| 词条 | Tarakeshwara |
| 释义 |
Tarakeshwara or Tarakeshvara ({{lang-sa|तारकेश्वर}}, Tārakeśvara; Hindi: Tārkeśvar) is a form of the Hindu god Shiva in his role as a psychopomp, a ferryman or deliverer of the soul into freedom from rebirth (moksha).{{sfnp|Bjorg|2014|p=[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=b0WRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT27 27]}} Temples
The temples are connected to the "Taraka", the "ferryboat mantra"{{sfnp|Bowker|1991|p=[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=B2HgZ325ANUC&pg=PA165 165]}} or "mantra of the crossing"{{sfnp|Eck|1982|p=[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2LgO6TJhFDwC&pg=PT440 440–1]}} believed to guide the spirit of the dying to moksha.{{sfnp|Eck|1982|p=[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2LgO6TJhFDwC&pg=PT330 330]}} One Shivite form of the prayer is Om Sri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama ("Om, Victory to God with his shakti, victory, victory to God"), supposedly taught by Shiva to his wife Parvati.{{sfnp|Keshavadas|1976|p=[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3XIatVGyjmQC&pg=PA15 15–17]}}{{sfnp|Ashley-Farrand|1999|p=[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zbKv3Jk-3YQC&pg=PA148 148]}} Another is Rām-Rāmāya Namaḥ, taught by Yajnavalkya to Bharadvaja in the Ramottaratapaniya Upanishad.{{sfnp|Jackson|1994|p=[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CZBnppBQgOsC&pg=PA76 76, n. 4]}}{{refn|group=n|There are still other forms which vary according to sect and the god of the devotee.{{sfnp|Dhavamony|1982|p=[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DD0w_IMFA8gC&pg=PA413 413]}}}} Supposedly, one dying in the temple at Benares hears Shiva himself reciting one of these mantras.{{sfnp|Eck|1982|p=[https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2LgO6TJhFDwC&pg=PT441 441]}} See also
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1 : Forms of Shiva |
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