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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Napuṃsakaliṅga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) refers to the “neuter gender”.—[...] One of the meanings of the word ‘liṅga’ is ‘gender’. The word ‘strīliṅga’ means ‘female gender’, ‘puṃliṅga’, the ‘male gender’ and ‘napuṃsakaliṅga’ is the neuter (lit. ‘not male’) gender. The Goddess who is praised as both the Yoni and the Liṅga embodies in her essential transcendental identity the supreme Śāmbhava state, the Neuter which, because it is without gender, is free to be both genders, male and female—the god and the goddess. The Liṅga is not in this context a marker of gender, it is a ‘sign’ of the deity’s presence. The Neuter, devoid of gender, is the ‘sign’ of both the male deity and the female.

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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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Napuṃsakaliṅga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग):—[=na-puṃsaka-liṅga] [from na-puṃsaka > na] mfn. of the neuter gender, [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

Napumsakalinga 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Napuṃsakaliṃga (ನಪುಂಸಕಲಿಂಗ):—[noun] = ನಪುಂಸಕ [napumsaka]2 - 5.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Napuṃsaka-liṅga (नपुंसक-लिङ्ग):—n. Gram. neuter gender;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Linga, Napumsaka.

Starts with: Napumsakalingasamgraha.

Ends with: Pumnapumsakalimga.

Full-text: Aprasiddhi, Linga, Pumlinga, Strilinga.

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