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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

1) Kollāpura (कोल्लापुर) (Cf. Kollā) refers to a sacred place [?], according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “The man of knowledge should mark the sacred fields located in the towns. Thus (this) category has been explained externally; now listen (to how it is) in the home. Prayāga is in the middle (of the house). Varuṇā is present in the door. Kollāpura is in the scissors. The stove is Aṭṭahāsaka. One should know that the threshing floor is Jayantī and Caritra is the mortar (in which grain is cleaned or threshed). The winnowing fan is said to be Ekāmraka and Devikoṭa is the grinding stone. (Thus there are) the dish (used to cover water jars), the bedstead, mortar (muśala), threshold, stove, winnowing fan and grinding stone. [...]”.

2) Kollāpura (कोल्लापुर) is the name of a sacred place classified as an Upadvāra, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—The eight seats are the main group of eight groups [i.e., Kollāpura] of eight types of sacred sites. The figure sixty-four is a common ideal number as it is often configured into eight groups of eight.

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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.

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency

Kollāpura is the name of an ancient locality.— Valavāḍa, Kollāpura, and Padmānāladurga, Pranālakadurga, or Pannāledurga, are mentioned as places at which Bhoja II ruled.

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Kollāpura is the name of a holy centre (tīrtha), according to the “Herle stone inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya”. Accordingly, “With his greatness pervading the entire world, the best among the preceptors, an ornament among the ascetics, Bālacandra-vratī, the Ācārya of the Chandraprabha-Jīnabhavana, the Chief of the famous Kollāpura-tīrtha, became engaged in the protection of the good practices of his worthy preceptors, became a donor, became (a person of) charming character, and became the leader among the great Saiddhāntikas”

This stone inscription (mentioning Kollāpura) was found at Herle, a village, about 11.25 km. west of Hātakaṇangale in the Kolhāpur District. It records the grant of one matter of land in Eḍenāḍa and a garden to the Tīrthaṅkara Chandraprabha in the Basadi. It was made on the occasion of a lunar eclipse in Śaka 1040, when the cyclic year was Vilambi.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kollapura (कोल्लपुर):—[=kolla-pura] [from kollaka] n. = kolā-p, [Vīracarita ix.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kollāpura (कोल्लापुर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kollāpura.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kollapura 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Kollāpura (कोल्लापुर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kollāpura.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pura, Kolla.

Starts with: Kollapuraka, Kollapuratirtha.

Full-text (+13): Valavada, Tagarapura, Padmanaladurga, Pranalakadurga, Pannaledurga, Kollapuratirtha, Ujjeni, Kolagiri, Shrutakirti Traividyadeva, Gharattaka, Dehala, Culli, Peshani, Upalambhi, Musala, Khatva, Shurpa, Gharatta, Attahasaka, Vardhamani.

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Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)

Rajendra Deva II (a.d. 1052-1064) < [Chapter V - Successors of Rajendra I (a.d. 1018 to 1070)]

Rajadhiraja I (a.d. 1018-1054) < [Chapter V - Successors of Rajendra I (a.d. 1018 to 1070)]

Temples in Nagapattinam < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 1: Vasudevahiṇḍi (the wanderings of Vasudeva) < [Chapter IV - Vasudevahiṇḍi]

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