Adyashakti, Ādyaśakti, Adya-shakti, Ādyāśakti: 2 definitions
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Adyashakti 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 terms Ādyaśakti and Ādyāśakti can be transliterated into English as Adyasakti or Adyashakti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramĀdyaśakti (आद्यशक्ति) refers to the “primary energy”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—[...] By contracting the anus, inhaling and then retaining the breath, this energy is raised up with, and through, the flow of vitality that travels up the central channel of vitality in the body called Suṣumṇā. Like a whirling wheel of fire, it enters first the navel and then the heart. Its movement beyond this station of expansion marks its progressive depletion as it assumes increasingly subtle forms of sound (nāda). Finally, at the climax of its ascent, it merges into the primary energy (ādyaśakti) of the sphere of Śiva’s transcendental being (śāmbhavamaṇḍala). Thus, through this process, the residual traces of past action are burnt away.
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)Ādyaśakti (आद्यशक्ति) refers to the “primordial power”, according to the King Vatsarāja’s Pūjāstuti called the Kāmasiddhistuti (also Vāmakeśvarīstuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nityā.—Accordingly, “[...] O Mother! Great Goddess! Supreme Goddess! People proclaim you Lakṣmī, Parā Prakṛti, who has chowries as lovely distinctive marks and who bears a sole [royal] parasol covering the entire world. They proclaim you as the conferer of fame, the primordial power (ādyaśakti), and the supervisor of both higher and lower realms”.
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.
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Partial matches: Shakti, Adya.
Starts with: Adyashaktidhyana.
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