Shantikalpa, Śāntikalpa, Shanti-kalpa: 6 definitions

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Shantikalpa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Śāntikalpa can be transliterated into English as Santikalpa or Shantikalpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Shantikalpa in Purana glossary
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Śāntikalpa (शान्तिकल्प).—One of the five saṃhitā sections of the Atharvaveda composed by muni Muñjikeśa, the other four sections being nakṣatrakalpam, vedakalpam, saṃhitākalpam and āṅgirasakalpam. Nakṣatrakalpam contains rules for the worship of the stars; Vedakalpam contains the rites regarding Brahman, the Ṛtvik; saṃhitākalpam contains the rules about mantras, and the Āṅgirsakalpam deals with black magic and śāntikalpam contains rules about propitiating deities by offerings of horse, elephant etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Śāntikalpa (शान्तिकल्प).—The fifth part of the Atharva Samhitā.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 61. 54. Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 6. 14.
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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

[«previous next»] — Shantikalpa in Jyotisha glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Jyotiṣa

Śāntikalpa (शान्तिकल्प) refers to the “rules for propitiation” and is the name of the thirty-eighth chapter of the Gārgīyajyotiṣa. The Gārgīyajyotiṣa is one of the most comprehensive of Garga’s texts and written in the form of a dialogue between Krauṣṭuki (Ṛṣiputra) and Garga discussing astral and other omens, comprising a total of sixty-two chapters (viz., śānti-kalpa), known as aṅgas and summarized in the Aṅgasamuddiśa (“enumeration of the divisions”, introductory portion).

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shantikalpa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śāntikalpa (शान्तिकल्प) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Av. W. p. 89.

2) Śāntikalpa (शान्तिकल्प):—[dharma] Burnell. 138^b. Oppert. Ii, 5274. Peters. 3, 389.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śāntikalpa (शान्तिकल्प):—[=śānti-kalpa] [from śānti > śānta] m. Name of [work]

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Shantikalpa in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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