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Why is Loban called Shyama Dhoop, and what is its purpose in Tantra Shastra?
In Tantric texts, Loban is termed 'Shyama Dhoop', and its principal function is to attract negative energies and spirits rather than dispel them — used in advanced sadhanas and specific Tantric temples, not ordinary worship.
How long does consecrated energy last in different idol materials?
Energy retention scales with the material: about 12 hours in a paper photograph, roughly 11 years in a mobile-consecrated brass idol, about 25 years in silver, and about 100 years in gold — with regular daily worship continually extending it.
Which Mahavidya forms reside at Kamakhya?
Kalika is named as the resident Mahavidya at Kamakhya, though other texts describe her as a unified Kali-Tara form or as Shodashi.
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Adhikara
अधिकारThe eligibility or readiness required before attempting an advanced ritual — without it, even a correctly performed rite risks serious harm to the practitioner.
panchamrita
पञ्चामृतA five-ingredient offering (commonly milk, curd, ghee, honey, sugar) used to bathe an idol before worship.
Kshetrapal
क्षेत्रपालThe guardian deity of a place or field, typically a form of Bhairava, invoked to protect land and boundaries.
Atri
अत्रिOne of the Saptarishi (seven great sages), and father of Lord Dattatreya through his wife Anasuya.
Tantrokta Devisuktam
तांत्रोक्त देवीसूक्तम्The Durga Saptashati's fifth-chapter hymn (verses 9-82) considered the heart of the text — recited after Ghatasthapana to fully invoke the Goddess's presence, and alongside the Atharvashirsha during the consecration of Yantras, idols, weapons, or a Pitha.
Srimad Devi Bhagavatam
श्रीमद्देवीभागवतम्A Shakta Purana that presents the Goddess as ultimate reality.
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