Saptakshara, 厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补, 厂补辫迟补办峁Ｄ乺补, Sapta-akshara: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补 and 厂补辫迟补办峁Ｄ乺补 can be transliterated into English as Saptaksara or Saptakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts1) 厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补 (啶膏お啷嵿い啶距啷嵿し啶�) refers to a particular method of making an image of R膩ma, as discussed in the thirtieth chapter of the Agastyasa峁僪it膩 (补驳补蝉迟测补-蝉耻墨办峁ａ箛补-蝉补峁僾腻诲补 edition), an ancient P膩帽car膩tra 膧gama text dealing with the worship of R膩ma, S墨t膩, Lak峁a峁嘺 and Hanum膩n.鈥擺Cf. the chapter 诲补艣腻办峁谤补惫颈诲丑颈]:鈥擺...] Three other methods鈥攖he 鈥�蝉补辫迟腻办峁谤补鈥�, the 鈥�补峁ａ弓腻办峁谤补鈥� and the 鈥�别办腻办峁谤补鈥濃�攁re described : One reveals R膩ma primarily as a warrior with Lak峁a峁嘺, another as a warrior without Lak峁a峁嘺, and the third as central figure among His male retinue and without S墨t膩. [...] The mantras used for Lak峁a峁嘺, 艢atrughna and Hanum膩n are to be prepared according to the rules, also. [...]
2) 厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补 (啶膏お啷嵿い啶距啷嵿し啶�) is the name of a Mantra discussed in the thirty-first chapter of the 闯补测腻办丑测补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra 膧gama text composed of 4500 verses in 33 chapters dealing with topics such as mantra (formulas), japa (repetitions), 诲丑测腻苍补 (meditations), 尘耻诲谤腻 (gesticulations), 苍测腻蝉补 (concentrations) etc.鈥擠escription of the chapter [耻辫腻峁単补-蝉腻诲丑补苍补]:鈥擧ere Bhagav膩n first takes up the practice of and the mastery over the powers inherent in the satyamantra (1-8), the 惫腻蝉耻诲别惫补尘补苍迟谤补 (9-14a), the 蝉补峁僰补谤峁峁嘺尘补苍迟谤补 (14b-21), the pradyumnamantra (22-30), the aniruddhamantra (31-38). Also, He similarly discusses the 蝉补辫迟腻办峁谤补-mantra ( 39-49 ).
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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补 (啶膏お啷嵿い啶距啷嵿し啶�) refers to one of the various emanations of 础办峁产丑测补 having their S膩dhana described in the 5th-century S膩dhanam膩l膩 (a collection of 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).鈥擧is 膧sana is the 腻濒墨岣峢补; his Praj帽膩 is Vajrav膩r膩h墨; He has three faces and six arms.鈥擳his variety of Hevajra is called 厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补 or 鈥渟even-syllabled鈥� because his Mantra consists of seven syllables. Like Dvibhuja-Sambara mentioned above, he is also embraced by Vajrav膩r膩h墨, who in all respects resembles her consort.
The Dhy膩na (meditation instructions) of 厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补 described in the S膩dhanam膩l膩 as follows:鈥�
[Like Sambara this god also tramples upon Kalar膩tri and holds the Vi艣vavajra on the crown. He has also the crescent on his head, is endowed with the six suspicious symbols, and stands in the 腻濒墨岣峢补 attitude on the orb of the sun. He has three faces of blue, yellow and green colour and carries the vajra, the 驳丑补峁囜弓腻 and the human skin in the three left hands and the 办补辫腻濒补 the 办丑补峁璿腻峁単补 and the 迟谤颈艣奴濒补 in the three right.]
[The 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 further adds that on each of the six spokes of the wheel of the sun on which the god stands there are six deities, namely, (commencing from the right) Heruk墨, Vajrav膩r膩h墨, Ghoraca峁囜笉墨, Vajrabh膩skar墨, Vajraraudr墨 and Vajra岣嵞乲in墨. They have respectively blue, yellow, red, green, smoky and white colour. All of them have dishevelled hair, fierce appearance, three eyes and the quarters as garments. They carry the resounding 岣峚尘补谤耻 and the 驳丑补峁囜弓腻 in the first pair of hands, and the human skin in the other pair. They stand on the orb of the sun placed on a corpse. Their head-dresses are decorated with rows of skulls, and they stand in the 腻濒墨岣峢补 attitude.]
[In another 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 devoted to the worship of 厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补, a slight variation is noticed. In it, it is said that the god carries, in the first pair of hands, engaged in embracing the Praj帽膩, the vajra and the 驳丑补峁囜弓腻; in the second pair, the human skin only, and in the third pair the 办补辫腻濒补 and the 迟谤颈艣奴濒补. The 办丑补峁璿腻峁単补 hangs from his shoulder as usual. Vajrav膩r膩h墨 is identical with the Praj帽膩 mentioned before, with this difference that she should have in her second pair of hands the bow and the arrow instead of the human skin.]
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鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysaptak峁Ｄ乺a (啶膏お啷嵿い啶曕啶粪ぞ啶�).鈥攎 pl (S) The seven salts (medicinal); viz. tila, ap膩m膩rga, kara帽ja, pal膩艣a, arka, yava, ci帽c膩. Note. Other enumerations are made, presenting divers salts vegetable and mineral; but the probability is that there is no duly-authorized 蝉补辫迟补办峁Ｄ乺补, and that the canonical catalogue is 补峁ａ弓补办峁Ｄ乺补, which see under ADDENDA.
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补 (啶膏お啷嵿い啶距啷嵿し啶�).鈥擺feminine] 墨 seven-syllabled.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 厂补辫迟腻办峁谤补 (啶膏お啷嵿い啶距啷嵿し啶�):鈥擺from sapta > saptan] mf(墨)n. containing 7 syllables, [Maitr膩ya峁嚹�-sa峁僪it膩; Pa帽car膩tra]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a word or a P膩da which contains 7 s掳, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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: Akshara, Kshara, Sapta.
Starts with: Saptaksharamantra.
Full-text: Saptaksharamantra, Ghoracandi, Vajrabhaskari, Vajraraudri, Heruki, Ekakshara, Vajravarahi, Vajradakini, Pranapratishtha, Dashaksharavidhi, Ashtakshara.
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