Bhavana Upanishad
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The Bhavana Upanishad is a minor Hindu scripture of the Shakta tradition that explores the worship of the Divine Mother through inner visualization and meditative contemplation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bhavana Upanishad canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7378405 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bhavana Upanishad Context triple: [Shakta Upanishads, categoryIncludes, Bhavana Upanishad]
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A.
Bhuvaneshvari Upanishad
The Bhuvaneshvari Upanishad is a minor Hindu scripture of the Shakta tradition that extols and philosophically interprets the goddess Bhuvaneshvari as the supreme cosmic power.
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B.
Bahvricha Upanishad
The Bahvricha Upanishad is a minor Shakta Upanishad of Hinduism that extols the goddess as the supreme reality and source of the universe.
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Brahma Upanishad
The Brahma Upanishad is a minor Hindu philosophical scripture associated with the Vedic tradition that explores the nature of Brahman (ultimate reality) and the inner self.
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D.
Kaushītaki Upanishad
The Kaushītaki Upanishad is an ancient Vedic philosophical text that explores the nature of the self, consciousness, and liberation, and is traditionally associated with the Rigveda.
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E.
Maitri Upanishad
The Maitri Upanishad is a late Vedic Sanskrit text and one of the principal Upanishads, notable for its philosophical discussions on the nature of the self, the mind, and liberation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bhavana Upanishad Target entity description: The Bhavana Upanishad is a minor Hindu scripture of the Shakta tradition that explores the worship of the Divine Mother through inner visualization and meditative contemplation.
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A.
Bhuvaneshvari Upanishad
The Bhuvaneshvari Upanishad is a minor Hindu scripture of the Shakta tradition that extols and philosophically interprets the goddess Bhuvaneshvari as the supreme cosmic power.
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B.
Bahvricha Upanishad
The Bahvricha Upanishad is a minor Shakta Upanishad of Hinduism that extols the goddess as the supreme reality and source of the universe.
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C.
Brahma Upanishad
The Brahma Upanishad is a minor Hindu philosophical scripture associated with the Vedic tradition that explores the nature of Brahman (ultimate reality) and the inner self.
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D.
Kaushītaki Upanishad
The Kaushītaki Upanishad is an ancient Vedic philosophical text that explores the nature of the self, consciousness, and liberation, and is traditionally associated with the Rigveda.
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E.
Maitri Upanishad
The Maitri Upanishad is a late Vedic Sanskrit text and one of the principal Upanishads, notable for its philosophical discussions on the nature of the self, the mind, and liberation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu scripture
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Shakta Upanishad ⓘ Upanishad ⓘ |
| aimsAt | realization of unity with the Goddess ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Sri Chakra
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Yantra
inner ritual ⓘ kundalini ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Divine Mother
ⓘ
linked to:
Adi Parashakti
Tripura Sundari ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shakta Tantras
ⓘ
Tripura Upanishad ⓘ
linked to:
Tripura Upanishads
|
| associatedWithTradition | Shaktism ⓘ |
| centersOn | Sri Yantra ⓘ |
| cosmologyView | non-dual Shakta cosmology ⓘ |
| describes |
body as a sacred diagram
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heart as the seat of the Divine Mother ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
internal worship
ⓘ
meditation on chakras ⓘ mental construction (bhavana) of the deity ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
inner visualization
ⓘ
meditative contemplation ⓘ worship of the Divine Mother ⓘ |
| genre | mystical text ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Upanishad of visualization (bhavana) ⓘ |
| partOf | minor Upanishads ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Shakta Tantra
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakta Tantras
|
| primaryTheme |
equation of macrocosm and microcosm
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inner realization of the Goddess ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| relatedPractice |
contemplation of chakras
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mantra meditation ⓘ yantra visualization ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| scripturalCategory | Shakta Upanishads ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | minor Upanishad ⓘ |
| scriptureType |
Tantric Upanishad
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esoteric text ⓘ |
| teaches |
identity of the body with the Sri Chakra
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non-dual view of the Divine Mother and the self ⓘ visualization of the Sri Yantra within the body ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Shakta devotees
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Tantric practitioners ⓘ |
| usedIn | Shakta spiritual practice ⓘ |
| worshipStyle |
internalized ritual
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meditative worship ⓘ |
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