A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Kundalini
This page describes Kundalini which is located on page 227 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 “Kundalini” according to 33 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Thirty minor Upanishads [by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar]
Yoga-kundalini Upanishad of Krishna-Yajurveda, Chapter I. [note: In this Upanishad are stated the ways by which the Kundalini power is roused from the navel upwards to the middle of the eyebrows and then up to sahasrara in the head: this being one of the important works of an adept to master the forces of nature. ] Citta has two causes, vasanas and (prana) vayu. If-one of them is controlled, then both are controlled....
Read full contents: Yoga-kundalini Upanishad of Krishna-Yajurveda, Chapter I
The Devi Bhagavata Purana [by Swami Vijnanananda]
Firstly, think of the Highest Deity Kundalini (the Serpent Fire) as rising up in the hollow canal Sushumna in the Spinal Cord from the Muladhara (the sacral plexus) to the Brahmarandhra (the aperture supposed to be at the crown of the head). Next, the devotee is to meditate on the Mantra “Hamsa” and consider his Jivatma (the embodied soul) united with Para Brahma....
Read full contents: Chapter 8 - On Bhuta Shuddhi
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) [by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat]
The power ‘Kundalini (kundalini) then is aroused (becomes active) while the way to Madhyama, also called Sushumna (sushumna) the particular passage in a human body said to lie between ‘Ida and Pingala (ida-pingala—two other air-passages in the body), is made clear and widened and then the life-winds rise and ascend up, piercing through all the six wheels viz. from the Muladhara to the Ajani (agni)....
Read full contents: Verse 18.52
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