Mukhapadma, Mukha-padma: 3 definitions
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Mukhapadma 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
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramMukhapadma (啶啶栢お啶︵啶�) refers to 鈥渙ne whose face is like a lotus鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, while describing the signs of one who is a Siddha: 鈥淗is heart is uplifted and his nose and the rest (of his face) is well balanced. The sign of one who is well accomplished is that he is well behaved and he produces abundance. [...] Such is an accomplished one in the previous lineage. His face is like a lotus [i.e., mukhapadma鈥�mukha峁� padmopama峁�] and his hair is (tied up in a knot in the) foreign style. One who is such and is equal in pleasure and pain is part of the Siddha lineage鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra TantraMukhapadma (啶啶栢お啶︵啶�) refers to a 鈥渓otus mouth鈥� [?], according to the Svacchanda-tantra.鈥擜ccordingly, [verse 7.220cd-222]鈥斺�淸The Yogin] should visualize a second lotus above him in the great ocean with the power of 补尘峁泃补 as well as a lotus with its full moon mouth pointed downward (mukhapadma鈥�mukhapadma峁� tu parip奴r峁噀nduka峁嚹玨am). In the middle of that, he should visualize 丑补峁僺补 joined with the bindu and topknot. He should visualize a divine rain of 补尘峁泃补, falling everywhere and imagine [it to] enter [his body] in the opening above himself [i.e., the path through the center of the body through which the 膧tman rises to 艣补办迟颈-迟补迟迟惫补闭鈥�.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMukhapadma (啶啶栢お啶︵啶�):鈥擺=mukha-padma] [from mukha] n. a lotus-face, [Buddha-carita]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mukha, Padma.
Full-text: Durjanamukhapadmapaduka, Paripurnendu.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati D膩sa)
Verse 3.1.267 < [Chapter 1 - Meeting Again at the House of 艢r墨 Advaita 膧c膩rya]
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
5. The Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺 < [Preface]
Shri Gaudiya Kanthahara (by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati)
South-Indian Horizons (by Jean-Luc Chevillard)
Chapter 9 - Kannada Intellectual History < [Section 2 - Studies in Language and History of Language Description]
The Devi-Bhagavata as the Real Bhagavata < [Purana, Volume 11, Part 1 (1969)]
Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
Chapter 3 - Tritiya-anka (tritiyo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]