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purnabhisheka

पूर्णाभिषेक pūrṇābhiṣeka

The 'full anointing'; the complete consecration, an abhisheka beyond ordinary diksha, that admits a practitioner to the highest grade of Srividya practice. One so consecrated is purnabhishikta.

Where this term appears

  • Purascharana Treatise

    The Shodashi purascharana requires Shodashi initiation. The Maha Shodashi purascharana requires Purnabhisheka.

  • The Door Treatise

    The years after are the practice. Fifth, the Shodashi-diksha and Purnabhisheka .

  • The Mantra, At Architecture Treatise

    The Maha Shodashi initiation is, in the contemporary diksha progression, the Purnabhisheka - the Full Anointing .

  • The Saubhagya-Kadi Line Treatise

    …n: a goddess-form whose mantric vocabulary requires the highest-level Purnabhisheka initiation to access (the Maha Shodashi of Volume 3’s Chapter 2) was given a publicly-visible iconographic form.

  • The Six Amnayas Treatise

    The operational content is given only after Purnabhisheka - the complete consecration , the highest level of contemporary initiation Chapter 1 named.

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