The Sanskrit terms Amṛtakuṇḍali and Amṛtakuṇḍalī can be transliterated into English as Amrtakundali or Amritakundali, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Shodhganga: Mantra-sādhana: Chapter One of the Kakṣapuṭatantra

Amṛtakuṇḍalī (अमृतकुण्डली) is the name of a Goddess mentioned in the Kakṣapuṭatantra  verse 1.1.—“She is eternal, has a splendid body that plays with Akula (i.e., Śiva), unfolds [her existence] from the beginning, is full of light, is Amṛtakuṇḍalī, is the supreme of supreme, has the nature of mantra, bestows siddhis, has a rosary and a book, has three eyes, is [white] like Jasmine flower or the moon, and is unmoving. I take refuge in the goddess of speech, who causes the visible manifestations of eternal happiness”

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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.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Amṛtakuṇḍali (अमृतकुण्डलि) refers to the “Kuṇḍalinī of Nectar”, according to the Tantric texts such as the Kubjikāmata-tantra, the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly:—“[...] Then handing (back to Bhairava) the Garland of Letters whose form consists of the principles of existence, she (i.e., the Goddess) resumed her prior body made of the seed-syllable (AIṀ), and she who is the Kuṇḍalinī of Nectar (amṛtakuṇḍali) fell asleep”.

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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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Fragment of the Vajrāmṛtamahātantra

Amṛtakuṇḍalī (अमृतकुण्डली) or Amṛtakuṇḍalin is the name of a deity as defined in the ‘śrī-amṛtakuṇḍalin-utpatti’ chapter of the 9th-century Vajrāmṛtatantra or Vajrāmṛtamahātantra: one of the main and earliest Buddhist Yoginītantras. Chapter 9 begins with the visualisation of Amṛtakuṇḍalin: he has three faces and six arms, is fierce and appears black like the newly split antimony; he is surrounded by a garland of flames, he is cruel, and he is endowed with reddish-brown eyes; he is crushing the Great Obstacle(s) under his feet; his fist is raised, holding a hatchet; with his left hands he holds a club, a vajra and a noose. His forefinger is threatening all evil beings. The practitioner should visualize a sword in his hand; afterwards, he should visualize the eight Wisdoms along with the door-guardians; eventually he should project the eight Wisdoms into the petals.

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Amṛtakuṇḍalī (अमृतकुण्डली) refers to the “nectar of kuṇḍalinī (yoga)” which (as part of the Gurumaṇḍala rite) refers to one of the various rituals typically performed as a part of the larger rites, according to Buddhist teachings followed by the Newah in Nepal, Kathmandu Valley (whose roots can be traced to the Licchavi period, 300-879 CE).—[...] Within the gurumaṇḍala the mantra-pātra, from the Cakrasaṃvara-samādhi and Vāruṇī-pūjā is also worshiped, along with caṇḍalī-yoga, “yogic heat”, as amṛtakuṇḍalī, “the nectar of kuṇḍalinī (yoga)”. The gurumaṇḍala also contains the ṣoḍaśa-lāśyā, “the sixteen dances”, which is actually sixteen dancing Goddesses, which symbolize offerings of the senses, and are usually performed using mudrās, “hand gestures”.

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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 Dictionary

amṛtakuṇḍalī (अमृतकुंडली).—f A particular musical instrument.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Amṛtakuṇḍalī (अमृतकुण्डली).—name of a deity: Mahāvyutpatti 4330.

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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: Amrita, Kundali, Kuntali.

Starts with: Amritakundalin, Amritakundalyutpatti.

Full-text: Jivitantakara, Vinayaka, Visphota, Mahaganapati, Garja, Lasya, Mantrapatra, Shodasha, Shodashalashya, Amritakundalyutpatti, Gurumandala, Dashakrodha, Lolibhuta, Amritakundalin.

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