Agastyasamhita, Agastyasaṃhitā, Agastya-samhita: 6 definitions
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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsAgastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता) is the name of various Pāñcarātra Āgama texts.—There are two texts that must be noted—one “apocryphal,” the other “authentic”—both to be considered for all practical purposes as Pāñcarātrin. The “apocryphal” can be described as the “Agastya-Sutīkṣṇa-saṃvāda”; while the “authentic” work can be designated as the “Agastya-Brahma-saṃvāda”.
The “apocryphal” Agastyasaṃhitā has been published in four editions and has been accepted by many as the genuine “agastya-saṃhitā” named in the canonical lists of the Pañcarātrāgama canon. In fact it is a relatively late work of the Rāma cult, with no internal evidence marking it as distinctively Pāñcarātra in character. As it comes to us today, it is a work of some 34 medium-length chapters—even though some printed versions and several extant manuscript traditions preserve only 32 chapters. In it Sūta narrates a dialogue between the sages Sutīkṣṇa and Agastya during the course of which dialogue a conversation between Śiva and Pārvatī is recorded. The whole deals with the worship of Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa and Hanumān—with composition of mantras to them and the use of these mantras in worship taking the primary attention. Neither in philosophical orientation nor in practical details is there anything specifically Pañcarātra about the work—unlike typical works of the canon.
The “authentic” Agastyasaṃhitā has been reconstructed in part from existing manuscript traditions; it has not been published. So far only parts of nine chapters of varying lengths have been found: chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11. What survives clearly indicates that this is a work typical of the Pāñcarātra school—not only is the word “Pāñcarātra” used naturally in the course of the text, but such Pāñcarātra concepts as the Vyūhas (Vāasudeva, et. al.) are encountered. Moreover, the exposition of the narrative follows a general order normally found in other saṃhitā-texts.
Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)Agastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता) or simply Agastya is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a sāttvika type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika (e.g., Agastyasaṃhitā-saṃhitā). b. Rājasa. c. Tāmasa.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता).—Agastya's collection of law.
Agastyasaṃhitā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agastya and saṃhitā (संहिता).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Agastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from Pāñcarātra. Mysore. 3. Kāśīn. 6. Lahore. 1882, 9. Peters. 1, 113 (?). Quoted by Hemādri in Vratakhaṇḍa I, 942.
—Agastyasaṃhitāyām Paramarahasya. W. 1525.
—Mānasī pūjā (ch. 35). Bhk. 16.
—Rāmakalpa. Oppert. Ii, 4202.
—Rāmārcā. Oudh. Xv, 124.
—Ṣoḍaśopacāravidhi. Pet. 725.
—Sāvitrībrahmavidyā. Taylor. 1, 108.
2) Agastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता):—[tantric] B. 4, 252. Rādh. 33 (jy). Oudh. Viii, 26. Ix, 18. Np. V, 136. X, 22 (paur. perhaps from Skandapurāṇa. Oxf. 84^b). Poona. 333. 334. H. 25 (paur.). Oppert. Ii, 3950. Quoted in Tantrasāra Oxf. 95^a, in Śāktānandataraṅgiṇī Oxf. 103^b, in Śaṅkaravijaya Oxf. 252^a.
Agastyasaṃhitā has the following synonyms: Agastisaṃhitā.
3) Agastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता):—[tantric] Mentioned in Āgamatattvavilāsa.
4) Agastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता):—[tantric] Rgb. 1003. Stein 227.
5) Agastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता):—[tantric] Ulwar 2035. Agastyasaṃhitāyāṃ Gāyatrīkavaca. Ulwar 2103.
—Rāmamānasapūjana. Ulwar 2316.
6) Agastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता):—from the Skandapurāṇa. As p. 1. Hpr. 1, 1. Io. 2177 B. Agastyasaṃhitāyāṃ Hālāsyamāhātmyam. As p. 1.
7) Agastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता):—[tantric] Agastyasaṃhitāyāṃ Jānakīstavarāja. Bd. 147 (and C.). L.. 1309. Dakṣiṇakālikāyā Dīpapaṭala. L.. 1286, 2. Rāmanavamīvrata L.. 649.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgastyasaṃhitā (अगस्त्यसंहिता):—[=agastya-saṃhitā] [from agastya > agasti] f. Name of an old compendium of the Tantra literature.
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Partial matches: Agastya, Samhita.
Ends with: Mahagastyasamhita.
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