Quotes:Trilcohana: Difference between revisions
(CTD/Quotes migration batch (letter T)) |
(Add wikilink to H. P. Blavatsky in Quotes header) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Trilcohana}}'''. Lit., “three‐eyed ”, an epithet of Shiva. It is narrated that while the god was engaged one day on a Himalayan summit in rigid austerities, his wife placed her hand lovingly on his third eye, which burst from Shiva’s forehead with a great flame. This is the eye which reduced Kâma, the god of love (as Mârâ, the tempter), to ashes, for trying to inspire him during his devotional meditation with thoughts of his wife. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Trilcohana}}'''. Lit., “three‐eyed ”, an epithet of Shiva. It is narrated that while the god was engaged one day on a Himalayan summit in rigid austerities, his wife placed her hand lovingly on his third eye, which burst from Shiva’s forehead with a great flame. This is the eye which reduced Kâma, the god of love (as Mârâ, the tempter), to ashes, for trying to inspire him during his devotional meditation with thoughts of his wife. | ||
{{Quote source HPB TG|Trilcohana}} | {{Quote source HPB TG|Trilcohana}} | ||
Latest revision as of 10:48, 8 October 2026
H. P. Blavatsky
Trilcohana. Lit., “three‐eyed ”, an epithet of Shiva. It is narrated that while the god was engaged one day on a Himalayan summit in rigid austerities, his wife placed her hand lovingly on his third eye, which burst from Shiva’s forehead with a great flame. This is the eye which reduced Kâma, the god of love (as Mârâ, the tempter), to ashes, for trying to inspire him during his devotional meditation with thoughts of his wife.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Trilcohana