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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Kriyākāṇḍa (क्रियाकाण्ड) refers to “rites”, 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, while describing the signs of one who is not a Siddha: “He is excessively tall, bald, deformed, short, dwarfish, his nose is ugly or he has black teeth and is wrathful . Some of his limbs are missing and is deceitful, cripple and deformed, foolish, inauspicious, envious, deluded, badly behaved, and violent; without any teacher, he is devoid of the rites [i.e., kriyākāṇḍa-vinirmukta], he maligns the Krama without cause, he is not devoted to the Siddhas, he (always) suffers and is without wisdom. He is (always) ill and one should know that he is (always) attached (to worldly objects) and has no scripture. He has no energy and is dull and lazy. Ugly, he lives by cheating and, cruel, he is deluded, and devoid of (any) sense of reality. Such is the characteristic of one who is not accomplished (asiddha) in a past life”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kriyākāṇḍa (क्रियाकाण्ड).—The portion of a श्रुति (śruti) text treating of the sacrifices.

Derivable forms: kriyākāṇḍam (क्रियाकाण्डम्).

Kriyākāṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kriyā and kāṇḍa (काण्ड).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kriyākāṇḍa (क्रियाकाण्ड) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] Oudh. Xix, 86.

2) Kriyākāṇḍa (क्रियाकाण्ड):—[dharma] Oudh. Xx, 148. Xxi, 100. Xxii, 100.

3) Kriyākāṇḍa (क्रियाकाण्ड):—from the Nāradapañcarātra. Peters. 5, 117.

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

Kriyākāṇḍa (क्रियाकाण्ड):—[=kriyā-kāṇḍa] [from kriyā > kriyamāṇa] n. the portion of a Śruti text treating of the sacrifices.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kriyakanda 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kriya, Kanda.

Starts with: Kriyakandakramavali, Kriyakandashekhara.

Ends with: Karmakriyakanda.

Full-text: Karmakriyakanda, Kiriyakantam, Rudraketu, Nardapancaratra, Brihaddhvaja, Kanda, Dhananjaya.

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