Ashtakshari, 础峁ａ弓腻办峁谤墨, Ashta-akshari, A峁ａ弓膩k峁ri: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 础峁ａ弓腻办峁谤墨 and A峁ａ弓膩k峁ri can be transliterated into English as Astaksari or Ashtakshari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts础峁ａ弓腻办峁谤墨 (啶呧し啷嵿啶距啷嵿し啶班) is the name of a Mantra discussed in the twenty-fifth chapter of the 碍补辫颈帽箩补濒补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an 膧c膩rya, architecture, town-planning and iconography. Description of the chapter [尘补苍迟谤补办辞艣补-惫颈诲丑颈]:鈥擪api帽jala first of all points out the necessity of mantras (1-2a). Then he gives [in prose] the mantras [e.g., the 补峁ａ弓腻办峁谤墨-尘补苍迟谤补 (along with how to do 苍测腻蝉补-concentration on it)] [...]. Those not found here may be, says Kapi帽jala, found elsewhere.
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras)
Source: Wisdom Library: Mantrashastra础峁ａ弓腻办峁谤墨 (啶呧し啷嵿啶距啷嵿し啶班) refers to one of the topics discussed in the 峁毰泍补艣峁涐箙驳补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻, an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with Mantra艣膩stra (instruction manuals for understanding and reciting mantras) which, being a Vai峁ａ箛ava-oriented scripture, specifically deals with elaborate mantras of Vi峁ａ箛u and his incarnations, manifestations and consorts.鈥擳he term 础峁ａ弓腻办峁谤墨 is mentioned in Chapter 2 (诲惫颈迟墨测别'诲丑测腻测别) of the 峁毰泍a艣峁涐箙ga-Sa峁僪it膩. The complete entry reads: brahmatatva峁� 膩c膩rya mah膩tmya峁� 膩c膩rya 艣u艣r奴峁Ｄ� s峁涐梗峁璱krama岣� 艣r墨mada峁ａ弓膩k峁r墨mah膩tmya峁� ca vist峁泃膩ni.
Mantrashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 尘补苍迟谤补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to the ancient Indian science of mantras鈥攃hants, incantations, spells, magical hymns, etc. Mantra Sastra literature includes many ancient books dealing with the methods reciting mantras, identifying and purifying its defects and the science behind uttering or chanting syllables.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusA峁ａ弓膩k峁ri (嗖呧卜喑嵿矡嗖距矔喑嵿卜嗖班部):鈥擺noun] a eight-syllable hymn.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconA峁ａ弓膩k峁ri (喈呧喁嵿疅喈距畷喁嵿喈班) noun < 补峁ａ弓腻办峁谤墨.
1. See 喈呧喁嵿疅喈距畷喁嵿喈班喁�. [ashdagsharam.]
2. Any mantra of eight syllables; 喈庎疅喁嵿疅喁嗋喁佮喁嵿喁� 喈喁嵿喈苦喈瘝. [ettezhuthu manthiram.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Akshari, Ashta.
Starts with: Ashtaksharimahatmya, Ashtaksharimahatmya, Ashtaksharimamna, Ashtaksharimantra, Ashtaksharinyasa.
Full-text: Ashtaksharimantra, Shrimadashtakshari, Ashtaksharinyasa, Ashtaksharimahatmya, Ashtaksharimamna, Mantrakoshavidhi, Cakra, Mantrakosha.
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