YOGA OF A YOGINI: IN CONTEXT TO FEMINIE ENERGY

Abstract

Introduction: Since antiquity the contest of strength between Shaivism and Bhaktism has been in fashion. If the propounder of Shaivism owe their allegiance to Lord Shiva, the adherents of Bhaktism have a soft spot for Lord Vishnu. The former is hailed as the God of Destroyer (of maya), the latter of the universal householder or the Preserver. The emblematic indications of these two sects are vividly pronounced and detailed. The former smears tilak(a distinctive spot of coloured powder or paste smeared on the forehead by both gender as an emblem to the allegiance that they owe to) called as Tripundra is three liners(indications of the triguna:satvika,tamasika and rajasika) on their forehead horizontally; while the latter smears Vishnu-Tilak called as Urdhvapundra or upward-U shaped feet of Lord Vishnu that the devotees smear on their forehead, indicating that the devo- tee looks upward for possible upliftment from material world to spiritual world and finally, to liberation or moksha. Interestingly, if ’Hari’ is the other name of Lord Vishnu that the devotees utter;’HaraHara Mahadev’(That Mahadeva or the God of Devtas reside in everyone, har)is the slogan that the devotees of Shiva scream out.1 [Mubeen and ShahMubeen and Shah]