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At Shringeri, the Malayala Brahma Temple is of a brahmarakshasa. [13] At the complex of the Kandiyoor Shiva Temple near Mavelikkara, a separate temple exists for a brahmarakshasa. In Njarakkal, Kerala, there exists an 800-year-old Bhagavathi temple where there are adjacent temples for Shiva, Nagaraja, and a brahmarakshasa. [14]
Raksha (Sanskrit: रक्षा, IAST: rakṣā, rakshas, rakshah) is a Sanskrit word associated with protection. [1] Raksha and its various derivatives which occur predominantly in the Vedas and their many auxiliary texts means – to protect, guard, take care of, tend, rule, govern, to keep, not to divulge, to preserve, save, keep away from, spare, to avoid, to observe or to beware of, an ...
Aside from their treatment of unnamed rank-and-file Rakshasas, the epics tell the stories of certain members of these beings who rose to prominence, sometimes as heroes but more often as villains. Thapar suggests that the Rakshasas could represent exaggerated, supernatural depictions of demonized forest-dwellers who were outside the caste society.
A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) [1] is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language like Sanskrit or Avestan) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.
The existence of a distinct god named Brahma is evidenced in late Vedic texts. [22] Grammatically, the nominal stem Brahma-has two distinct forms: the neuter noun bráhman, whose nominative singular form is brahma (ब्रह्म); and the masculine noun brahmán, whose nominative singular form is brahmā (ब्रह्मा).
Shanti Mantras are invoked in the beginning of some topics of the Upanishads. They are believed to calm the mind and the environment of the reciter. Shanti Mantras always end with the sacred syllable om (auṃ) and three utterances of the word "shanti", which means "peace". The reason for the three utterances is regarded to be for the removal ...
Mantras are all enshrined in Vedic literature. These are various to the four yugas, and the Hare Krishna mahamantra is to kali yuga. [1] The Hare Krishna mantra is composed with the three names of the supreme power: Hare, Krishna, and Rama. [2] [3] [4]
Purashcharana (Sanskrit: पुरश्चरण, romanized: Puraścaraṇa) is a preliminary ritual action in Hinduism that is performed for the mastery of the mantra associated with a given deity.