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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Guruprasāda (गुरुप्रसाद) refers to the “teacher’s grace”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “Now I will tell (you) another visualized form that is praised by the gods; by just recollecting it peoples’ fetters are severed. [...] (She is) unmanifest, formless, without (phenomenal) appearance and (yet) in the field of appearance. O Lord of the gods, she who is auspicious and supreme is attained by the teacher’s grace [i.e., guruprasāda]. The crooked (Kuṇḍalinī), the mulch cow of passion, she is the supreme energy who oozes (nectar). She is light (perfectly white like) cow’s milk, snow or a jasmine flower and, full of the supreme nectar, she fills all the triple world with (all that) moves and is immobile. [...]”

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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)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Guruprasāda (गुरुप्रसाद) refers to the “Guru’s favour”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] And, this being the case, the disappearance of the breath cannot be mastered by the practice of the yoga with six auxiliaries and the like. However, the complete disappearance of the mind can be easily mastered in merely an instant as a result of the Guru’s favour (guruprasāda). [...]”.

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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).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

guruprasāda (गुरुप्रसाद).—m (S) Propitiousness or favor of one's Guru. 2 The product of a Guru's blessing; (viz. learning, skill, prosperity, a superhuman faculty &c.) 3 In covert style when asking for it. A term for tobacco, opium, or bhang.

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

guruprasāda (गुरुप्रसाद).—m Propitiousness or favour of one's guru. The product of a gurū's bless- ing, viz. learning, skill, prosperity.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Guruprasāda (गुरुप्रसाद).—the product of a Guru's blessing, i. e. learning.

Derivable forms: guruprasādaḥ (गुरुप्रसादः).

Guruprasāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guru and prasāda (प्रसाद).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Guruprasāda (गुरुप्रसाद) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Malamāsārthasaṃgraha. Śuddhitattvaṭīkā.

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

1) Guruprasāda (गुरुप्रसाद):—[=guru-prasāda] [from guru] m. propitiousness or the favour of one’s Guru, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] ‘product of a Guru’s favour’ id est. learning, [Horace H. Wilson]

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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)

Partial matches: Guru, Prasada.

Starts with: Guruprasadaniya.

Full-text: Varavarnini, Malamasarthasamgraha, Shuddhitattva.

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