Grantha, Gramtha: 21 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Grantha (ग्रन्थ) refers to the “(Kula) scripture”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “Again, the one who pierces the mind (with the energy of grace) is a (true) teacher. He should awaken the unawakened to the Kula scripture (grantha) by means of good languages (subhāṣā). The one who can explain the (yogic states known as) ‘Established in the Body’, ‘Established on the Plane’ and the procedure related to (the ritual offering) of bodily substances—what is supreme, subtle and gross—is a (true) teacher. (Caste is) no consideration, (whatever he be,) starting from a Brahmin to an outcaste. Indeed, the teacher is one whose action (ritual and yogic) is such is said to be a Brahmin (vipra—regardless of his caste)”.
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.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Grantha (ग्रन्थ) refers to “texts” (e.g., for studying yoga or philosophy), according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Some who are full of pride because they know a multitude of scriptures, do not know the [true] teaching, not even by [studying] hundreds of texts (grantha-śata). [Because their minds] are agitated by hundreds of conceptual processes consisting of meditation and so forth, [all of which are] grounded in desire [for some particular reward], they do not find the desired state that is to be obtained, however hard they torture [themselves]. [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Grantha (ग्रन्थ) refers to the “Pāñcarātra literature”, as discussed in the first chapter [first book] of the Jñānāmṛtasārasaṃhita: a Pāñcarātra text representing a sectarian glorification of Kṛṣṇa and Rādha (i.e., the cult of Radha-Krishna) dated among the latest of the Saṃhitā-type works.—Description of the chapter [vyāsadevaśukadevasaṃvāde granthapraśaṃsanam]: [...] Vyāsa praises the Pāñcarātra teachings [e.g., grantha-praśaṃsana]—especially the tradition handed down by Nārada—because they lead to the dāsya-type of devotion. He thereupon launches upon an extended eulogy of the Pāñcarātra system (60-82).
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)
Grantha (ग्रन्थ) refers to—Book.
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)
A verse containing thirty-two letters is called a grantha.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Grantha (ग्रन्थ) or Granthadhāraṇī refers to “the rentention of a book” and represents the “four retentions” (dhāraṇī) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 52). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., grantha). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
grantha (ग्रंथ).—m (S) A book or composition in prose or verse. 2 Stringing together, connecting, composing, lit. fig. 3 A book, a part, a division or section of a book. 4 A metre or a metrical line of thirty-two syllables. 5 fig. A design, plan, scheme, arrangement. granthācī granthāntara ṭīkā One book explains another.
grantha (ग्रंथ).—m A book or composition in prose or verse. Composing. Fig. A design.
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
Grantha (ग्रन्थ).—[granth saṃdarbhe bhāve ghañ]
1) Binding, stringing together (fig. also).
2) A work, treatise, composition, literary production, book; ग्रन्थारम्भे, ग्रन्थकृत्, ग्रन्थसमाप्ति (granthārambhe, granthakṛt, granthasamāpti) &c.
3) Wealth, property.
4) A verse consisting of 32 syllables, written in the Anuṣṭubh metre.
Derivable forms: granthaḥ (ग्रन्थः).
Grantha (ग्रन्थ).—m. (= Pali gantha; Sanskrit uses granthi, but [Page218-b+ 71] not grantha, in much the same way; compare prec. and next), bond, fetter (to worldly life): Mahāvyutpatti 2145 = Tibetan mdud pa, knot; context indicates fig. (religious) application.
Grantha (ग्रन्थ).—m.
(-nthaḥ) 1. Stringing or tying together, (literally or metaphorically.) 2. Wealth, property. 3. A book or composition in prose or verse. 4. A metre or measure of thirty two syllables. E. grantha to dispose or arrange, affix bhāve karmaṇi vā ghañ .
Grantha (ग्रन्थ).—[granth + a], m. 1. A literary composition, a book, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 108, 16; Mahābhārata 12, 11340. 2. Wealth, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 12.
Grantha (ग्रन्थ).—[masculine] arranging of words, composition, text, chapter, section.
1) Grantha (ग्रन्थ):—[from granth] m. tying, binding, stringing together, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] = thi, a knot, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā vi, 2, 9, 4] ([varia lectio])
3) [v.s. ...] honeycomb, [Pāṇini 4-3, 116], [vArttika]
4) [v.s. ...] an artificial arrangement of words ([especially] of 32 syllables = śloka, [Jaina literature]), verse, composition, treatise, literary production, book in prose or verse, text (opposed to artha ‘meaning’ [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Vākyapadīya; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]), [Nirukta, by Yāska i, 20; Pāṇini; Mahābhārata; Upaniṣad] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] a section (of, [Kāṭhaka])
6) [v.s. ...] the book or sacred scriptures of the Sikhs containing short moral poems by Nānak Ṣāh and others (cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India] pp. 158-177)
7) [v.s. ...] wealth, property, [Jaina literature [Scholiast or Commentator]] (cf. uttara-, nir-, ṣaḍ-.)
Grantha (ग्रन्थ):—(nthaḥ) 1. m. Stringing; wealth; a metre.
Grantha (ग्रन्थ):—(wie eben) m.
1) das Knüpfen, Binden [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 196. fg.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 214.] [Medinīkoṣa th. 5.] —
2) ein künstliches Gefüge von Worten: Vers; Composition, Abhandlung, literärisches Product, = dvātriṃśadakṣarī [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 21. 3, 196.] = dvātriṃśadvarṇanirmiti [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = akṣarasaṃkhyā [Medinīkoṣa] = śāstra [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 181.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] granthagranthiṃ tadā cakre gūḍham [Mahābhārata 1, 80.] granthārthasaṃyutā (saṃhitā) [19.] āśu granthārthavaktā ca yaḥ sa paṇḍita ucyate [5, 998.] dhāryate hi tvayā grantha ubhayorvedaśāstrayoḥ . na ca granthasya tattvajño yathā ca tvam [12, 11340. fgg.] laghunā deśarūpeṇa granthayogena [3961.] dānasaṃvananā ([Gorresio] saṃvardhanā) hyete granthā medhāvibhiḥ kṛtāḥ . yajasva dehi dīkṣasva tapastapyasva saṃtyaja .. [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 108, 16.] (tena) nibaddhā saptabhirvarṣairgranthalakṣāṇi sapta sā (kathā) [Kathāsaritsāgara 8, 2. -] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 75. 4, 3, 87. 6, 3, 79.] tyajedgranthamaśeṣataḥ [AMṚTAVINDŪP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 62.] mukti [TEJOVINDŪP. ebend. 64.] śaunakīyā daśa granthāḥ [1, 102. 106. 69. 2, 286. fg.] [WASSILJEW 217.] granthamīpsitamutpādayati [Suśruta 2, 161, 8.] tarkagranthārtharahita [360, 13.] pañcatantrāttathānyasmādgranthāt [Prooemium im Hitopadeśa 8.] chandograntha [ Kunde des Morgenlandes 4, 72.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 1, 2. 2, 2. 24, 3. 106, 1. 6.] granthānnaivābhyasedbahūn [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 13, 8.] yoga [5, 10, 16.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 795.] — Abtheilung im [Kāṭhaka-Recension] [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 454.] —
3) Reichthum [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 196. fg.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — Vgl. uttara, nirgrantha, ṣaḍgrantha .
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Grantha (ग्रन्थ):—
2) [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 20.] [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 90, 2.] granthataścārthataścaitatkṛtsnaṃ jānāti yo dvijaḥ dem Wortlaute (dieses noch hinzuzufügen) und dem Sinne nach [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, 14.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 76, 9.] mātra der blosse Text [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 159.] grantha so v. a. śloka [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 278.]
Grantha (ग्रन्थ):—m. —
1) *das Knüpfen , Binden. —
2) = granthi Knoten [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6,2,9,4,] v.l. —
3) Wabe [Pāṇini. 4,3,105.] [Vārttika 2.] —
4) ein künstliches Gefüge von Worten (insbes. von 32 Silbe) ; literärisches Erzeugniss ; Text , Wortlaut. granthataścārthataśca dem Wortlaute und dem Sinne nach. —
5) Kapitel , Abschnitt (im [Kāṭhaka (weber) ]). —
6) *Reichthum.
Grantha (ग्रन्थ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Gaṃtha, Guṃdha.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Graṃtha (ग्रंथ) [Also spelled granth]:—(nm) a book; voluminous book; ~[kāra] a writer, author (of a book); ~[mālā] a series of books; —[racanā] writing of a book; ~[vijñāna] (the science of) bibliography; ~[vijñānī] a bibliographer; —[vimocana] formal releasing of a book; ~[sūcī] bibliography; a list of books; •[kāra] a bibliographer.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Graṃtha (ಗ್ರಂಥ):—
1) [noun] the act of tying, binding together.
2) [noun] a literary, philosophical, scientific work, anthology, etc. so prepared, distinguished by length and form from a magazine, tract, etc.; a treatise, a book.
3) [noun] a formal, systematic written article or book on some subject, esp. a discussion of facts, evidence or principles and the conclusions based on these; a treatise.
4) [noun] the holy scriptures of any religion.
5) [noun] any of the four Vēdās, sacred books of Hindus.
6) [noun] a verse in the meter anuṣṭuppu, in which each foot has eight letters.
7) [noun] a set of thirty-two syllables.
8) [noun] the Tamiḷ alphabet system adapted as to be able to write Saṃskṛta words as per their original pronunciations.
9) [noun] knowledge of excellent or worthy subject or subjects.
10) [noun] (math.) the number which is divided or to be divided by another.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Grantha (ग्रन्थ):—n. 1. book; literary work; treatise; 2. bulk work;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+12): Gramthabhamdara, Gramthabhamdari, Gramthakarta, Gramthakitaka, Gramthakshara, Gramthalekhaka, Gramthalipi, Gramthapala, Gramthapata, Gramtharacane, Gramtharina, Gramthasampadane, Gramthasuci, Gramthasvamya, Granthadharani, Granthakara, Granthakarana, Granthakartar, Granthakartri, Granthakarttri.
Full-text (+538): Nirgrantha, Shadgrantha, Granthakara, Granthavistara, Mulagrantha, Granthakuti, Lakshanagrantha, Karmagrantha, Granthakrit, Udgrantha, Phalagrantha, Tarkagrantha, Upagrantha, Kutagrantha, Granthasamdhi, Kalikagrantha, Omkaragrantha, Gaudagrantha, Adigrantha, Agnigrantha.
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Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
28. Some Puranic Extracts quoted by Apararka < [Volume 3 (1956)]
9. Date of the Prayascitta-candrika of Visvanatha-Bhatta < [Volume 2 (1954)]
31. The manuscript of the Advaita-Siddhikhandana < [Volume 2 (1954)]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 574 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 1]
Page 364 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Page 577 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 1]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study) (by Anand Dilip Raj)
Introduction—The Manuscripts of the Sucindrasthalamahatmya < [Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition]
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