A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Pancamakaras
This page describes Pancamakaras which is located on page 475 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 “Pancamakaras” according to 2 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Chaitanya Bhagavata [by Bhumipati Dasa]
Commentary: Gaudiya-bhashya by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura:“The devotees achieve the perfection known as madhumati, and by the influence of mantras, they call five kinds of unmarried girls and have illicit affairs with them. ” The medieval age was polluted by various abominable activities like panca-makara [Panca-makara refers to mamsa, madya, matsya, mahila, and maithuna—meat, wine, fish, women, and sex. ] and viracara [A tantric practice based on sex. ], practiced by tantrics in the...
Read full contents: Verse 2.8.120
Hindu Pluralism [by Elaine M. Fisher]
In Lakshmidhara s idiosyncratic appropriation, however, the term becomes meaningful only when paired with its antithesis, Kaula: whereas Kaula Shrividya, in theory, accepts without reservation the use of objectionable ritual elements such as the notorious pancamakara s, or five impure substances, Samaya Shrividya constrains its ritual observances in accordance with the strictures of Vaidika orthodoxy....
Read full contents: Ardhanarishvara Dikshita and the Birth of Samayin Shrividya
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