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- the murti is cleansed and purified to remove impurities. Invocation (Avahana) - the deity is invoked into the murti through specific mantras and rituals...

As such, her worship does not require the usual rites of invocation (avahana) at the beginning and dismissal (visarjana) at the end, required in the...

Bhaga, Pusha and Parjanya", "Ayurdevata, Ishtadevata, Kuladevata". Next Avahana-Prana Pratishthapanam, Shodashopachara Puja, Mahamangalarati, Navagraha...

base of a Bilva tree. Durga is then invoked in a rite called the Avahana. After the Avahana rite, Durga is symbolically invited and invoked to dwell in the...

called upon through mantras, offerings, and ritual gestures. The process of avahana (inviting the deity) is a key step in many Hindu rituals, symbolizing the...

16 steps (shodasha upachara) that are common in all varieties of puja: Avahana ("invocation"). The deity is invited to the ceremony from the heart. The...

new HIV infections in India in the states served by it. "Avahana, Āvahana, Āvāhana, Avāhana: 27 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Wisdom Library. 3 August...

domestic rituals, the deity is invited to reside in the murti through avahana (invocation) each time a puja is conducted and then dispersed back at the...

stay here, stay here, take up residence here, accept my worship. (Durga Avahana Mantra); etc. These nine plants specifically are: kadali (plantain), mana...

previous list (except Madhuparka), it includes 8 additional items which are Āvāhana : Invocation/Invitation; Invoking presence of the deity Snaniya : Water...

Chapters 94-108 deal with the induction of deities into images (Skt. avahana). Chapters 109-118 deal with rites and rituals. Stella Kramrisch says that...

prīti (Affection for the Gauḍīya) Durgā-pūjā (Worship of Durgā) Śarādīyā avāhana (Welcoming the Autumn) Je dike bātās (Whichever Direction the Wind Blows)...