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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Google Books: The Krama Tantricism of Kashmir

Mahākrama (महाक्रम).—Saṃvit or “awareness-reality” itself is succession or Krama. Whether it is a process of empirical cognition or that of reflective meditation or cosmic emanation, it is saṃvit that defines and undergoes the process of succession (krama). This process of succession is also termed Mahākrama.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Mahākrama (महाक्रम) refers to the “great transmission”, 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, “[...] There within (the Liṅga) is the entire universe, the (individual) transmission (krama) as well as the Great Transmission (mahākrama). O great goddess, (I am the one who) desires the Command here in (this) life. O supreme mother! Having entered that (liṅga), give me, for the sake of (my) devotion, the knowledge that is the Great Transmission. [...]”.

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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

Mahākrama (महाक्रम).—an epithet of Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: mahākramaḥ (महाक्रमः).

Mahākrama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and krama (क्रम).

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

Mahākrama (महाक्रम):—[=mahā-krama] [from mahā > mah] m. ‘wide-striding’, Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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Partial matches: Maha, Krama.

Full-text: Samvid.

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Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)

Verse 288 [Clearance of confusions in perceptions of other doctrines] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]

Verse 300 [Śambhava-Śākta-Guru kramas] < [Chapter 4 - Fourth Vimarśa]

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