Vastumatra, Vastumātra, Vastu-matra: 8 definitions
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Vastumatra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramVastumātra (वस्तुमात्र) refers to “(being) merely an entity”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “Kula is the goddess Kuṇḍalinī, Karaṅkinyā, she who transports (the energies). She is Śakti who goes to Kula. I praise her who is auspicious in every way. All that is perceived in the mortal (world) is just an entity (vastumātra) born of Kula. Kula, the omnipresent Lord is where everything dissolves away”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kavya)Vastumātra (वस्तुमात्र) refers to one of the three divisions of Pratīyamānārtha (“suggestive meaning”), according to the Dhvanyāloka by Ānandavardhana (the founder of Dhvani school of Sanskrit poetics).—The suggestive sense is referred to as dhvani in Sanskrit poetics. Ānandavardhana speaks about two broad divisions of the suggestive meaning—It establishes that the meaning that satisfies the soul of the connoisseur is the soul of poetry and it is divided into two varieties viz., vācyārtha and pratīyamānārtha. Vācyārtha is the primary meaning which is explicit in nature and pratīyamānārtha is the suggestive meaning. The pratīyamānārtha is influenced by the vācyārtha and divided into three sub-varieties [e.g., vastumātra]. These three varieties of pratīyamānārtha are accepted as the three varieties of Dhvani i.e., suggestive sense.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesVastumātra (वस्तुमात्र) refers to the “pure reality”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “[...] (The meaning of the letter ka, i.e., not being located anywhere, etc.—) Ka [refers to] all that I repeat narrating in the non-duality of consciousness. [It is] not located anywhere; hence, [it is] the letter ka. Therefore, [it is] not [that] direct perception of things is void; [it is] of the nature of the pure reality (vastumātra). [...]”.
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 (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvastumātra (वस्तुमात्र).—n S The skeleton or outline (of a discourse &c.) 2 Everything whatever.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVastumātra (वस्तुमात्र).—the mere outline or skeleton of any subject (to be afterwards developed).
Derivable forms: vastumātram (वस्तुमात्रम्).
Vastumātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vastu and mātra (मात्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVastumātra (वस्तुमात्र).—n.
(-traṃ) Outline of any subject, skeleton of a discourse. E. vastu and mātra only.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVastumātra (वस्तुमात्र):—[=vastu-mātra] [from vastu > vas] n. the mere outline of any subject, skeleton of a discourse, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVastumātra (वस्तुमात्र):—[vastu-mātra] (traṃ) 1. n. Mere outline.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Matra, Vastu.
Full-text: Samaropaka, Anupasamharin, Bhavapratyaksha, Pratyaksha, Pratiyamanartha.
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The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1052 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
3: Definition of Samāsokti Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
1.3. Elements of Drama (h): Sentiment (Rasa) < [Chapter 3 - Drama and Dance]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 5 - Concept of bhakti < [Chapter XXXI - The Philosophy of Vallabha]
The Buddhist Philosophy of Universal Flux (by Satkari Mookerjee)
Chapter XVII - Perception in Dignāga’s School of Philosophy < [Part II - Logic and Epistemology]