Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates 鈥楾ime of Wearing Rudraksha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.
10. Time of Wearing 搁耻诲谤腻办峁
[...] 搁耻诲谤腻办峁j膩b膩la 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲 verse 44, 45.
If 搁耻诲谤腻办峁 beads are worn during the following auspicious times, then a person can soon get liberation from sins and their horrific effects-a dark moon night, a full moon night, when the sun changes its course or path from the summer solstice (December 22鈥揓une 21) when the sun is to the north of the equator) to the winter solstice (June 21鈥揇ecember 22 when the sun is to the south of the equator) and vice versa, on a 厂补峁僰谤腻峁囜弓颈 day (the Planet鈥檚 passage from one sign of the zodiac to another), the dates when the day and night are of equal lengths (June 21 and December 22), when the day is over (sunset, twilight) and during the two eclipses (solar and lunar). 叠谤补丑尘腻, the creator, is said to dwell in 搁耻诲谤腻办峁 bead鈥檚 root, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, the sustainer, in its hole(bore) and 艢颈惫补, the destroyer in its tacks, while all the other Gods are present in its small spicules.