Alphabet: 1 definition
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Alphabet 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.
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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (hinduism)The Alphabet is considered as a concentrate of the universe (and representing Brahma, being used for meditation), according to the “Vaḍā Bhale Bhavāṃnī” (dealing with Hymns and Rituals), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The alphabet (mātṛkā) considered as a concentrate of the universe and representing Brahma being used for meditation because it is the manifestation of the śabdabrahman as anāhata and represents the trimūrti. The letters have to be laid out in six concentric lotuses, with six letters in lotus no. 1, 2, 3, and 6, twelve in lotus no. 4 and sixteen in lotus no. 5. Then the letters are detailed. Their total should be 52. There are the 16 vowels, which have to be understood as a, ā, i, ī, u, ū, ṛ, long ṛ, ḷ, long ḷ, e, ai, o, au, aṃ and aḥ. Verse 20 to 54 each start with a word containing the consonant dealt with in succession, with two verses for ka and ca, no verse for ṇa and one verse for the others (kha, ga, ṅa, cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ta, tha, da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, ra, la, va, śa, ṣa, sa, ha and kṣa in 54). Although tra and jña have to be included to reach the total of 52, they are not treated separately.
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Starts with: Alphabetic notation.
Full-text (+370): Matrika, Varnamala, Lipi, Aksharasamamnayika, E, O, Varna, Siddhamatrika, Aksharasamamnaya, U, Aksharamala, Ai, Aksharaolakha, Devanagari, Kharoshti, Varnasamghata, Shabdarashimaheshvara, Bija, Jha, Ri.
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Search found 104 books and stories containing Alphabet; (plurals include: Alphabets). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
14. The Chāndogya Upaniṣad on Phonetics of ‘OM’ < [Chapter 2 - “Om” and its Esoteric Significance]
7. Mantras to wear in different parts < [Chapter 4 - A Critical approach to Rudrākṣa based on Śaiva Upaniṣads]
3. The form of Aghora < [Chapter 5 - Essence of Pañcabrahma Upaniṣad]
Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
The Vidyārambha Saṃskāra < [Chapter 2 - Rituals of the Education System]
Number of Saṃskāras < [Chapter 2 - Rituals of the Education System]
Subjects studied in the Buddhist Period < [Chapter 5 - Subjects studied in the Vedic and Buddhist period]
Evolution of Writing < [October – December, 2008]
Enlivening Cells < [October – December, 2003]
In Continuum < [July – September, 1988]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 3: Birth and childhood of Kanakavatī < [Chapter III - Vasudeva’s Marriage with Kanakavatī and her Former Incarnations]
Part 8: Conquest of the southern district of the Sindhu by Sagara < [Chapter IV - Conquest of Bharatavarṣa by Sagara]
Part 13: Sagara’s omniscience < [Chapter VI - Emancipation of Ajita Svāmin and Sagara]
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