The Sanskrit terms Kaṇavarṣin and Kaṇavarṣiṇī can be transliterated into English as Kanavarsin or Kanavarshin or Kanavarsini or Kanavarshini, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Kaṇavarṣiṇī (कणवर्षिणी) refers to “raining down specks” (of nectar), according to the second recension of the Yogakhaṇḍa of the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “Then Viṣṇu, the supreme Yoni, was sad. (He / she thought): ‘I have fallen from (my) austerities (and so) Bhairava has disappeared into the earth’. Then when that goddess, who is the divine energy of nectar that rains down specks (of nectar) [i.e., kaṇavarṣiṇī] onto Himavat, meditated there, a drop of this nectar, which is the supreme energy, fell that very moment from the sky onto the earth”.

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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.

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Partial matches: Varshin, Kaana, Kana.

Full-text: Varshin.

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