The Sanskrit term Pāpiṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Papista or Papishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Pāpiṣṭa (पापिष्ट) refers to “those who are most sinful”, 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, “It should not be given to anybody who has no deity, fire, or teacher, to Tāntrikas who are most sinful (pāpiṣṭa), cruel, without goodness and devoid of devotion”.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pāpiṣṭa (पापिष्ट).—a (S) pāpī a (S) Sinful, wicked, vitious, depraved.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Starts with: Papishtai.

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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)

Text 9 < [Chapter 3 - Tṛtīya-yāma-sādhana (Pūrvāhna-kālīya-bhajana–niṣṭhā-bhajana)]

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