shuddhi
śuddhiPurification; the Arya Samaj rite of reconversion, reclaiming into the Hindu fold those who had converted to other faiths.
Where this term appears
- The Reformers: How the Nineteenth Century Remade Hinduism History
Through the rite of shuddhi , purification, it sought to bring back into the fold those who had converted to Islam or Christianity, turning reform into an assertive, organising, and at times combative force.
- Bhuta Shuddhi: The Rite That Burns the Body to Ash Lineages
The rite is called bhuta shuddhi , and its logic is stated as a flat, uncompromising rule.
- What is Tantra? Lineages
The rite that makes this possible is bhuta-shuddhi , the "purification of the elements." The practitioner mentally dissolves the ordinary body, unwinding the five gross elements in reverse of the order that mad…
- Nyasa As Architecture Treatise
…s causal source and rebuilds it in the goddess’s specification. Bhuta Shuddhi - the purification of the elements .
- The Manuals Treatise
…ship in its full Saubhagya-Kadi operational form, including the Bhuta Shuddhi (purification of the elements), the 64 ritual upacaras (offerings), the worship of the fifteen Nityas - with their mantras given in …
- Two Worships, Four Yagas Treatise
The external offerings and the internal Bhuta Shuddhi (the purification of the five elements within the body) are the same offering.