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Bhuta –VidyaDemonology

Definition of Bhuta-vidya

Different than other .Parapsychology.

Importance

Struggle for existence.

Survival of the fittest.

Fear factor.

Famous personalities.

Conversion disorders.

Why adopt?

Himsa.

Rati.

Archana.

Pragnyaparadha.

Alpa Satva.

Chidra.

Ayurveda

Atharvana VedaThe Atharvaveda belong to the Vedic classes.In some ways represents an independent

parallel tradition to that of the Rigveda and Yajurveda.

It incorporates much of early traditions of healing and magic that are paralleled in other Indo-European literatures.

The Atharva Veda is known for its Shrauta ritual.

Atharvan (अथर्व�न्�) was a legendary Vedic sage (rishi) of Hinduism who along with Angiras is supposed to have authored the Atharvaveda.

He is also said to have first instituted the fire-sacrifice or yagna.

Sometimes he is also reckoned among the seven seers or Saptarishi.

His family is known as the Atharvanas. Atharvan married Chitti, daughter of Kardama rishi, and

had a great sage Dadhichi as a son. He was referred to as a member of the Bhrigu family.

Atharvan

According to mundaka upnisad and other texts, he was eldest son & (Manas putra) born from mind of the brahma.

Although it is stated that the Gayatri Mantra used in Atharva Veda is different from other three Vedas. A special initiation of the Gayatri is required to learn the Atharva Veda

The Atharvaveda is considered by many as dark and secret knowledge, pertaining to the spirits and the afterlife.

In the Mahabharata, when the Pandavas are exiled to the forests for thirteen years, Bhima, being frustrated, suggests to Yudhisthira that they consult the Atharvaveda, and "shrink time, and hereby compress thirteen years to thirteen days.

Sage Angirasa is one of the Saptarishis (Seven Sages) and the Manasaputra (son born of the mind) of Brahma. He is one of the Projenitors of humankind.

Many verses in the Vedas are attributed to Sage Angirasa. He along with sage Atharvan are said to have composed most of the Atharvana Veda.

Some descendents of Sage Angirasa are said to be Kshatriya by birth and Brahmins by calling. This is so because the Sage helped a childless King to beget children.

Angiras

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(च.चिच.९/१६)

Agantuja Unmada

Deva derives from devá-, which in turn derives from Indo-Iranian *devá-.

Devas

The Upanishads distinguish between the celestial Gods from the Divine forms of God.

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says there are 33 Gods in the celestial world, in terms of performance of Vedic rituals and yajnas.

They are eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Adityas, Indra, and Prajapati.

Classification

Classification

Agni IndraSavitrVayuVarunaMarutsAdityaVisvakarmanRudraVishnuBrahmaPushaBrihaspati

AshvinsVishvedavasPrithviDyausAntarikshaDishasMoordhaPrajapatiThe main Devis

(Goddesses) are:Vaak or SarasvatiUma or ParvatiLakshmi or ShriDurga or Ambe

1)Agni-Agni is the Vedic god of fire and mediator between gods and men.

2)Aditya- Ruler of the heaven.3)Savitr- Is a solar deity in the Rigveda, and

one of the Adityas i.e. off-spring of Vedic deity Aditi.

4)Vāyu is a primary Hindu deity, the Lord of the winds, the father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman.

5)Rudra- Controler of the universe.6)

Agni (Sanskrit: अग्नि/न्) is a Hindu deity, one of the most important of the Vedic gods.

He is the god of fire and the acceptor of sacrifices.

The sacrifices made to Agni go to the deities because Agni is a messenger from and to the other gods.

He is ever-young, because the fire is re-lit every day, and also immortal.

Agni

Lord shiva.

Related to rudraavatar.

Rudra

Is a primary Hindu deity, the Lord of the winds, the father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Lord Hanuman.

Vāyu

Tamil: Vicuvakaruman, creator God according to Rig veda,

He is the presiding deity of all craftsmen and architects.

He is believed to be the "Principal Architect of the Universe ",and the root concept of the later upanishadic Brahman

ViśwákarmanSanskrit: पिर्वश्वकम��

Vishnu (Sanskrit: पिर्वष्णा�) is a main Vedic God venerated as the Supreme Being in the Vaishnavism. He is also commonly known as Narayana or Hari. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God.[1]

Vishnu (Sanskrit: पिर्वष्णा�)

Prithvi Varuna

An inspired poet or sage.Saptha Rishi- Manasa Putras of Bramha-

Gotama, Bharadwaja, Vishwamitra, Jamadagni, Vasistha, Kasyapa, and Atri..

The Vayu Purana adds Bhrigu to this list making eight, altoughit still calls them seven.

The Vishnu purana adds Daksha and calls them as nine Bramhsrishis.

Rishi

The person who knew the secrets of heaven and divine truths in general.

The Gandharvas generally had their dwelling in the sky or atmosphere and one of their duties was to prepare Somarasa for the Gods.

They had a great partiality for women and had a mystic power over them.

The Atharvaveda explains of 6333 gandharvas.

Skilled in medicine, and are fond of women.

Gandharva

The Vishnu Purana says that they were born from Bramha drinking melody.

In another context it has been said they were born from drinking of the Godess of Speech (Gaam Dhayantah).

Hari-vansa says that they were born from the nose of Bramha.

Chitraratha was the chief of Gandharvas Apsaras were their wives or mistresses.

Gandharvas sized the dominons and the treasure of Nagas by fighting with them.

Due to this they were destroyed by Narmada sisiter of Nagas.

Contd..

Daityas In Indian belief, demonic enemies of the gods.

They are the sons of the goddess → Diti banned by → Indra to dwell in the depths of the ocean because

of her reluctance to perform sacrifice as due. In later tradition, Prahlada, who was raised

by → Visju to be king of theDaityas, exhibits the characteristics of a wise ascetic.

Daityas

Some of the notable daityas mentioned in the Indian mythology include:

Hiranyaksha - eldest son of Kashyapa and DitiHiranyakashipu - second son of Kashyapa and DitiHolika or Sinhika - daughter of Kashyapa and DitiPrahlada - son of HiranyakashipuVirochana - son of Prahlada, father of BaliDevamba - mother of BaliBali - son of VirochanaBanasura - son of BaliKaikesi- Mother of Ravana

Daityas

Danavas Half-divine half-demonic beings in Indian tradition. They were banished by →Indra to live in the ocean.

The monster → Bali was one of their number.

Danavas

Dakini Supernatural beings in Buddhism, who fly in the air. They are invested with specific magical powers, they can initiate novices into the secret

learning of the Tantra, and they can be of assistance to a Yogin who wishes to further his spiritual insight. They appear as young girls hideously disguised or with

the head of a lion or a bird, and with the face of a horse or a dog. They are also supposed to eat human beings.

Dakini

Asura, in the earliest hymns of the Rig Veda, means any supernatural spirit—good or bad.

Hence even some of the devas (demigods), especially Varuna, have the epithet of Asura.

All words such as Asura, Daitya (lit., sons of the demon-mother "Diti"), Rakshasa (lit. from "harm to be guarded against") are translated into English as demon.

These demons are inherently evil and are in a constant battle against the demigods.

Hence in Hindu iconography, the gods and demigods are shown to carry weapons to kill the asuras.

Asuras

In later Puranic mythology, exceptions do occur in the demonic race to produce god-fearing Asuras like Prahalada.

Also, many Asuras are said to have been granted boons from one of the members of the Hindu trinity, viz., Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva when the latter had been appeased from penances.

All Asuras, unlike the devas, are said to be mortals (though they vehemently wish to become immortal).

Contd…….

On the account of the Hindu theory of reincarnation and transmigration of souls according to one's Karma, other kinds of demons can also be enlisted. If a human does extremely horrible and sinful karmas in his life, his soul (Atman) will, upon his death, directly turn into an evil ghostly spirit, many kinds of which are recognized in the later Hindu texts. These demons could be Grimnex Vetalas, Pishachas, Bhūtas etc.

Contd…..

A vetala, or baital, is a vampire-like being from Hindu mythology.

The vetala are defined as spirits inhabiting corpses. These corpses may be used as vehicles for movement (as they no longer decay while so inhabited); but a vetala may also leave the body at will.

In Hindu folklore, the vetala is an evil spirit who haunts cemeteries and takes demonic possession of corpses.

They make their displeasure known by troubling humans. They can drive people mad, kill children, and cause miscarriages, but also guard villages.

Vetala

Vetal is the worshipper (or sevak) of KalBhairav and is the head of all spirits and ghosts and vampires and all kinds of pisachas. He has another form which is a more potent and fiery form, that of Agni Vetal who is the sevak of none other than Kalika. Lord Agnivetal has flames on his head and controls fire. He is also known as Agya Vetal. Agnivetal is used by Tantriks to perform evil black magic on people. But it isn't Lord Agnivetal's fault because the Tantriks misuse the powers given to them on propitiating Agnivetal(rather his Daityas which are at his feet-they are the ones who accept the blood sacrifices).

Conrd…..

They are hostile spirits of the dead trapped in the 'twilight zone' between life and afterlife.

These creatures can be repelled by the chanting of holy mantras.

One can free them from their ghostly existence by performing their funerary rites.

Being unaffected by the laws of space and time, they have an uncanny knowledge about the past, present, and future and a deep insight into human nature. Therefore many sorcerers seek to capture them and turn them into slaves.

Contd…..

A sorcerer once asked King Vikramaditya to capture a vetala who lived in a tree that stood in the middle of a crematorium. The only way to do that was by keeping silent.

Every time Vikramaditya caught the vetala, the vetala would enchant the king with a story that would end with a question. No matter how hard he tried, Vikramaditya would not be able to resist answering the question. This would enable the vetala to escape and return to his tree. The stories of the vetala have been compiled in the book Baital Pachisi.

Vikram-Betal