Matrikanyasa, Mātṛkānyāsa: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mātṛkānyāsa can be transliterated into English as Matrkanyasa or Matrikanyasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsMātṛkānyāsa (मातृकान्यास) or “how to understand the mātṛkā ( and other) nyāsas” is the name of the twelfth chapter of the Agastyasaṃhitā (agastya-suīkṣṇa-saṃvāda edition), an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the worship of Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa and Hanumān.
Description of the chapter [mātṛkānyāsa]: This chapter attempts to elucidate and explain the significance of nyāsa in its various meanings. The nyāsas referred to in the preceding chapter ( viz. ṛṣicchandonyāsa, mantradevatānyāsa, ṣaḍaṅganyāsa, mātṛkānyāsa, keśavādinyāsa, tattvanyāsa, mūrtipañjaranyāsa) are all now described in detail. Each nyāsa employs a different mantra and is directed to different limbs of the worshipper’s body. Of the six treated, the first—ṛṣicchandonyāsa—may be taken as representative ; the power believed to be marshalled in the mystic syllable “Oṃ” is thought to be concentrated in the palms. Then with the hands one touches the head, the face, the heart, the genital organ and the feet while uttering an appropriate and specific mantra. The effect of these actions is to absorb strength and power to the extent that the Strength and Power of God Himself is transferred to the various limbs of the believer’s body. Similarly the other nyāsas have their own particular method, although the aim of each is roughly the same—that is, to transfer infinite, cosmic power and strength to the mundane and individual level.
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 Catalogorum1) Mātṛkānyāsa (मातृकान्यास) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] Rādh. 28. Np. Viii, 48.
2) Mātṛkānyāsa (मातृकान्यास):—ibid.
3) Mātṛkānyāsa (मातृकान्यास):—Whish 112 B 2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMātṛkānyāsa (मातृकान्यास):—[=mātṛkā-nyāsa] [from mātṛkā > mātṛ] m.
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: Matrika, Nyasa.
Starts with: Matrikanyasa Varnanyasa.
Ends with: Ganeshamatrikanyasa.
Full-text: Matrikanyasa Varnanyasa, Shadangavidhi.
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