Shaktivikasa, Śaktivikāsa, Shakti-vikasa: 1 definition

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Shaktivikasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Śaktivikāsa can be transliterated into English as Saktivikasa or Shaktivikasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaiva philosophy

Source: Google Books: The Paramarthasara of Abhinavagupta with the Commentary of Yogaraja

Śaktivikāsa (शक्तिविकास) or “the blossoming of energy” refers to the Krama practice, according to Kallaṭa.—Yogarāja in his commentary on the Paramārthasāra of Abhinavagupta quotes the text of Kallaṭa (that Kṣemarāja himself quotes in his Pratyabhijñāhṛdayavṛtti text 18)—a verse that is instrumental in defining śaktivikāsa (“the blossoming of energy”), also called bhairavīmudrā, which, as the context shows, implies a reference to Krama practice. [...] Kallaṭa’s line appears there as an aphoristic definition of the śaktivikāsa, a technique of inner absorption with external expansion of the senses, also called bhairavīmudrā and described as—“The blossoming of the energy hidden internally results from the simultaneous opening of the entire wheel of sense-organs”. [...] Later on, the Vṛtti relates the śaktivikāsa to the practices at work in the ūrdhvakuṇḍalinī, according to a process requiring “the restraint of the prāṇa between the two eyebrows, which [restraint] is accomplished by the energy of the subtle prāṇa which develops gradually through the regulation of the vibrations in the cavities of the nose”.

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