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- Title
Tantric Yoga in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa of Hinduism and the Jñānārṇava of Jainism.
- Authors
Chapple, Christopher Key
- Abstract
This paper explores the Markandeya Purāna, one of the earliest expositions of what become Tantric themes in Hinduism, and the Jñāanārn. ava, which provides an early template for the practice of Jaina Tantra. The former text follows the traditional mapping of the five elements and correlative senses, linking earth to smell, water to taste, fire to form, air to touch, and space to hearing, in a sequence of ascent. In contrast, the Jaina practice relates earthy, lotus-like material to the earth, to be incinerated by fire, stirring up strong winds that involve vigorous breathing that bring pounding rains, washing away all karmic impurity and its residues, exposing one's true nature as a distinct liberated soul.
- Subjects
YOGA; HINDUISM; JAINISM
- Publication
Religions, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 11, p235
- ISSN
2077-1444
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rel8110235