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Asankya, ṅkⲹ, Ashankya: 4 definitions

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Asankya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva

ṅkⲹ (असङ्क्�) or Asaṅkyāgama refers to one of ܱ岵 (supplementary scriptures) of the Գ岵 which is one of the twenty-eight Գ岵: a classification of the Śaiva division of Ś岵. The Ś岵 represent the wisdom that has come down from lord Śiva, received by Pārvatī and accepted by Viṣṇu. The purpose of revealing ܱ岵 (e.g., ṅkⲹ Āgama) is to explain more elaborately than that of ū岵 (e.g., Santāna-āgama) and to include any new idea if not dealt in ū岵.

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Shaiva philosophy

: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)

Āśṅkⲹ (आशङ्क्�) refers to “anticipating (the refutation of one’s philosophical thesis)�, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī 2.132-133.—Accordingly, “Having explained that only phenomena are real entities because [only they are] established by a means of [valid] knowledge, [and] anticipating by himself the refutation (śṅkⲹdūṣaṇam śṅkⲹ) of his own thesis, [Utpaladeva now] expounds [this refutation with the passage beginning with] ‘only …� by empasizing the purity of his intentions, in order to state that [he] is free of bias. [According to him] this ‘could [still] be objected,� [i.e.] it deserves the [following] objection. Which one? This is what [Utpaladeva says] in ‘[if these objects did not exist] after as well as before [their] being manifest …’�

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) śṅkⲹ (अशङ्क्�):—[=-śṅkⲹ] [from -śṅk] mfn. not to be mistrusted, secure, [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] not to be expected, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

3) Āśṅkⲹ (आशङ्क्�):—[=-śṅkⲹ] [from -śṅk] [indeclinable participle] having suspected etc.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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