Katyayanasamhita, Kātyāyanasaṃhitā, Katyayana-samhita: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)Kātyāyanasaṃhitā (कात्यायनसंहिता) or simply Kātyāyana 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., Kātyāyanasaṃhitā-saṃhitā). c. Tāmasa.
Kātyāyanasaṃhitā is also the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a tāmasa type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKātyāyanasaṃhitā (कात्यायनसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—i.e. Vājasaneyisaṃhitā. Oppert. Ii, 6890.
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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Partial matches: Katyayana, Samhita.
Full-text: Katyayana, Muniprokta.
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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
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