Brahmasamhita, Brahmasaṃhitā, Brahma-samhita, Brāhmasaṃhitā: 4 definitions
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Brahmasamhita 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
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Brāhmasaṃhitā (ब्राह्मसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā 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.—The second chapter contains a canonical list of which it says that “The Pāñcarātra system was taught to various sages who, in turn, understanding those parts only made accessible to their respective limited understandings, promulgated their teachings in a number of saṃhitā-texts [e.g., the Brāhmasaṃhitā]. [...] Although the number of saṃhitā-texts extant is infinite, the particular works available from age to age differ”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—of the Skandapurāṇa. Np. V, 102 (and—[commentary]). Burnell. 194^a. Brahmasaṃhitāyām Utpalāraṇyamāhātmya. H. 28.
—Nṛsiṃhakavaca. K. 44.
—Śāntika. P. 21.
2) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—bhakti. In 63 or 65 stanzas. Io. 199 (Bhagavatsiddhāntasaṃgraha). Hall. p. 126 (and—[commentary]). Paris. (B 199). L. 691 (Bhagavatsiddhāntasaṃgraha). Ben. 81. 85 (and—[commentary]). Bik. 572 (?). NW. 302. Oudh. 1877, 10 (‘a treatise on Śārīrakasūtra’).
—[commentary] by Jīvagosvāmin. Io. 199. L. 691. NW. 304. Sūcīpattra. 66.
3) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—[tantric] Quoted in Tantrasāra Oxf. 95^a, and in Āgamatattvavilāsa.
4) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—jy. See Brahmasiddhānta.
5) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—of the Skandapurāṇa. Stein 217 (adhy. 1. 2). Brahmasaṃhitāyāṃ Haridrācūrṇadhāraṇamāhātmya. L. 4092.
6) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—bhakti. Io. 199 (fifth chapter: Bhagavatsiddhāntasaṃgraha). L. 691 (dto.). Rgb. 147.
—[commentary] Digdarśinī by Jīvagosvāmin. Io. 199. L. 691.
7) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—[tantric] Quoted by Narasiṃha in Tārābhaktisudhārṇava, Catal. Io. p. 898.
8) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—bhakti. Ulwar 526. 807.
—[commentary] Digdarśinī. Ulwar 807.
Brahmasaṃhitā has the following synonyms: Bhagavatsiddhāntasaṃgraha.
9) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—on the worship of Kṛṣṇa, said to have contained 100 Adyāyāḥ. It censists of extracts from a number of Upaniṣads. As p. 123 (3 Mss.). Bd. 197. L.. 717 (Adhyāya 5). C. Digdarśinī by Rūpagosvāmin. Bd. 197. L.. 717. Brahmasaṃhitāyāṃ Gopālakavacapañjara. Peters. 6, 482.
—Nṛsiṃhakavaca. As p. 95.
1) Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—[=brahma-saṃhitā] [from brahma > brahman] f. a collection of prayers, [Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce works. (also -vyākhyā f.)
Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—[(brahman + saṃ)] f. eine Sammlung von Gebeten: haraṃ prāptā jayanto brahmasaṃhitām (= praṇavam [Scholiast]) [Harivaṃśa 16264.] Titel einer best. Schrift [Oxforder Handschriften 95,a. 43.] [WILSON, Sel. Works] [?I,153. HALL 126.] vyākhyā ebend. Nach [Śabdakalpadruma] = bhagavatsiddhāntasaṃgrahagranthaviśeṣaḥ mit folg. Belege: adhyāyaśatasaṃpannā bhagavadbrahmasaṃhitā . [‡]kiṃ copaniṣadāṃ sāraiḥ saṃcitā brahmaṇoditā .. iti brahmasaṃhitāyāṃ bhagavatsiddhāntasaṃgrahe mūlasūtrākhyapañcamādhyāyasya jīvagosvāmikṛtā ṭīkā ..
Brahmasaṃhitā (ब्रह्मसंहिता):—f. —
1) eine Sammlung von Gebeten. Nach dem Comm. = praṇava —
2) Titel eines Werkes.
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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