Vajroli, Vajrolī: 7 definitions
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Vajroli 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
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: YogaFrom the Haṭha Yogha Pradīpikā (chapter III): “Even if one who lives a wayward life, without observing any rules of Yoga, but performs Vajrolī, deserves success and is a Yogī.” (śl. 83) and “By practising to draw in the bindu, discharged during cohabitation, whether one be a man or a woman, one obtains success in the practice of Vajrolī.” (śl. 85)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)Vajrolī (वज्रोली) or Vajrolīmudrā refers to “the practice of urethral suction [...] to draw up the combined sexual fluids”.—See Mallinson (2007, 189 note 149). Vajroli is described e.g. in the Vaiṣṇava Dattātreyayogaśāstra, vv. 299–314.—Like other Brajbhāṣā texts, such as the Jogapradīpyakā (1737CE), the author of the Haṭhayogamañjarī equates vajrolī-mudrā with Rājayoga.
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchVajrolī (वज्रोली) is the name of a Mudrā, according to the Amaraughaprabodha: a short 13th century treatise on Yoga attributed to Gorakṣanātha which teaches the fourfold system of yoga (Mantra, Laya, Haṭha and Rāja).—Accordingly, “Some drink urine, their own impurity. Some eat their saliva as food. Some draw up [their] semen that falls from a woman’s vagina after having penetrated [her]. And some who are skilled in circulating the breath through the channels of the entire body, consume dhātus. They do not have mastery of the body without [the state of] Rājayoga, in which their minds are absent. When the mind has attained equanimity and the breath moves into the central channel, [then] these Amarolī, Vajrolī and Sahajolī [Mudras] arise”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVajrolī (वज्रोली).—A particular position of fingers.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVajrolī (वज्रोली):—f. a [particular] position of the fingers, [Catalogue(s)]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVajrōḷi (ವಜ್ರೋಳಿ):—[noun] (yoga) a particular accomplishment that is believed to make the body as hard as diamond.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vajrolimudra.
Full-text (+58): Vajrolimudra, Sahajoli, Yogabhyasa, Amaroli, Yogabhyasarata, Patadbindu, Naribhaga, Sahajolimudra, Subhasman, Asina, Gomaya, Maithuna, Shambhava, Dagdhagomaya, Kshana, Dagdha, Cow-dung, Svangalepana, Nikshipya, Amarolimudra.
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Varahi Tantra (English Study) (by Roberta Pamio)
Chapter 27 - The exposition on Mudrās and Bandhas < [Summary of the Vārāhī Tantra]
Thirty minor Upanishads (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) (by Lathika M. P.)
Canto VII—Depicting of Ascending the Throne of Omniscience < [Chapter 2 - Content Analysis of Bhagavatpādābhyudaya]