Rupayauvana, Rūpayauvana, Rupa-yauvana: 1 definition
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Rupayauvana 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: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric TraditionsRūpayauvana (रूपयौवन) refers to “(a woman ) endowed with beauty and youth”, according to the Guhyasūtra chapter 3.—Accordingly, “[...] If one torments the body with rain, cold and heat, …, devoted to recitation (japarata) and meditation, this is called the Great Observance. A woman skilled in the pleasures of love-making, endowed with beauty and youth (rūpayauvana-śālinī); such a woman one should procure, holding one’s senses back from the objects of the senses, and one should kiss and embrace [her], placing the penis upon her sex while remaining focussed upon recitation and meditation—one performs [thus] the Sword-Blade Observance. If one should succumb to the control of desire, then one certainly falls into hell. [...]”.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Rupa, Yauvana.
Starts with: Rupayauvanavant, Rupayauvanavat.
Full-text: Rupayauvanavat, Samprativigacchati, Salin, Shalini, Yauvana, Darp.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.14.35 < [Chapter 14 - The Story of the Jālandharīs]
Verse 6.16.16 < [Chapter 16 - Seeing Śrī Rādhā’s Form]
Verse 6.16.31 < [Chapter 16 - Seeing Śrī Rādhā’s Form]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)