Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates 鈥榃earing of the Tripundra Mark in early morning鈥� of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The Upani峁ds are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
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6. Wearing of the 罢谤颈辫耻峁囜笉谤补 Mark in early morning
[...] Bhasmaj膩b膩la Upani峁d up.II.2
惭补丑腻诲别惫补 replied to 闯腻产腻濒补 regarding the wearing of 罢谤颈辫耻峁囜笉谤补 mark. Rising up early in the 叠谤补丑尘补尘耻丑奴谤迟补, sacred unto the Lord 叠谤补丑尘腻, and finishing off cleansing and other operations even before sunrise, the seeker should bathe thereafter. He should wipe his body (with a towel), uttering the 搁耻诲谤补蝉奴办迟补蝉. Then he should cloth himself with fresh clothes to rid of all sin. Then, meditating on the rising Sun (in the attitude, 鈥淭his Sun is the Brahman alone鈥�), sprinkling the entire body (with sacred ashes), he should wear the 罢谤颈辫耻峁囜笉谤补鈥搈arks duly over the prescribed parts (of the body), such as the forehead and others) with ashes of a perfectly white colour.[1]
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Ibid II. 2.