Pañca-makāra
Pañca-makāra or pañca-tattva. Five ritual ingredients whose first letter is ‘m’: madya (wine or alcoholic beverage), maṃsa (meat), matsya (fish), mudrā (parched grain), and maithuna (sexual intercourse). The five Ms are central to Tantric liturgy, and are interpreted, either literally by left-hand (vāmācāra) sects such as the Kaulas and Kāpālikas, or symbolically by right-hand (dakṣinācāra) sects. The left-hand groups seek perfection and power (siddhi) through the use of prohibited substances.
More From encyclopedia.com
pacify , pacify •Delphi •deify, reify •preachify, speechify •edify • ladyfy •acidify, humidify, rigidify, solidify •commodify, modify •codify • amplify • jell… Stupa , Stupa
The Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary defines the word stūpa as "a knot or tuft of hair, the upper part of the head, crest, top, summ… Palestinian Authority , PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (pa, the Palestinian designation being Palestinian National Authority), semi-official, self-governing Pal… Borobudur , Borobudur is a monumental structure that was erected in the Kedu plain in south central Java, on the foundation of an older shrine of unknown form. C… Handedness , Definition
Handedness is the preferred use of the right hand, the left hand, or one or the other depending on the task.
Description
Handedness is def… Ks, Five , Five Ks, Pañj Kakke. Sikh symbols. Khālsā Sikhs, male and female, are identifiable by five emblems which they wear. These are called the five Ks beca…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Pañca-makāra