Vibhuti, vibhutis

By Swami Harshananda

Different Inferences of Vibhuti or Vibhutis

• Vibhuti or vibhut is is another name for bhasma, the holy ash smeared on the forehead and other parts of the body by the śaivas.
• The word is also used in the sense of special or extraordinary powers of God, or the siddhis, the yogic powers that a yogi gains as a result of samyama on various objects.
• The tenth chapter of the Bhagavadgītā is called Vibhutiyoga.
• The third chapter of the Yogasutras of Patañjali has been named Vibhutipāda.

References

• The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore