Khechari Vidya

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The Khechari Vidya (

yogin access to stores of amrita in the body, and to raise Kundalinī via the six chakras.[2][3][4]

Text

The Khecarīvidyā is written as a dialogue between the god

Devī. The text was originally a single chapter about the deity Khecarī's mantra (the "vidyā") in the Kaula tradition of tantric Shaivism. It was then reorganised into three sections and extended with an account of khecarīmudrā, complete with praise of the use of alcohol, madirā. A fourth section, on magical herbs, was then added, by which time most of the Kaula aspects had been edited out to suit a hatha yoga readership.[5][6]

Khecarī mudrā

lingual frenulum sufficiently severed, over a period of months, until it can be turned back so as to reach inside the nasal cavity, and supposedly manipulate the flow of bindu.[7][8]
Main article: Khecarī mudrā

Khecarī Mudrā (

lingual frenulum with a sharp implement, again little by little over a period of months.[9]

References

  1. ^ Mallinson 2007.
  2. ^ Mallinson 2016, pp. 109–140.
  3. ^ Mallinson 2011, p. 771.
  4. ^ Mallinson & Singleton 2017, pp. 213–214.
  5. ^ Mallinson 2003, Abstract, Introduction pp. 1–5.
  6. ^ Mallinson 2007, p. 13.
  7. ^ Mallinson & Singleton 2017, pp. 228, 231–232.
  8. ^ Singleton 2010, p. 29.
  9. ^ Mallinson & Singleton 2017, pp. 247–248.

Sources

  • Mallinson, James (2003). The Khecarīvidyā of Adinathā: a critical edition and annotated translation. Oxford University (D.Phil thesis). 31 witnesses have been collated to establish the critical edition.
  • ISBN 978-0-415-39115-3
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  • ISBN 978-90-04-27128-9. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  • ISBN 978-1317585213. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  • OCLC 928480104
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  • OCLC 318191988
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