Gandharvatantra, Gandharva-tantra: 4 definitions
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Gandharvatantra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (shai)Gandharvatantra (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂い啶ㄠ啶む啶�) refers to one of the Tantras mentioned in the 惭补丑腻尘辞办峁-罢补苍迟谤补, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 12 of the catalogue 鈥淣otices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)鈥� by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.鈥擳he Mah膩mok峁tantra manuscript, consisting of 3,024 艣lokas (metrical verses), is deposit: Dhaka, Vikramapura Majhapada, Babu Rasavihari Raya. It deals with the salvation, cosmogony (i.e., the order of cosmic regions) and contains a bibliography of Tantric literature.鈥擳he catalogue includes the term鈥擥andharva-tantra in its 鈥榮ubject-matter list鈥� or Vi峁ya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms).
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.
India history and geography
: Baba Updravinath's blog: Tantra Yoga SadhanaGandharvatantra (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂い啶ㄠ啶む啶�) is the name of a Tantra categorized as 鈥淰i峁ａ箛ukr膩nta鈥�, and is mentioned in a (further unknown) book in the possession of Kamlesh Punyark [=艢r墨 Kamale艣a Pu峁噛膩rka or 啶多啶班 啶曕ぎ啶侧啶� 啶啶｀啶ぞ啶班啶昡.鈥擳his book contains a detailed discussion of the basics of Tantra and opens with a list of three times sixty-four Tantras. One such text is the 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂い啶ㄠ啶む啶班ぎ啷� [gandharvatantram] or 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶�-啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ [gandharva-tantra].
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Gandharvatantra (啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂い啶ㄠ啶む啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擲ee Tantragandharva, G膩ndharva. Quoted in T膩r膩rahasyav峁泃ti Bik. 618, in 艢膩kt膩nandatara峁単i峁嚹� Oxf. 103^b.
2) G膩ndharvatantra (啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぐ啷嵿さ啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ):鈥擲ee Gandharvatantra. Quoted in Tantras膩ra Oxf. 95^a, in 艢aktiratn膩kara Oxf. 101^b, in 艢膩kt膩nandatara峁単i峁嚹� Oxf. 103^b.
3) G膩ndharvatantra (啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぐ啷嵿さ啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ):鈥擬entioned in 膧gamatattvavil膩sa.
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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Partial matches: Gandharva, Tantra.
Full-text: Mahakalikavaca, Gandharva, Tantragandharva, Vishnukranta.
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