Sacred Learning
Tripurā — threefold city map
Passage 1 names the threefold city. Tripurātāpinī and Bhāvanā sit as neighbouring contemplative rooms.
Tantric symbolic narrative
Passage 1 names the threefold city. Tripurātāpinī and Bhāvanā sit as neighbouring contemplative rooms.
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The threefold city
Tripurā Upaniṣad 1 names the threefold city of the Goddess.Tripurā Upaniṣad 1
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Tāpinī neighbour
Tripurātāpinī 1 names contemplative Śrīvidyā.Tripurātāpinī Upaniṣad 1
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Bhāvanā circle
The correspondence explorer keeps inner faculties beside the city.Bhāvanā explorer
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Three triangles
The visual guide uses nested triangles for that threefold name.Tripurā visual guide
Sources and traditions
- Tripurā Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Documents — Tripurā Upaniṣad (Sanskrit Documents numbering) · Public-domain Devanagari recension as posted 2026 · Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org) by named volunteer proofreaders. Foundation diagrams: original SVG, CC BY-SA 4.0. · 2026-09-20
- Tripurātāpinī Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Documents — Tripurātāpinī Upaniṣad (Sanskrit Documents numbering) · Public-domain Devanagari recension as posted 2026 · Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org) by named volunteer proofreaders. Foundation diagrams: original SVG, CC BY-SA 4.0. · 2026-09-20
- Bhāvanā Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Documents — Bhāvanā Upaniṣad (Sanskrit Documents numbering) · Public-domain Devanagari recension as posted 2026 · Sanskrit: public-domain Devanagari as encoded at Sanskrit Documents (sanskritdocuments.org) by named volunteer proofreaders. Foundation diagrams: original SVG, CC BY-SA 4.0. · 2026-09-20
Claims on this page
- Tripurā is named as the threefold city of the Goddess. — Tripurā Upaniṣad 1
- Tripurātāpinī names contemplative Śrīvidyā beside Tripurā. — Tripurātāpinī Upaniṣad 1
- The Bhāvanā Upaniṣad maps the self as an unbroken circle. — Bhāvanā Upaniṣad, guru-passage as cited on this site