Kashyapasamhita, Kāśyapasaṃhitā, Kashyapa-samhita: 6 definitions

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Kashyapasamhita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Kāśyapasaṃhitā can be transliterated into English as Kasyapasamhita or Kashyapasamhita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

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–

the famed Garuḍa-paṃcākṣarī mantra and its aṅga mantras
the techniques of dhyāna or meditation.
the diciplined use of the mantra for achieving specfic ends.
the five kinds of poisons: sthāvara, jaṅgama, kṛtrima, grahaja and śaṅkāviṣa.
the details of various yantras like–the sarva-rakṣākara-yantra.
various formulae and spells.
a continuation of the rituals detailed in the sixth chapter in respect of snakes like Śeṣa.
the treatment for bites from the Darvīkara and other snakes like Maṇḍalī, Rājila and Vaitaka.
the treatment to be administered to a person bitten by the sixteen Maṇḍalī variety of snakes.
the medication for bites from the Rājila variety of snakes.
the medication for sixteen varieties of rat-bites.
the twenty kinds of venoms and the treatment administered therein.
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.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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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