Talk:Dharma sastra-Ānhika tripuṇdravidhi
Tripuṇdravidhi[edit]
In Sanatana tradition mainly males applying bhasma on the forehead and on the other parts of the body is an essential part. Three horizontal lines applied with bhasma are called Tripuṇdra. There are various interpretations for three lines. Some scriptures interpret that the three lines represent three vedas, the first and foremost line represents sāma veda, the middle line represents yajur veda and the last line represents ṛig veda -
ūrdhvapuṇḍraṃ bhavet sāma madhyapuṇḍraṃ yajūṃṣi ca || adhaḥ puṇḍraṃṛcassākṣāt tasmat puṇḍraṃ trayāyuṣaṃ |[1]
According to devi bhāgavatam three horizontal lines represent trimūtis i.e. bramha, viṣṇu and śiva. The first line represents bramha, the sencond line represents lord viṣṇu and the last line represents śiva.
bramha-viṣṇu-maheśāna-stisro rekhā iti smṛtāḥ | ādyo bramhā tato viṣṇu-stadūrdhvaṃ tu maheśvaraḥ ||[2]
According to boudhāyana, one of the commentators of vedas, in the phrase bhūtyai na prmaditavyaṃ[3], the word bhūti means vibhūti i.e. bhasma. And the whole phrase means one should apply bhasma without fail, and thus applying bhasma comes under the category of nitya karma.