A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Khatvanga
This page describes Khatvanga which is located on page 181 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Khatvanga” according to 17 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
Khatvanga is described by Mr. Gopinatha Rao: “The Khatvanga is a curious sort of club, made up of the bone of the fore-arm or the leg, to the end of which a human skull is attached through the fore-arm”. This khatvanga became the Pallava emblem: they had the khatvanga dhvija. [b] Arurar refers to these, ‘You live in the old burning ground ....
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Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
Story of Khatvanga. General Information.A King of the Ikshvaku dynasty, known by the name Dilipa also. Bhagavata Skandha 9, states that Khatvanga was the son of the grandson of Kalmashapada. Ashmaka was the son of Kalmashapada, Mulaka the son of Ashmaka and Khatvanga the son of Mulaka.Khatvanga who was a royal hermit once pleased God and understood how long he would live....
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Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) [by Arthur Avalon]
She is red and has four arms, and in her hands are Shula, Khatvanga, Khadga, and Cashaka. In the pericarp there is also the lightning-like triangle, inside which are Kama-Vayu and Kama-Bija, both of which are red. Above this is the Svayambhu-Linga which is Shyama-varna, and above and round this Linga is Kundalini coiled three and a half times, and above this last upstands, on the top of the Linga, Cit-kala....
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