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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Garttā (गर्त्ता) or Garttāyāga refers to the “pit (of power)”, according to the Brahmayāmala-tantra (or Picumata), an early 7th century Śaiva text consisting of twelve-thousand verses.—Attainment of direct, power-bestowing encounters (melaka) with the goddesses is one of the Brahmayāmala’s dominant ritual aims, as illustrated by the “rite for the mastery of vetālas” (vetālasādhana, ch. 15), “rite of the great churning” (mahāmanthāna, ch. 46), “pavilion of power” (siddhimaṇḍapikā, ch. 47), and “worship in the pit [of power]” (siddhi-garttā-yāga, ch. 48). These virtuoso and macabre performances may culminate with the goddesses manifesting bodily before the sādhaka and granting boons.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

garttā (गर्त्ता).—f (gartta S) This word, being Prakrit, is better written garatā.

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

garttā (गर्त्ता).—f A hole or pit.

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

Gartta (गर्त्त).—m.

(-rttaḥ) 1. A hole in general. 2. The hollow of the lions. 3. The name of a country; also trigartta, in the north-west of India. 4. A kind of disease. E. gṛ to drop, Unadi affix tan.

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

Gartta (गर्त्त):—(rttiḥ) 1. m. A hole; hollow of the loins; a country; a disease.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Gartta (गर्त्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gaḍḍa.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Garttayaga.

Ends with: Ajigartta, Pragartta, Rogartta, Trigartta.

Full-text: Trigartta, Gadda, Garttika, Ushara, Garata.

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