Sampurnacandra, 厂补尘辫奴谤峁嘺肠补苍诲谤补, Sampurna-candra: 1 definition
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Sampurnacandra 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Sampurnachandra.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra厂补尘辫奴谤峁嘺肠补苍诲谤补 (啶膏ぎ啷嵿お啷傕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ) refers to a 鈥渇ull moon鈥�, according to the Svacchanda-tantra.鈥擜ccordingly, [verse 7.216cd-217, while describing the meditation on the 办腻濒补丑补峁僺补]鈥斺�淎fter [this, the Yogin] visualizes the heart lotus, with sixteen petals, situated in the opening of the channel that pierces the tube [i.e., the lotus stem. He imagines] a white, radiant, completely full moon (蝉补尘辫奴谤峁嘺肠补苍诲谤补鈥�samp奴r峁嚹乿ayava峁� candra峁�), endowed with sixteen parts, and with his body in the shape of a lotus pericarp. [Then, he pictures] the self, It is to be imagined [as seated] in the middle of that [moon], and is as spotless as pure crystal. [The self is] pervaded with 补尘峁泃补, [which washes over him] in a wave from the ocean of the milky nectar of immortality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.
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Partial matches: Sampurna, Candra.
Full-text: Jalapanem.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)