shmashana
श्मशान smasanaThe cremation ground, the archetypal site of fierce-goddess Tantric practice, where death is confronted directly as a means to liberation.
Where this term appears
- Why do Hindus cremate their dead? Essentials
Shiva, in one of his deepest aspects, is the lord of the shmashana , the cremation ground; he haunts the burning ghats, and the ash smeared white across his body is the ash of the funeral pyre.
- Do Aghoris really eat human flesh? Journal
The ascetic goes to the shmashana , the cremation ground, and handles the one set of things his culture has loaded with the maximum charge of horror, precisely so that his perception will be forced to catch up …
- What is Tantra? Lineages
…iva ascetics who imitated the terrible god Bhairava: they haunted the shmashana , the cremation ground, carried a skull as a begging bowl, and undertook a great penance in the god's image.