, human and divine, are aroused by seeing him. But although she is always arousing, she is also very fierce. Karaṅkiṇī, a form of Rāviṇī (also called Saṃrāviṇī), like Śuṣkā, combines in herself the erotic and the terrific. She is unbearably arousing, and yet consumes voraciously.

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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.

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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Rāviṇī (राविणी) refers to “those (animals) who scream (loudly)”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting by packs of dogs is that in which dogs are let loose at hares and other animals in arid tracts. [...] The hares scream loudly (ghurghura-uddāma-rāviṇī) and the dogs pursue them; and in a short time there is a great fight tooth and nail. This produces a feeling of the terrible. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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