Amritikarana, Amṛtīkaraṇa, Amriti-karana: 7 definitions
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Amritikarana 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 term Amṛtīkaraṇa can be transliterated into English as Amrtikarana or Amritikarana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Academia.edu: Ayurveda and Pharmaceutics (rasashastra)Amṛtīkaraṇa is a process adopted to remove the residual toxins and to enhance the therapeutic action of drugs. Tāmra-bhasma (copper cinder) is made in this process.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsAmṛtīkaraṇa (अमृतीकरण):—A process adopted for the removal of remnant impurities / toxicity
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Shodhganga: Temple management in the ĀgamasAmṛtīkaraṇa (अमृतीकरण) refers to certain a ceremony to be performed during pūjā (ritualistic worship), according to the Arcanāvidhipaṭala of Kāmikāgama.—The Ācārya then chants the ṣaḍaṅgamantra and performs aṅganyāsa. The Āgama says that just as the sun and fire are powerful by their rays, the aṅgamantras are similarly powerful, being śivasvarūpa and representing the six qualities of the Lord. Then the Ācārya performs amṛtīkaraṇa, with the appropriate mudrā, meditating on the Lord who has the six adhvās for his body, is ever beneficent, is ever with sakti and is ever blissful, having the directions for his faces.
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: ManthanabhairavatantramAmṛtīkaraṇa (अमृतीकरण) (cf. Samayāvidyā) refers to that which is “transformed into nectar”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—The goddess’s samayā-vidyā consists of thirty-two syllables. Newar initiates accordingly call it battisī-vidyā which is a direct translation of the common expression found in the texts dvātriṃśākṣarikā-vidyā i.e. the Vidyā of Thirty-two (syllables) (e.g. see Kumārikākhaṇḍa 9/30-31ab). It is extracted in code in the reverse order in Kumārikākhaṇḍa 8/42cd-85ab. [...] Recited in reverse, it is the Vidyā of the dark lunar fortnight, that is, the sequence (krama) of the New Moon (ibid. 8/42cd). It is “transformed into nectar” (amṛtīkaraṇa) by reciting it in the forward order together with five seed-syllables called the Five Praṇavas, that are added in the forward order in the beginning and the same five in the reverse order at the end. Then it becomes the Vidyā of the goddess in her aspect as the Full Moon (ibid. 8/91).
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmṛtīkaraṇa (अमृतीकरण):—[=amṛtī-karaṇa] [from a-mṛta > a-mūla] n. changing into nectar.
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Amriti, Karana.
Ends with: Pancamritikarana.
Full-text: Acamana, Anganyasa, Acamaniya, Padya, Arghya, Samayavidya, Atmashuddhi.
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