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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Archaeological Surv
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matter or the remaining sediment of
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The Siddhayoga of Vrinda is an Ayur
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The science of mathematics was clos
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Solar orb. An astronomical chart us
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Extant astronomical charts were use
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(beginning with the new and full mo
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ecorded in 1954. Though science has
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Being residing in heaven. The real
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126 Moscow Institute of Oriental St
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128 of realization. Harmony is the
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Symbolic marks painted on wooden ma
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Yantra with mantra. 132 guru select
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Chakras in the etheric body. Rajast
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IX A practising Tantrika from north
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142 Both mudras and nyasas are exte
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Schematic representation of how a y
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absorbed within the system and a gr
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object of concentration. Meditation
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After such a survey of various tech
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(from the root nad meaning motion,
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a red triangle 'radiant like the ri
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to balance the dialectical process
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that involves the sperm's odyssey t
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inner spiritual urges to flow natur
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chaksuratatam'. He then salutes his
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Only when she is seen through divin
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IV Ram vanhyatmakam dipam sasaktika
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Sakti worship It is not physiologic
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om anaisvaryaya namah om avairagyay
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om Im madanaye namah om Im utpadiny
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haga, which means both female organ
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That Power who exists in all beings
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either position, both the adepts en
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the Ida and Pingala subtle channels
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outgrow the merry-go-round of self-
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of beings and forms; (6) Chinnamast
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of the discipline may even abandon
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chants mantras, nor performs mudras
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BHUTA, any of the five elemental co
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PARA, last stage of consciousness.
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Bibliography Abhinavagupta, Tantras
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Panday, K. C, Abhinavagupta, Varana
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Index Abhinavagupta, 80 Absolute, 1
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Mercury, 19, 73 Mevlevi Dervishes,