The Sanskrit term Aśmapṛṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Asmaprstha or Ashmaprishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Aśmapṛṣṭha (अश्मपृष्ठ) refers to “(on top of) stones”, according to the Ṭīkā (commentary) on the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā..—Accordingly, “(Giving this knowledge) to one who has no initiation, no hereafter, lineage, transmission of the teachers, no worship of the Kulakrama and is devoid of the Convention of the Flower and that of the purification of the teachers is like sowing the seeds of wheat, lentils and the like on barren ground, that is, on stones (aśmapṛṣṭha). It bears no fruit. Or else, it is like the flower (of menses). [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashmaprishtha 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.

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Partial matches: Asma, Prishtha, Asman.

Full-text: Asman.

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