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| Bhasmajabala Upanishad | |
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 A Shaiva sadhu in Varanasi with the Tripundra (three lines of ash) on the forehead and wearing Rudraksha necklaces. | |
| Devanagari | भस्मजाबाल |
| Title means | Sacred ash (Bhasma) - Jabala |
| Date | late medieval |
| Type | Shaiva[1] |
| Linked Veda | Atharvaveda |
| Chapters | 2 |
| Verses | 69 |
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Bhasmajabala Upanishad (Sanskrit: भस्मजाबाल उपनिषत्) is one of the minor Shaiva Upanishads of Hinduism written in Sanskrit language.[1] It is associated with the Atharvaveda.[1][2]
The Bhasmajabala Upanishad, in a manner similar to Brihajjabala Upanishad and Akshamalika Upanishad describes Vibhuti (Bhasma) or sacred ash, and Rudraksha beads as symbols and for body art. The text describes how the ash and beads are to be produced, its application on the body. The importance of holy city of Varanasi and its Shiva temple are mentioned in the text.
Klaus Klostermaier classifies the text along with the Brihajjabala Upanishad, the Rudrakshajabala Upanishad, the Kalagni Rudra Upanishad and the Akshamalika Upanishad as Shaiva texts that explain symbolism of rites and objects of worship in Shaivism.[3]
- ^ a b c Tinoco 1997, pp. 84–89.
- ^ Farquhar, John Nicol (1920), An outline of the religious literature of India, H. Milford, Oxford university press, p. 364, ISBN 81-208-2086-X
- ^ Klostermaier 1984, pp. 134, 371.