Bharadvajasamhita, Bhāradvājasaṃhitā, Bharadvaja-samhita: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)1) Bharadvājasaṃhitā (भरद्वाजसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography.—For the list of works, see chapter 1, verses 14b-27. The list [including Bharadvājasaṃhitā] was said to have comprised “108” titles, these, different saṃhitās named after different manifestations of the Lord or different teachers. They are all said to be authoritative as the ultimate promulgator of all these is the same Nārāyaṇa.
2) Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—[Cf. Jñānapāda chapter 1, verses 99-114]—First is explained the folly of following more than one Saṃhitā for a single series of rituals. Then the names of the 108 Tantras of the Pāñcarātra corpus are named [e.g., Bhāradvājasaṃhitā]. Even those who repeat these 108 titles will gain salvation.
3) Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता) is classified as a Sāttvika (=Munivākya) type of Pāñcarātra text, according to the Pārameśvarasaṃhitā: an important Pāñcarātra text of 8700 verses followed closely by the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam—dealing with priestly concerns such as their daily routines, occasional liturgies and expiatory services.—[Cf. chapter 10 verses 374-386a].
4) Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Puruṣottamasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the Pāñcarātra priestly community.
5) Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Bhāradvājasaṃhitā or “Bhāradvāja-kaṇva-saṃhitā”: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 230 ślokas mainly concerned with basic details concerning temple construction and icon consecration.
6) Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, pūjā (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and prāyaścitta (expiatory measures).
7) Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2600 Sanskrit verses covering topics such as initiation (dīkṣā) and the construction, decoration and consecration of temples and icons, as well as routines of regular and special worship cycles.—
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsBhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता) is the name of various Pāñcarātra Āgama texts.—There are to be distinguished two texts—both products of the Pāñcarātra school—with identical titles. The printed text is a four-chapter devotional piece on prapatti. The second is a short document, an unpublished manuscript tradition, that is more typical—albeit in truncated form—of Pāñcarātra works. It may alternatively be called “Bhāradvāja-kaṇva-saṃhitā”.
The “printed” Bhāradvājasaṃhitā is is a short (400 ślokas) inspirational work of four chapters devoted to outlining and eulogizing the behavior of a pious Śrī-vaiṣṇava devotee. It has probably been circulated—and widely circulated, if the number of editions is any indication as a layman’s manual. In it prapatti, both as an attitude and as a liturgical sacrament, is given marked attention. A suggestion is made in the opening lines that this work may once have formed part of a larger, more comprehensive text.
The “Bhāradvāja-kaṇva-saṃhitā” is divided into ten or more chapters and comprises some 230 ślokas. It is mainly concerned with providing a temple, once it is built, with properly consecrated icons—although all the chapters are brief and afford no more than a cursory review of salient features of prasāda, pratiṣṭhā and pūjā-routines. The narrative framework is a dialogue between Kaṇva and Bharadvāja.
Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता) or simply Bhāradvāja is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a sāttvika type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika (e.g., Bhāradvājasaṃhitā-saṃhitā). b. Rājasa. c. Tāmasa.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (v)Bharadvājasaṃhitā (भरद्वाजसंहिता) is the name of a text belonging to the Vaiṣṇava Āgamas.—The Bharadvājasaṃhitā is an exclusive eulogy of the discipline followed by a Śrīvaiṣṇava devotee with extensive exposition of the concept of prapatti (self-surrender), both in its general and liturgical aspects.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (h)Bharadvājasaṃhitā (भरद्वाजसंहिता) is the name of an Agamic text which contains an exclusive eulogy of the discipline followed by a Śrīvaiṣṇava devotee with extensive exposition of the concept of Prapatti, both in its general and liturgical aspects.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Bharadvājasaṃhitā (भरद्वाजसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—of Pāñcarātra. Mysore. 3. Oppert. 8135. Rice. 96. Bharadvājasaṃhitāyāṃ Kārttikamāhātmya. B. 2, 40. Burnell. 205^a.
2) Bharadvājasaṃhitā (भरद्वाजसंहिता):—bhakti. L. 2819. K. 124 (and—[commentary]). Bik. 572. Oudh. Xv, 126. Taylor. 1, 304. Oppert. Ii, 3739. 4798.
—[commentary] L. 2810. Oppert. Ii, 4101.
3) Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता):—[dharma] Quoted in the Smṛtyarthasāgara. See Bharadvājasmṛti.
4) Bharadvājasaṃhitā (भरद्वाजसंहिता):—bhakti, in 4 adhyāyās. Io. 3245. Oudh. Xxi, 160. Xxii, 120 (and—[commentary]).
5) Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता):—See Bharadvājasaṃhitā.
6) Bharadvājasaṃhitā (भरद्वाजसंहिता):—of the Ādimahāpurāṇa. See Hemakūṭakhaṇḍa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bharadvājasaṃhitā (भरद्वाजसंहिता):—[=bharad-vāja-saṃhitā] [from bharad-vāja > bharad > bhara] f. Name of [work]
2) Bhāradvājasaṃhitā (भारद्वाजसंहिता):—[=bhāradvāja-saṃhitā] [from bhāradvāja] f. Name of [work]
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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