Abhiṣeka
“consecration”
event · 4 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
abhiṣeka · consecration · Consecration of a Universal Monarch · anointing of a king · consecration of Rāma
spoken of as
3 expressionsConsecration“abhiṣeka”1 mention
Caryāmelāpakapradīpa (Sanskrit)
The garland, the water, the fully-awakened [crown], the vajra, the bell, then the mirror, the name, and the authorization of [becoming] a master—this indeed is the sequence of consecration.
Rāma's planned consecration“abhiṣeka”1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
When the pure sun had risen and the day of the Puṣya asterism had arrived, the foremost twice-born had prepared everything for the consecration of Rāma.
royal anointing“abhiṣeka”1 mention
Vīramitrodaya (Sanskrit)
> The first anointing of a king awaits a pure time.
in the texts
Caryāmelāpakapradīpa
The ritual event of tantric consecration/empowerment (abhiṣeka) conferred by the guru on the disciple.
The garland, the water, the fully-awakened [crown], the vajra, the bell, then the mirror, the name, and the authorization of [becoming] a master—this indeed is the sequence of consecration.
The consecration (abhiṣeka (consecration, empowerment)) is to be given by the second Vajra-holder [the vajra-master], with auspicious uttered words and with the varied sounds of [many] instruments.
By the consecration of the triple realm, the disciple, with bowed head and joined palms—then, being urged thereto, [the master] should give to him what is [thereby] authorized.
San Hyan Kamahayanikan
The ritual empowerment/consecration ceremony conferred upon the initiate.
The name of the *abhiṣeka* you have received is the Consecration of a Universal Monarch.
*Today, O long-lived ones, you are consecrated by all the Buddhas with their Vajras.
Vīramitrodaya
The consecration ceremony of a king, whose first performance must await a pure (non-intercalary) time.
> The first anointing of a king awaits a pure time.
Anointing (*abhiṣeka*) is of a king, and that is the first one.
, is prohibited in an intercalary month, because it has another time.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The elaborate royal rite prepared to install Rāma as crown prince, later cancelled by Kaikeyī's boons.
When the pure sun had risen and the day of the Puṣya asterism had arrived, the foremost twice-born had prepared everything for the consecration of Rāma.
In the manner customary within the kingdom of the Ikṣvākus for a royal consecration, all the prescribed requisites for the anointing of a prince had been assembled.
A splendid white yak-tail fan, bright as moonbeams, adorned with jewels, stood ready for Rāma.