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Traiyambaka-homa

त्र्यम्बकहोम traiyambaka-homa

The Vedic rite of offering cakes to Rudra the Tryambaka (Yajurveda), in which the verse now known as the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is embedded.

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  • The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra Worship

    The same verse appears, word for word, in both the White and the Black recensions of the Yajurveda, embedded in a rite called the Traiyambaka-homa , the offering to Rudra the Tryambaka.

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