Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates 鈥榃earing of the Aksha-bead in other parts of the body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 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s 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 础办峁-bead in other parts of the body
One should wear a single 础办峁-bead over the tuft and wear three hundred over the head; he should place thirty six 搁耻诲谤腻办峁 beads should be worn around the neck (as a necklace), sixteen beads in each of the two forearms (as armlets), twelve beads around each of the two wrists of the hands (as bracelets) and five hundred beads around the shoulders (encircling the armpit). A garland of one hundred and eight beads should be worn, like a sacred thread. The garland worn around the neck as a necklace should have 2.3.5, or 7 stands running parallel to each other.
The beads can be worn as ear-studs, ear-rings and as crown jewels on the head.
[...] 搁耻诲谤腻办峁j膩b膩la 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲 verse 21
Beads threaded together in a special cord should always be worn as arm band and waist band, whether the wearer is awake or asleep (i.e. at all times)
Wearing one thousand beads is regarded as the best, five hundred beads as medium or mediocre, and three hundred beads are regarded as most lowly. Hence, one should be aware of this while wearing them.[1]
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[1]:
Ibid verse 18-22