Guptadikshatantra, Guptadīkṣātantra, Guptadiksha-tantra: 5 definitions

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Guptadikshatantra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

The Sanskrit term Guptadīkṣātantra can be transliterated into English as Guptadiksatantra or Guptadikshatantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

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Guptadīkṣātantra (गुप्तदीक्षातन्त्र) is the name of a Tantra categorized as “Aśvakrānta”, and is mentioned in a (further unknown) book in the possession of Kamlesh Punyark [=Śrī Kamaleśa Puṇyārka or श्री कमलेश पुण्यार्क].—This book contains a detailed discussion of the basics of Tantra and opens with a list of three times sixty-four Tantras. One such text is the गुप्तदीक्षातन्त्रम् [guptadīkṣātantram] or गुप्तदीक्षा-तन्त्र [guptadīkṣā-tantra].

Source: Baba Updravinath's blog: Tantra Yoga Sadhana
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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Guptadīkṣātantra (गुप्तदीक्षातन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted in Śāktānandataraṅgiṇī Oxf. 103^b.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Guptadīkṣātantra (गुप्तदीक्षातन्त्र):—[=gupta-dīkṣā-tantra] [from gupta > gup] n. Name of a Tantra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Guptadīkṣātantra (गुप्तदीक्षातन्त्र):—n. Titel eines Werkes ebend. [103,b,45.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Guptadīkṣātantra (गुप्तदीक्षातन्त्र):—n. Titel eines Werkes.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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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.

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