Dvadashamurti, 顿惫腻诲补艣补尘奴谤迟颈, Dvadasha-murti: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 顿惫腻诲补艣补尘奴谤迟颈 can be transliterated into English as Dvadasamurti or Dvadashamurti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index顿惫腻诲补艣补尘奴谤迟颈 (啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶啶班啶むた).鈥擜n epithet of the Sun god.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 59. 76; IV. 34. 75.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: academia.edu: Dv膩da艣a-m奴rti in Tamil Tradition (iconography)顿惫腻诲补艣补尘奴谤迟颈 (啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶啶班啶むた) refers to the 鈥渢welve sacred names of Vi峁ａ箛u鈥�, whose iconographical details are mentioned in the 艢r墨tattvanidhi (verse 2.19-42) citing the P膩帽car膩tr膩gama-Kriyap膩da.
The Caturvi峁兣沘tim奴rtilak峁峁嘺 fixes the emblems in the following pattern (clockwise from right parahasta to left parahasta, left 辫奴谤惫补丑补蝉迟补 and right 辫奴谤惫补丑补蝉迟补):
- Ke艣ava (艣补峁卥丑补, Cakra, 骋腻诲补, Padma);
- N膩r膩ya峁嘺 (padma, 骋腻诲补, Cakra, 艢补峁卥丑补);
- M膩dhava (cakra, 艢补峁卥丑补, Padma, 骋腻诲补);
- Govinda (驳腻诲补, Padma, 艢补峁卥丑补, Cakra);
- Vi峁ａ箛u (padma, 艢补峁卥丑补, Cakra, 骋腻诲补);
- Madhus奴dana (艣补峁卥丑补, Padma, 骋腻诲补, Cakra);
- Trivikrama (驳腻诲补, Cakra, 艢补峁卥丑补, Padma);
- V膩mana (cakra, 骋腻诲补, Padma, 艢补峁卥丑补);
- 艢r墨dhara (cakra, 骋腻诲补, 艢补峁卥丑补, Padma);
- H峁浥浤玨e艣a (cakra, Padma, 艢补峁卥丑补, 骋腻诲补);
- Padman膩bha (padma, Cakra, 骋腻诲补, 艢补峁卥丑补);
- D膩modara (艣补峁卥丑补, 骋腻诲补, Cakra, Padma);
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts顿惫腻诲补艣补尘奴谤迟颈 (啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶啶班啶むた) refers to the 鈥渢welve 尘奴谤迟颈蝉鈥�, as discussed in the fourth chapter of the 狈腻谤补诲墨测补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra document comprising over 3000 verses in 30 chapters presenting in a narrative framework the teachings of N膩rada to Gautama, dealing primarily with modes of worship and festivals.鈥擠escription of the chapter [诲惫腻诲补艣补尘奴谤迟颈-濒补办峁峁嘺-惫颈诲丑腻苍补]: N膩rada here turns to a treatment of the twelve mantras addressed to Vi峁ａ箛u, et al., their mastery by the devotee and the 鈥渇eel鈥� of the deities鈥� presence by one who has effected control of them by his mantra-mastery. Some attention is also given to the phala-rewards that accrue to one employing each mantra successfully鈥攊ncluding the 鈥�prayogic鈥� uses of each. The mantras are not clearly named, but are simply taken up in order and referred to as 鈥渢he first,鈥� 鈥渢he second,鈥� ( ...up to ) the 鈥渢welfth鈥� (1-20a, 20b-24a, 24b-31, 32-34, 35-38, 39-41a, 41b-47a, 47-54, 55-60a, 60b-67, 68-73, 74-81). The closing remarks (82-85) briefly turn to the subsidiary 补峁単补尘补苍迟谤补鈥攆orms of the twelve.
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.
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Partial matches: Dvadasha, Murti.
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