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Amritananda, ´¡³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹, Amrita-ananda: 6 definitions

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Amritananda 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.

The Sanskrit term ´¡³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹ can be transliterated into English as Amrtananda or Amritananda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

´¡³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹ (अमृताननà¥à¤�) (19th century), son of Jayalaká¹£mÄ« and RÄmÄnanda has composed a text named Chandomá¹›talatÄ. He was a resident of Nepal and appointed as a Pundit by Brian Houghton Hodgson, the then British civil servant of British India, worked in India and Nepal. ´¡³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹ helped him to study the Buddhist and Sanskrit texts. Among his eight works written in Sanskrit, the Chandomá¹›talatÄ is the only work on prosody.

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Chandas (छनà¥à¤¦à¤¸à¥) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

1) ´¡³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹ (अमृताननà¥à¤�) refers to the “bliss of the nectarâ€�, according to Jayaratha’s commentary on the TantrÄloka.—Accordingly, “The goddess who is the tranquil energy of the Moon who abides above as the aesthetic savour (rasa) of the bliss of the nectar of the full (Moon) (±èÅ«°ùá¹�-²¹³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹)â€�.

2) ´¡³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹ (अमृताननà¥à¤�) is the “worship nameâ€� of °­²¹³Ù²õÄå±ô²¹»å±ð±¹²¹â€”one of the Sixteen Siddhas according to the KubjikÄnityÄhnikatilaka: a derative text drawing from Tantras and other sources such as the á¹¢aá¹­sÄhasrasaṃhitÄ.—These sixteen spiritual teachers represent the disciples of the Nine NÄthas who propagated the Western Transmission noted in the KubjikÄ Tantras.—°­²¹³Ù²õÄå±ô²¹»å±ð±¹²� is the CaryÄ name of this NÄtha (i.e., the public name the Siddha uses when living as a wandering renouncer). His PrapÅ«jya or “worship nameâ€� is CitrÄnanda (or ´¡³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹ according to the KulakaulinÄ«mata). This PÅ«jÄ name is the one by which the Siddhas are worshipped.

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Shakta (शाकà¥à¤�, Å›Äkta) or Shaktism (Å›Äktism) 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

´¡³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹ (अमृताननà¥à¤�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—AlaṃkÄrasaṃgraha. Rice. 280.

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

´¡³¾á¹›tÄå²Ô²¹²Ô»å²¹ (अमृताननà¥à¤�):—[from a-má¹›ta > a-mÅ«la] m. Name of a man, [Buddhist literature]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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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