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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Śāktism

Aṅgahīna (अङ्गहीन) means “devoid of any member” and represents one of the sixty defects of mantras, according to the 11th century Kulārṇava-tantra: an important scripture of the Kaula school of Śāktism traditionally stated to have consisted of 125.000 Sanskrit verses.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Śrī Devī: “For those who do japa without knowing these defects [e.g., aṅgahīna—devoid of any member], there is no realization even with millions and billions of japa. [...] Oh My Beloved! there are ten processes for eradicating defects in Mantras as described. [...]”.

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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.

Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras)

Source: Wisdom Library: Mantrashastra

Aṅgahīna (अङ्गहीन) refers to one of the various mantradoṣa (“defects of mantras”), according to Tantric digests such as the Bṛhattantrasāra (part 4 page 814), Nāradapurāṇa (Nārada-mahā-purāṇa) (verses 64.14-58), Śaradātilaka (verses 2.71-108), Padārthādarśa and Śrīvidyārṇava-tantra.—Aṅgahīna is defined as “mantra consisting of 26, 36, or 29 syllables”. [unverified translation!] The Mantra defect elimination methods consist in performing purification rites (saṃskāra).—See Kulārṇava-tantra verse 15.71-2 and Śaradātilaka verse 2.114-22.

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Mantrashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, mantraśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mantras—chants, incantations, spells, magical hymns, etc. Mantra Sastra literature includes many ancient books dealing with the methods reciting mantras, identifying and purifying its defects and the science behind uttering or chanting syllables.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

aṅgahīna (अंगहीन).—a (S) Lacking a member or a part; mutilated or maimed; unentire or incomplete.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

aṅgahīna (अंगहीन).—a Lacking a member or a part, mutilated or maimed. Incomplete.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aṅgahīna (अङ्गहीन).—a. [tṛ. ta.]

1) mutilated, deprived of some defective limb (aṅgaṃ hīnaṃ yatho- citapramāṇāt alpaṃ yasya) according to Suśruta a man is so born, if the mother's दोहद (dohada) has not been duly fulfilled (sā prāptadaurhṛdā putraṃ janayeta guṇānvitam | alabdhadaurhṛdā garbhe labhetā- tmani vā bhayam || yeṣu yeṣvindriyārtheṣu daurhṛde vai vimānanā | jāyate tatsutasyārtistasmiṃstasmiṃstathendriye ||).

Aṅgahīna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṅga and hīna (हीन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṅgahīna (अङ्गहीन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Mutilated, maimed, defective. E. aṅga a limb, hīna deprived of.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṅgahīna (अङ्गहीन).—[adjective] deficient in limbs; [abstract] tva [neuter]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Aṅgahīna (अङ्गहीन):—[=aṅga-hīna] [from aṅga] mfn. limbless, mutilated

2) [v.s. ...] incorporeal

3) [v.s. ...] m. Kāmadeva.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṅgahīna (अङ्गहीन):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.

(-naḥ-nā-nam) Mutilated, maimed, defective. Ii. m.

(-naḥ) Kāmadeva. E. aṅga and hīna.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṅgahīna (अङ्गहीन):—[aṅga-hīna] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Maimed, defective in limb or limbs.

[Sanskrit to German]

Angahina in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃgahīna (ಅಂಗಹೀನ):—[adjective] suffering from some disability of the body; crippled; maimed.

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Aṃgahīna (ಅಂಗಹೀನ):—[noun] a man having partial disablement in the body; a physically handicapped man.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Hina, Anga.

Starts with: Amgahinate, Angahinatva.

Ends with: Anangahina.

Full-text: Angahinatva, Mantradosha.

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