Mahapashupata, Mahāpāśupata, Maha-pashupata: 4 definitions
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Mahapashupata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Mahāpāśupata can be transliterated into English as Mahapasupata or Mahapashupata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Mahāpāśupata (महापाशुपत) refers to group of mendicants, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 226).—There are apparently several Tantric rites that Bāṇa pejoratively associates with the priest: [...] “he had written down the [work known as ] the ‘Doctrine of Mahākāla’ instructed to him by a withered Mahāpāśupata mendicant”; “he was one in whom the disease of talking about [finding] treasure had arisen”; “in him the wind [disease] of alchemy had grown”; “he entertained the deluded desire of becoming the lover of a Yakṣa maiden”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāpāśupata (महापाशुपत):—[=mahā-pāśupata] [from mahā > mah] m. a zealous worshipper of Śiva Paśu-pati, [Harṣacarita]
2) [v.s. ...] n. (with vrata) the great religious vow connected with the worship of Śiva P°, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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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: Pashupata, Maha.
Full-text: Nidhivada, Vyamoha, Kamitva, Sanjata, Jirna, Kanyaka, Avirbhuta, Dhatuvada, Pravritta, Upadesha, Manoratha, Vyadhin, Mahakalamata, Yakshakanyaka, Likhita.
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Shiva Gita (study and summary) (by K. V. Anantharaman)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 6 - Getting Rid of the Skull < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 43 - The Greatness of the Name Ujjayinī < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 77 - The Greatness of Kedāra < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha (by E. B. Cowell)
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
1.2. Expiatory Rites in Śaivāgamanibandhana < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 45 - The beginning of the war and the conversation with the messengers < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 44 - Andhaka’s attainment of the leadership of Gaṇas < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 33 - Rules governing Pāśupatavrata < [Section 7.1 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (1)]
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Sūtra 1.24 < [First Chapter (Samadhi Pada)]