The Linga and the Great Goddess
author: Swami Karpatri
edition: 2009, Indica Books, Varanasi
pages: 370
ISBN-10: 818656988X
Topic: Hinduism
The Secret of Linga Worship
This page describes The Secret of Linga Worship which is part located on page 55 in the book: The Linga and the Great Goddess by Swami Karpatri. This book expounds on the meaning of the Linga and the nature of the Great Goddess besides containing as a debate about the relation of sakti between Nyaya and Mimamsa: two schools of orthodox Hindu philosophy. 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 “The Secret of Linga Worship” according to 246 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Padma Purana [by N.A. Deshpande]
O lord of kings, on the auspicious bank of Matsyodari there is the most secret place, of the size of gocarma (cow's hide), the excellent Omkareshvara; there is the Linga called Krittivaseshvara, the excellent Madhyameshvara, and also Vishveshvara, Omkara and Kandarpeshvara. O Yudhishthira, these are the secret Lingas in Varanasi. Nobody here knows (i.e. experiences) destruction due to Shambhu’s favour. O king, listen to the greatness of Krittivaseshvara....
Read full contents: Chapter 34 - The Greatness of Krittivaseshvara
The Vishnu Purana [by Horace Hayman Wilson]
The Linga Purana. 11. Linga Purana. “Where Maheshvara, present in the Agni Linga, explained (the objects of life) virtue, wealth, pleasure, and final liberation at the end of the Agni Kalpa, that Purana, consisting of eleven thousand stanzas, was called the Lainga by Brahma himself.” The Linga Purana conforms accurately enough to this description. The Kalpa is said to be the Ishana, but this is the only difference. It consists of eleven thousand stanzas....
Read full contents: 11. The Linga Purana
Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary [by Nandalal Sinha]
Commentary: The Bhashya of Candrakanta: (English translation of Candrakanta Tarkalankara s Bhashya called the Vaisheshikabhashya from the 19th century) Candrakanta reads I, ii, 17, with the omission of the word linga in vishesha-linga-abhavat. Here ends the second chapter of the First Book in the Commentary by Shankara, on the Vaisheshika Aphorisms of Kanada of great powers....
Read full contents: Sutra 1.2.17 (Existence is one)
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[The Linga and the Great Goddess: index]
[Preface]
[Introduction]