Kashyapasamhita, Kāśyapasaṃhitā, Kashyapa-samhita: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Kāśyapasaṃhitā can be transliterated into English as Kasyapasamhita or Kashyapasamhita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

[«previous next»] — Kashyapasamhita in Pancaratra glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)

1) Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography.—For the list of works, see chapter 1, verses 14b-27. The list [including Kāśyapasaṃhitā] was said to have comprised “108” titles, these, different saṃhitās named after different manifestations of the Lord or different teachers. They are all said to be authoritative as the ultimate promulgator of all these is the same Nārāyaṇa.

2) Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—[Cf. Jñānapāda chapter 1, verses 99-114]—First is explained the folly of following more than one Saṃhitā for a single series of rituals. Then the names of the 108 Tantras of the Pāñcarātra corpus are named [e.g., Kāśyapasaṃhitā]. Even those who repeat these 108 titles will gain salvation.

3) Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Puruṣottamasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the Pāñcarātra priestly community.

4) Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Bhāradvājasaṃhitā or “Bhāradvāja-kaṇva-saṃhitā”: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 230 ślokas mainly concerned with basic details concerning temple construction and icon consecration.

5) Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, pūjā (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and prāyaścitta (expiatory measures).

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता) is the name of a Pāñcarātra Āgama text composed of 13 chapters dealing with snake-bites, poisons and curing their venom by use of the garuḍamantra while also dealing with worship and devotion.—[This Kāśyapasaṃhitā is published by Sri Yathiraja Sampathkumaramuni of Melkote, printed at Kabeer Printing Works, Triplicane, 1933].—This work is named as canonical in the following lists: Kapiñjala (12.10), Pādma (85.108), Puruṣottama (7.106), Bhāradvāja (14.103) and Mārkaṇḍeya-saṃhitā (7.91). A reasonable doubt arises whether this text may or may not be the work alluded to in the canonical lists, because of the unusual focus of the work in comparison with other, more typical saṃhitā-works of the corpus. This present work does not seem to have been quoted by any of the secondary collections of the Pāñcarātra school; on the contrary at least two chapters point to the existence of another “Kāśyapasaṃhitā” that well may represent fragments of the work alluded to in the canonical lists.

Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)

Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता) or simply Kāśyapa is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a rājasa type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika. b. Rājasa (e.g., Kāśyapasaṃhitā-saṃhitā). c. Tāmasa.

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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.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

[«previous next»] — Kashyapasamhita in Ayurveda glossary

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Kaśyapasaṃhitā (कश्यपसंहिता) is the name of a work quoted in the Bhojanakutūhala, in the section named vibhāvarīvilāsa, which deals with the activities during night (after dinner). Here also the author quotes certain authors and works, which are [viz., Kaśyapasaṃhitā].

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता) belongs to the Pāñcarātra group of Vaiṣṇava Āgamas and is listed among the one hundred and eight Āgamas mentioned in the Padmasaṃhitā. The Kāśyapasaṃhitā also named Garuḍapañcākṣarī-kalpa, which expounds the Garuḍa mantra, is a unique Āgama in the sense it does not deal with any of the four sections common to Āgamas. Though labelled as a Pāñcarātra treatise, this is atypical of a Pāñcarātra work, too mundane and clinical in content as also less philosophical in comparison with other Vaiṣṇava Āgamas.

The Kāśyapa Saṃhitā seems to be a lesser-known Saṃhitā since the Āgama scholars do not seem to have focussed on the rich medical content available in the latter portions of the text. Similarly, Ayurvedic scholars and toxicologists would probably not have studied it since the title “Garuḍa Pañcākṣarīkalpa”, in no way, indicates that it possesses priceless information on toxicology and the treatment concommitant with it.

The text Kāśyapa Saṃhitā comprises thirteen Adhyāyas

  1. the famed Garuḍa-paṃcākṣarī mantra and its aṅga mantras
  2. the techniques of dhyāna or meditation.
  3. the diciplined use of the mantra for achieving specfic ends.
  4. the five kinds of poisons: sthāvara, jaṅgama, kṛtrima, grahaja and śaṅkāviṣa.
  5. the details of various yantras like–the sarva-rakṣākara-yantra.
  6. various formulae and spells.
  7. a continuation of the rituals detailed in the sixth chapter in respect of snakes like Śeṣa.
  8. the treatment for bites from the Darvīkara and other snakes like Maṇḍalī, Rājila and Vaitaka.
  9. the treatment to be administered to a person bitten by the sixteen Maṇḍalī variety of snakes.
  10. the medication for bites from the Rājila variety of snakes.
  11. the medication for sixteen varieties of rat-bites.
  12. the twenty kinds of venoms and the treatment administered therein.
  13. the abhiṣeka rites that are to be conducted along with the yantra–design for achieving multiple fruits.
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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Kashyapasamhita in Shaktism glossary
Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता) was written in the transition period between Kuṣāna and Gupta times (that is, in the second or third century CE) according to V. S. Agrawal.—The Revatīkalpa of the Kāśyapasaṃhitā is an unparalleled record of the goddesses worshipped in the society of the time. In one place we find a list of minor goddesses worshipped by members of various castes and professions. Amongst them we find both the goddess of the oil-pressers and dyers along with Kulālī—the goddess of potters or clay-workers.

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kashyapasamhita in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kaśyapasaṃhitā (कश्यपसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. Pheh. 10. Np. V, 92. Peters. 2, 192.
—med. Burnell. 70^a.
—āgama. Oppert. 5327. Ii, 3994.

2) Kāśyapasaṃhitā (काश्यपसंहिता):—See Kaśyapasaṃhitā.

3) Kaśyapasaṃhitā (कश्यपसंहिता):—med. Stein 156.

4) Kaśyapasaṃhitā (कश्यपसंहिता):—med. Rep. p. 9 (inc.).

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

Kaśyapasaṃhitā (कश्यपसंहिता):—[=kaśyapa-saṃhitā] [from kaśyapa] f. Name of [work]

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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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