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5. DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF BHAKTI
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fixed also mentally the date on which the Kumbha-
bhishekam ceremony was to be conducted. Lord Siva
attended the ceremony.
External pooja consists of sixteen parts, viz.,
Avahanam, (invitation of the Lord); Asanam (offering
of seat); Padyam (offering of water to wash the feet);
Arghyam (offering of water as a mark of respect)
Achamanam (water to be sipped); Madhuparkam
(offering of milk and fruit); Snanam (bath); Vastram
(offering of clothes); Yajnopaveetam (putting sacred
thread); Gandham and Akshata (offering of sandal
paste and rice); Pushpam (offering of flowers); Dhu
pam (offering of incence); Deepam (waving of lights);
Neivedyam (offering of food); Tambulam (offering
beetles) and Niranjanam (the waving of lighted can
phor).
Poojadishu This refers to celebration of festi-
vals, building and renovation of temples, sacred
dance, devotional works of art such as painting and
sculpture, acts of charity, digging of tanks, making of
images, Vahanams or vehicles, lamps, the daily supply
of flowers, sandal paste, incence, scents, bhog or Nai-
vedya, giving of silks and clothes for the images and
for decoration, etc.
Worship may be continued even after realisation.
Sankara, Ramanuja, Madhavan, Gauranga, engaged
themselves in worship even after realisation.
Anuraga Anuraga means 'intense attachment
to the Lord'. The word 'anuraga' ordinarily means
only mere love but in Bhakti scriptures it means the
71
fixed also mentally the date on which the Kumbha-
bhishekam ceremony was to be conducted. Lord Siva
attended the ceremony.
External pooja consists of sixteen parts, viz.,
Avahanam, (invitation of the Lord); Asanam (offering
of seat); Padyam (offering of water to wash the feet);
Arghyam (offering of water as a mark of respect)
Achamanam (water to be sipped); Madhuparkam
(offering of milk and fruit); Snanam (bath); Vastram
(offering of clothes); Yajnopaveetam (putting sacred
thread); Gandham and Akshata (offering of sandal
paste and rice); Pushpam (offering of flowers); Dhu
pam (offering of incence); Deepam (waving of lights);
Neivedyam (offering of food); Tambulam (offering
beetles) and Niranjanam (the waving of lighted can
phor).
Poojadishu This refers to celebration of festi-
vals, building and renovation of temples, sacred
dance, devotional works of art such as painting and
sculpture, acts of charity, digging of tanks, making of
images, Vahanams or vehicles, lamps, the daily supply
of flowers, sandal paste, incence, scents, bhog or Nai-
vedya, giving of silks and clothes for the images and
for decoration, etc.
Worship may be continued even after realisation.
Sankara, Ramanuja, Madhavan, Gauranga, engaged
themselves in worship even after realisation.
Anuraga Anuraga means 'intense attachment
to the Lord'. The word 'anuraga' ordinarily means
only mere love but in Bhakti scriptures it means the