Samkhyashastra, 厂腻峁僰丑测补艣腻蝉迟谤补, Samkhya-shastra: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 厂腻峁僰丑测补艣腻蝉迟谤补 can be transliterated into English as Samkhyasastra or Samkhyashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation厂腻峁僰丑测补艣腻蝉迟谤补 (啶膏ぞ啶傕啷嵿く啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�) refers to the 鈥淪膩峁僰hya system鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.13 (鈥溑歩va-P膩rvat墨 dialogue鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after P膩rvat墨 spoke to 艢iva: 鈥淥n hearing these words of P膩rvat墨 based on the S膩峁僰hya system [i.e., 蝉腻峁僰丑测补艣腻蝉迟谤补-耻诲颈迟补], 艢iva replied to her, upholding the Ved膩ntin鈥檚 point of view.鈥擺...]鈥�.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Shaivism)S膩峁卥hya艣膩stra (啶膏ぞ啶權啶栢啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ) refers to the 鈥渟criptures of S膩峁卥hya鈥�, according to the Dak峁峁嚹乵奴rti (Dak峁峁嚹乵奴rtistotrabh膩v膩rthav膩rttika), otherwise known as the M膩nasoll膩sa and attributed to a Sure艣var膩c膩rya.鈥擜ccordingly, while discussing the thirty-six Tattvas of 艢aivism: 鈥淭hose who know the scriptures of S膩峁卥hya [i.e., 蝉腻峁卥丑测补艣腻蝉迟谤补-惫颈诲] know twenty-four Tattvas. Those versed in the Pur膩峁嘺s teach thirty Tattvas [which are] Mahat, K膩la, Pradh膩na, M膩y膩, Vidy膩 and P奴ru峁 along with the [twenty-four of S膩峁卥hya]. Experts on the 艢aiv膩gamas speak of thirty-six, [the six additional ones being,] Bindu, N膩da, 艢akti, 艢iva, 艢膩nta and finally At墨ta鈥�.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂腻峁僰丑测补艣腻蝉迟谤补 (啶膏ぞ啶傕啷嵿く啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�):鈥擺=蝉腻峁僰丑测补-艣腻蝉迟谤补] [from 蝉腻峁僰丑测补] n. the S掳 doctrine or any treatise upon it.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSa峁僰hy膩艣膩stra (嗖膏矀嗖栢硩嗖簿嗖多簿嗖膏硩嗖む硩嗖�):鈥擺noun] the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts or data, and that, by use of mathematical theories of probability; statistics.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Shastra, Samkhya.
Full-text: Nirishvarasamkhyashastra, Nirishvara.
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