The Sanskrit term Mantrakośa can be transliterated into English as Mantrakosa or Mantrakosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Mantrakośa (मन्त्रकोश) refers to the “treasure of mantras”, 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, “[...] The Seat of Yoga, which is the Heart of the Goddess (AIṂ), (is formed) by (their) conjunction. Pure, it consists of the three and a half measures (of Speech). In the middle is the seat of OṂ, which is that of the divine syllable of the Mothers, ḌĀ (Ḍākinī), RĀ (Rākinī), LĀ (Lākinī), KĀ (Kākinī), SĀ (Sākinī), HĀ (Hākinī) and YĀ (Yākinī). (The seed-syllable of) Māyā (HRĪṂ), called Jālandhara, is the manifest energy of the Age of Strife and the descent (into the world) of the Seat of Knowledge. That mantra (ŚRĪṂ) which is in Pūrṇagiri is in the abode of Śiva’s energy and is the treasure of mantras [i.e., mantrakośa] that has been filled (with it)”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Mantrakośa (मन्त्रकोश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] by Āditya Tripāṭhin. K. 46. Rādh. 27. Same author as the following.
—or Mantraratnāvalīkośa, by Āśāditya. Kh. 75. B. 4, 260. Ben. 41. Poona. Ii, 35. Peters. 3, 400.
—by Jagannātha Bhaṭṭācārya. L. 2378.
—by Dakṣiṇāmūrti (?). Oudh. X, 22.
—by Vināyaka. Ben. 44.
—from Vāmakeśvaratantra. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 138. A Mantrakośa is quoted in Śaktiratnākara Oxf. 101^b, in Śāktānandataraṅgiṇī Oxf. 104^a, by Raghunandana in Ekādaśītattva, in Ācāramayūkha.

2) Mantrakośa (मन्त्रकोश):—[tantric] by Āśāditya. Stein 232 (inc.).

3) Mantrakośa (मन्त्रकोश):—from the Bhūtaḍāmaratantra. Ulwar 2262.
—by Āśāditya Tripāṭhin. Ulwar 2263. Extr. 651.

4) Mantrakośa (मन्त्रकोश):—See Vīrabhadratantra.
—[tantric] by Āśāditya. Bd. 942.

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

Mantrakośa (मन्त्रकोश):—[=mantra-kośa] [from mantra > man] m. Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mantrakosha 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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Partial matches: Kosha, Mantra, Koca.

Full-text: Jagannatha bhattacarya, Mantraratnavalikosha, Aditya tripathin, Dakshinamurti, Ashaditya, Asharka, Virabhadratantra, Vinayaka, Bhutadamaratantra, Vamakeshvaratantra, Kosha.

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