Nishvasagama, Nishvasa-agama, 狈颈艣惫腻蝉腻驳补尘补: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 狈颈艣惫腻蝉腻驳补尘补 can be transliterated into English as Nisvasagama or Nishvasagama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: 艢aivism狈颈艣惫腻蝉腻驳补尘补 (啶ㄠた啶多啶掂ぞ啶膏ぞ啶椸ぎ):鈥擮ne of the 28 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补蝉. This is one of the five 膧gamas that were proclaimed to the world by the Aghora face (of 艢iva).
: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of 艢iva狈颈艣惫腻蝉腻驳补尘补 (啶ㄠた啶多啶掂ぞ啶膏ぞ啶椸ぎ) or simply 狈颈艣惫腻蝉补 refers to one of the twenty-eight 厂颈诲诲丑腻苍迟腻驳补尘补: a classification of the 艢aiva division of 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补蝉. The 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补蝉 represent the wisdom that has come down from lord 艢iva, received by P膩rvat墨 and accepted by Vi峁ａ箛u. The 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补蝉 are divided into four groups viz. 艢aiva, P膩艣upata, Soma and L膩kula. 艢aiva is further divided in to Dak峁峁嘺, V膩ma and Siddh膩nta (e.g., 苍颈艣惫腻蝉补-腻驳补尘补).
According to the 辫谤补迟颈蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 theory of 膧gama origin and relationship (sambandha), it was 厂补诲腻艣颈惫补 who first imparted the 狈颈艣惫腻蝉腻驳补尘补 through parasambandha to Da艣膩r峁嘺, who then imparted it through 尘补丑腻苍蝉补尘产补苍诲丑补 to 艢ailaja who then, through divya-sambandha, transmitted it to the Devas who, through 诲颈惫测腻诲颈惫测补-蝉补尘产补苍诲丑补, transmitted it to the 峁氠梗is who finally, through adivya-sambandha, revealed the 狈颈艣惫腻蝉腻驳补尘补 to human beings (Manu峁a). (also see Ananta艣ambhu鈥檚 commentary on the Siddh膩ntas膩r膩vali of Trilocana艣iv膩c膩rya)
The Up膩gamas for 狈颈艣惫腻蝉腻驳补尘补 are: 狈颈艣惫腻蝉补, Ni艣v膩sottara, 狈颈艣惫腻蝉补mukhodaya, 狈颈艣惫腻蝉补nayana, 狈颈艣惫腻蝉补k膩rik膩, Ghora, Yam膩khya and Guhya. The purpose of revealing Up膩gamas is to explain more elaborately than that of M奴l膩gamas and to include any new idea if not dealt in M奴l膩gamas.
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.
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Partial matches: Nishvasa, Agama.
Full-text: Dasharna, Shailaja, Nishvasanayana, Yamakhya, Ghora, Guhya, Nishvasottara, Nishvasamukhodaya, Nishvasakarika, Nishvasa, Aghora, Shaivagama, Siddhantagama, Agamasharira, Rudrabhedagama.
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