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Narmada Linga
Bana Tests
weigh the bana-linga
against grains of rice,
three, five or seven
times. If the weight of
the rice is not the same
in all cases, then the
bana-linga is acceptable
as genuine. If the weight
increases, and not
decreases, when it is
weighed seven times on
a balance, then the
supposed bana-linga is
genuine; otherwise it is
a mere stone.
Another method is to
drop the bana-linga
under examination into
a flowing stream; if it
can be picked up again,
it is a genuine banalinga, and its worship
will secure happiness.
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Bana Tests
According to
Yajnavalkyasamhita, the
bana-lingas
obtained in the
river Narmada are
the very forms of
Siva assumed by
the God at the
request of
Banasura; they
are therefore the
holiest of objects.
Worshipping one
bana-linga gets
the benefits that
can be procured
by worshipping a
crore of other
lingas. The banalingas in the
Narmada River
may be the shape
of a ripe jambufruit, or of a
swans egg. They
may be honeycoloured, white,
blue or emeraldhued (passage
quoted earlier).
Narmada
The Narmada
River (also called
the Rewa, from its
leaping motion
(from the root rev
through its rocky
bed) where the
Banalinga stones
are found, has
been mentioned
by Ptolemy and
the author of the
Periplus. The
Ramayana, the
Mahabharata and
Puranas refer to it
frequently. The
Rewa Khand of
Vayu Purana and
the Rewa Khand
of Skanda Purana
are entirely
devoted to the
story of the birth
and the
importance of the
Narmada River. It
is said to have
sprung from the
body of Lord
Shiva. It was
created in the
form of a lovely
damsel who
enamoured gods
and hence named
by the Lord as
Narmada - delight
giving. It is,
therefore, often
called Shankari
(Parvati), i.e.,
daughter of Lord
Shankar (Shiva).
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