Utkranti, ±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾±, Utkramti: 15 definitions
Introduction:
Utkranti means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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)
Source: Wisdom Library: KubjikÄmata-tantra±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤�) is a ritual by which a yogin may choose to take leave of mundane existence, according to the KubjikÄmata-tantra.
: academia.edu: Chapter Nineteen of the Kaká¹£apuá¹atantra±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤�) is another name for Utkramana, or the “yoga of dyingâ€� according to Tantric texts such as the KubjikÄmatatantra and Saṃvarodayatantra.—When a practitioner realizes that his death is approaching through signs of death, the second option that he can take is to prepare for death. Utkramaṇa or ±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± is well known in Tantric texts as the yoga for preparing for death.
: academia.edu: The Yoga of the MÄlinÄ«vijayottaratantra±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤�) refers to the “yogic suicideâ€� and is dealt with in the YogapÄda section of the MÄlinÄ«vijayottara’s, which is concerned with the conquest of the levels of reality (tattvajaya).

Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) 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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: WikiPedia: Vajrayana±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤�) [or SaṃkrÄnti] (Tibetan: འཕོ་བ་, phowa, Wylie: pho ba ) refers to the “Yoga of the transference of consciousness to a pure Buddha-fieldâ€� and represents one of NÄropa’s Six Dharmas (á¹£aá¸d³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹) in Tibetan Buddhist Tantric practices .—Phowa may be described as “transference of consciousness at the time of deathâ€�, “mindstream transferenceâ€�, “the practice of conscious dyingâ€�, or “enlightenment without meditationâ€�. In Tibetan Buddhism phowa is one of the Six Yogas of Naropa and also appears in many other lineages and systems of teaching. [...] Lama Thubten Yeshe taught on the subject of phowa that “We have to choose the right time to transfer our consciousness; we’re not allowed to do it at the wrong time because that becomes suicideâ€�.
: Brill: Åšaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤�) refers to the “intentional death of a Yoginâ€�, according to commentaries on the GuhyasamÄjatantra.—The visualisation taught in verses 12-13 of the Má¹›tasugatiniyojana is a modification of the ³¾á¹›t²¹²õ²¹á¹ƒjÄ«±¹²¹²Ô²¹ practice elaborated in commentaries on the GuhyasamÄjatantra, which are classified as works of JñÄnapÄda school in the Tibetan canon. The ³Ü³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (intentional death of a yogin) is applied to the visualisations taught in verses 14-16.
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤�) or ±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾±yoga (in Tibetan: Phowa) refers to “death (yoga)â€�, according to the Anuttarayoga Tantra divisions of MahÄyÄna-VajrayÄna Buddhism, according to Buddhist teachings followed by the Newah in Nepal, Kathmandu Valley (whose roots can be traced to the Licchavi period, 300-879 CE).—What makes Anuttara Yoga unique is the nature of the deities visualized, wrathful and erotic, and the level of sophistication of the meditative practices which include ³¦²¹á¹‡á¸²¹±ôÄ«-²â´Ç²µ²¹, "yogic heat", known as "Tummo" in Tibetan, which are breathing exercises using °ì³ÜṇḲ¹±ô¾±²ÔÄ«²â´Ç²µ²¹ for generating internal heat originating from the pelvic bowl, ³Ü³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾±-yoga, "death yoga", known as "Phowa" in Tibetan, which is transference of consciousness at the time of death, and Å›³¾ÄåÅ›Äå²Ô²¹-²â´Ç²µ²¹, "cremation ground yoga", meditations and ritual magic performed in cremation grounds.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (±¹²¹Âá°ù²¹²âÄå²Ô²¹) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English³Ü³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤‚ति).â€�f Evolution. ³Ü³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾±vÄda m The doctrine of evolution.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤�).â€�f.
1) Going up or out, departure. योगधारणयोतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤¿à¤ƒ संवादो नारदाजयोà¤� (yogadhÄraṇayotkrÄntiá¸� saṃvÄdo nÄradÄjayoá¸�) BhÄgavata 12.12.7.
2) The flight or passage of the soul (out of the body), death; उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤¿à¤—तà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤—तीनामॠ(³Ü³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾±gatyÄgatÄ«nÄm) Br. SÅ«tra.2.3.19.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤�):—[=³Ü³Ù-°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾±] [from ut-kram] f. stepping up to, [VÄjasaneyi-saṃhitÄ; Åšatapatha-brÄhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] going out
3) [v.s. ...] passing away, dying, [KathÄsaritsÄgara]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary±«³Ù°ì°ùÄå²Ô³Ù¾± (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¤�):â€�(²Ô³Ù¾±á¸�) 2. f. Death.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryUtkrÄṃti (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤‚ति) [Also spelled utkranti]:â€�(nf) reversal; death.
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryUtkranti in Hindi refers in English to:â€�(nf) reversal; death..—utkranti (उतà¥à¤•à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤‚ति) is alternatively transliterated as UtkrÄṃti.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusUtkrÄṃti (ಉತà³à²•à³à²°à²¾à²‚ತಿ):â€�
1) [noun] a going up or out; departure.
2) [noun] the flight of the soul out of the body; death.
3) [noun] (Dvaita phil.) the departure of the soul from the body through a particular passage called ಬà³à²°à²¹à³à²®à²¨à²¾à²¡à²¿ [brahmanadi].
4) [noun] process of development, as from a simple to a complex form or of gradual, progressive change, as in a social and economic structure; evolution.
5) [noun] (in yogic exercises) a kind of controlled breathing.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Utkramtitattva, Utkrantida, Utkrantidhenu, Utkrantin, Utkrantiyoga.
Full-text: Pratyutkranti, Utkrantidhenu, Utkramana, Utkiranti, Utkrantida, Ukkiranti, Utkrantiyoga, Candaliyoga, Kundalini Yoga, Kundalini, Candali, Anuttara, Anuttarayoga, Anuttarayogatantra.
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Shaiva Tantra: A way of Self-awareness (by L. N. Sharma)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
6.4. The concept of Utkranti (departure) < [Chapter 10 - Philosophical aspect of the Devalasmriti]
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Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra) (by Rama Prasada)
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Yuktimallika by Vadiraja (critical study) (by Gururaj K. Nippani)
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