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Bh
ta
uddhi
tauddhi(Skt., ‘purification of the elements’). The ritual purification of the body in
Tantrism
, so as to render the body sacred in order to worship a deity. The body corresponds to the cosmos, so bh
ta
uddhi recapitulates at a personal level the process of cosmic dissolution (
pralaya
). Bh
ta
uddhi is a preliminary rite in all forms of Tantric p
j
.
Tantrism
, so as to render the body sacred in order to worship a deity. The body corresponds to the cosmos, so bh
tauddhi recapitulates at a personal level the process of cosmic dissolution (pralaya
). Bh
tauddhi is a preliminary rite in all forms of Tantric pj.Bh
tatathat
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