Vidyashakti, Vidyāśakti, Vidya-shakti: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vidyāśakti can be transliterated into English as Vidyasakti or Vidyashakti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Wisdom Library: Elements of Hindu IconograpyVidyāśakti (विद्याशक्ति):—Another name for Icchāśakti (third of the five Śakti to evolve, at the end of an aeonic destruction, called saṃhāra). It is called so because it understand māyā, the objects ushered into existence by the māyā and the distinction of the soul from the above two.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric TraditionsVidyāśakti (विद्याशक्ति) refers to the “power of the vidyā”, according to the Mataṅgapārameśvara (with Rāmakaṇṭha’s commentary).—Accordingly, “[...] [Rāmakaṇṭha]:—Now if you ask what this vidyāvrata is which he must have observed, this is what the text teaches: The power of the vidyā [i.e., vidyāśakti] that is mentioned here [in this compound vidyāvrata] is first to be recited for a year in a temple to Śiva, while exercising control of the senses, maintaining purity, eating daily [only the sacrificial gruel known as] caru, sleeping on the ground in the room reserved for pūjā and fire[-sacrifice] on a spread of kuśa-grass, with his mind engaged [in meditation], focussed. [Rāmakaṇṭha]:—It [viz. the power of the vidyā] is the vyomavyāpin.
Shaiva (शैव, 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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shakti, Vidya.
Ends with: Avidyashakti.
Full-text: Icchashakti, Shakti.
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