bhairavi yatana
भैरवी यातना bhairavī yātanā'Bhairava's torment', the belief that at the moment of death in Kashi the residue of one's karma is burned away in a single searing instant administered by Kalabhairava, before liberation is granted.
Where this term appears
- The magistrate of death Treatise
… that at the very moment of death within Kashi the soul undergoes the bhairavi yatana , "Bhairava's torment", a searing, compressed suffering administered by the guardian in which the entire residue of one's ka…