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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Kaulūta (कौलूत) refers to the “divine seat of Kulūta”, 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, “In the centre, in the sacred seat called Kāma, passion gives rise to passion and is the seat of Uḍa within power (kalā). The venerable (seat) Pūrṇa is in the wheel on the left and emanates the energy of the Moon in the seat of the Moon in front of that. The divine seat of Kulūta [i.e., kaulūta-divya] emanates (its energy) into the energized head of Kolla on the right. (The energy of the goddess) penetrates into the venerable Ujjayanī on the left in due order ** with the six sacred seats beginning with that. She who is in the Wheel of the Hexagram is Bhairavī, the mother of persistence and destruction; by the expansion of consciousness (bodhavṛddhi), (she is also) Avvā, Klinnā, Raktā, Bhagavatī, and Pulinī: I bow (to her who, in all these forms, is) the venerable Ekavīrā”.

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Kaulūta (कौलूत) or Kulūta refers to an ancient kingdom or tribe of people, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 10), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of Viśākhā, the Trigartas, the Chinese and the Kulūtas, saffron, lac, crops and everything of bright, red or crimson colour will suffer. If the course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of Anurādhā, the Kulūtas, the Taṅgaṇas, the Khasas, the people of Kāśmīra, ministers, drivers and bell-ringers will suffer, and friends will turn into enemies”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaulūta (कौलूत).—A king of the Kulūtas; कौलूतश्चित्रवर्मा (kaulūtaścitravarmā) Mu.1.2.

Derivable forms: kaulūtaḥ (कौलूतः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaulūta (कौलूत).—[masculine] [plural] [Name] of a people.

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

1) Kaulūta (कौलूत):—m. [plural] Name of a people, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā x, 11]

2) m. a prince of that people ([varia lectio] lūbha), [Mudrārākṣasa]

3) mfn. [from] kul [gana] kacchādi (vv.ll. lūtara, lūna [Kāśikā-vṛtti] and ulūpa [Gaṇaratna-mahodadhi 327 [Scholiast or Commentator]]).

4) mfn. [from] kul [gana] kacchādi (vv.ll. lūtara, lūna [Kāśikā-vṛtti] and ulūpa [Gaṇaratna-mahodadhi 327 [Scholiast or Commentator]]).

[Sanskrit to German]

Kauluta in German

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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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Starts with: Kaulutara.

Full-text: Koluka, Kuluta, Kaulutara, Kauluna, Kaulubha.

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