Vishnuma, 痴颈峁ａ箛奴尘腻, Vishnu-uma: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 痴颈峁ａ箛奴尘腻 can be transliterated into English as Visnuma or Vishnuma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: eScholarship: The descent of scripture: a history of the Kamikagama痴颈峁ａ箛奴尘腻 (啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶ぞ) or 痴颈峁ａ箛奴尘腻rdha refers to 鈥溑歩va as half-Um膩, half-Vi峁ａ箛u鈥�, according to the 碍腻尘颈办腻驳补尘补: an ancient 艢aiva 膧gama scripture in 12,000 Sanskrit verses dating to at least the 5th century and represented as an encyclopedic account of ritual instructions (办谤颈测腻辫腻诲补).鈥擨n modern print editions, the K膩mika-膩gama is structured in two major parts. The Uttarabh膩ga consists of 98 chapters (辫补峁璦濒补蝉) [...] Chapters 60 to 66 provide instructions for the installation of images of 艢iva as half-Um膩, half-Vi峁ａ箛u (惫颈峁ａ箛奴尘腻-补谤诲丑补-辫谤补迟颈峁ａ弓丑腻), images of Trim奴rti, V峁涐梗膩r奴岣峢a, Ga峁単膩dhara, Skanda, Ca峁囜笉e艣a, and 艢ivabhaktas.
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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Starts with: Vishnumahatmya, Vishnumahatmyapaddhati, Vishnumahatmyavarnana, Vishnumahiman, Vishnumahimnahstava, Vishnumanasa, Vishnumandira, Vishnumant, Vishnumantra, Vishnumantranaman, Vishnumantravidhanadi, Vishnumantravishesha, Vishnumardha, Vishnumardhapratishtha, Vishnumat, Vishnumati, Vishnumaya, Vishnumaye.
Full-text: Vishnumardha.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 150 < [Volume 16 (1913)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 34 < [Volume 2 (1872)]
Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 24 - The greatness of the holy ashes (bhasma) < [Section 1 - Vidye艣vara-sa峁僪it膩]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 30 - The Glory of Dhanu峁o峁璱 < [Section 1 - Setu-m膩h膩tmya]
Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)