Avyaktarupa, Avyakta-rupa, Avyaktarūpa: 4 definitions
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Avyaktarupa 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationAvyaktarūpa (अव्यक्तरूप) or simply Avyakta refers to “one who assumes the unmanifest form” and represents and epithet of Goddess Durgā, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.11. Accordingly as Brahmā said to Nārada:—“[...] O sage, seeing her [Durgā] who was Śiva’s Energy herself, directly in front of me, my lofty shoulders bent down with devotion and I eulogised her after due obeisance. [...] Thou art the Vidyā of diverse sorts. Thou art endowed with illumination, purity and detachment. Thou assumest Kūṭastha (perpetually immovable), Avyakta (unmanifest) [viz., Avyaktarūpa] and Ananta (infinite) form and Thou art the eternal time holding all the worlds”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramAvyaktarūpa (अव्यक्तरूप) refers to “one whose body is unmanifest”, according to the commentary on the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “Kubjikā is the crooked (energy) of those two (the Sun and the Moon). [...] (Her body is) both manifest and unmanifest [i.e., avyaktarūpa]. Kauleśvarī, who possesses such a body, cannot be conceived to be either supreme (transcendent) or inferior (immanent). This is because she is the energy of the submarine fire (vāḍavīkalā) in as much as she pervades the Wheel of Fire and withdraws it”.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Source: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusAvyaktarūpa (अव्यक्तरूप) refers to the “undeveloped form” (of the limbs of young elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 5, “on marks of the stages of life”]: “2. Tender, copper-colored, with soft down on his fore-limbs, drowsy, marked by a blotchy trunk, having limbs undeveloped in form (avyaktarūpa-aṅgayuta), seeking the breast, in the first year he has the name of bāla (‘infant’)”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
[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.
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Partial matches: Avyakta, Rupa.
Full-text: Avyakta.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 133 < [Volume 24 (1918)]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
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A conceptual study on efficacy of kokila varti in the management of prathamapatalagata timira with special reference to simple myopia – a review < [2018, Issue III, march,]
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