Markandeyasamhita, Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā, Markandeya-samhita: 5 definitions
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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)1) Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography.—For the list of works, see chapter 1, verses 14b-27. The list [including Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā] was said to have comprised “108” titles, these, different saṃhitās named after different manifestations of the Lord or different teachers. They are all said to be authoritative as the ultimate promulgator of all these is the same Nārāyaṇa.
2) Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—[Cf. Jñānapāda chapter 1, verses 99-114]—First is explained the folly of following more than one Saṃhitā for a single series of rituals. Then the names of the 108 Tantras of the Pāñcarātra corpus are named [e.g., Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā]. Even those who repeat these 108 titles will gain salvation.
3) Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Puruṣottamasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the Pāñcarātra priestly community.
4) Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Bhāradvājasaṃhitā or “Bhāradvāja-kaṇva-saṃhitā”: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 230 ślokas mainly concerned with basic details concerning temple construction and icon consecration.
5) Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, pūjā (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and prāyaścitta (expiatory measures).
6) Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2600 Sanskrit verses covering topics such as initiation (dīkṣā) and the construction, decoration and consecration of temples and icons, as well as routines of regular and special worship cycles.
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsMārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता) is the name of a Pāñcarātra Āgama text written in 2200 verses divided into 32 chapters.—A significantly large block of the Mārkaṇḍeya-Saṃhitā (namely chapters II-XXV), provides useful and moderately detailed passages relating to prāsāda, pratimā and pratiṣṭhā concerns. Other significant blocks outline pūjā-procedures, utsava-festivities and prāyaścitta-measures. The Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā does not seem to have been quoted by any of the classical commentators of the school, but it is accepted in some of the (later) secondary collections. For example, a work called Pāñcarātrāgama quotes from chapters XII, XVI, XVII and XXXI. The narrative framework is a conversation between the sage Mārkaṇḍeya and King Pṛthu, the former reciting what he had once heard from Brahmā, who in turn had been instructed by the lord Nārāyaṇa Himself.
Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता) or simply Mārkaṇḍeya is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a rājasa type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika. b. Rājasa (e.g., Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā-saṃhitā). c. Tāmasa.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—of Pāñcarātrāgama. Mysore. 3. Oppert. Ii, 4111.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā (मार्कण्डेयसंहिता):—[=mārkaṇḍeya-saṃhitā] [from mārkaṇḍeya > mārkaṇḍa] f. Name of [work]
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: Markandeya, Samhita.
Starts with: Markandeyasamhitayam.
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