A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Yoginis
This page describes Yoginis which is located on page 649 of the third 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 “Yoginis” according to 41 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: प्रमथा भैरवा भूता वेटला योगिनी-गणाः अट्ट-हासं प्रकुर्वन्तो नृत्यन्तो रण-मण्डले pramatha bhairava bhuta vetala yogini-ganah atta-hasam prakurvanto nrityanto rana-mandale pramatha—goblins; bhairava—bhairavas; bhuta—ghosts; vetala—vetalas; yogini-ganah—yoginis; atta—loud; hasam—laughter; prakurvantah—doing; nrityantah—dancing; rana-mandale—in the battlefield....
Read full contents: Verse 6.1.30
The Garuda Purana (abridged)
Giving elaborate description of inauspicious days on which one should not undertake travels or journeys, Lord Vishnu told Shiva– ‘Various Yoginis (goddesses) dwell in different directions on specific days and one should never set out on journeys on those days. A yogini named Brahmani dwells in the East on Pratipada(first) and navami(ninth) of both the fortnights of each month and nobody should travel on both these dates towards east....
Read full contents: Description Of Yogas And Muhurtas
Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) [by Chandrima Das]
In the Caushat Yogini cult the Yoginis bear human as well as animal faces and we also find the association of elephant as a vahana of one of the Yoginis. Each is identified by a name tag and has a vahana crouching at her feet. The vahana of Shri Ranajira is an elephant. Another mythical story relating Shakti cult found in Dewal Prashasti of Lalla, the Chinda. It started with veneration of the daughter of the Mountain, Parvati....
Read full contents: Elephants in Shaktism
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