Parasharasamhita, Parāśarasaṃhitā, Parashara-samhita, Pārāśarasaṃhitā: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Parāśarasaṃhitā and Pārāśarasaṃhitā can be transliterated into English as Parasarasamhita or Parasharasamhita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Pārāśarasaṃhitā (पाराशरसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā 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).The opening chapter contains a list of canonical titles, although it is marred by repetitions and, by its own admission, does not contain all the “108” names supposedly constituting the corpus.
Parāśarasaṃhitā (पराशरसंहिता) is a Pañcarātra work of some 2000 verse divided into 31 chapters.—A major portion of the work is devoted to mantras and their composition and applications. Some brief notice is given to temples and icons to be installed there, while the opening chapters are given over to a description of the behavior of a true devotee [prapanna]. Dīkṣā is treated briefly in chapter VI. The narrative framework is a dialogue between a sage and Parāśara, the latter of whom quotes Bhagavān in the course of his exposition. The Parāśarasaṃhitā mentions of the Alvars and Acharyas, Bhūta (Peyalva), Mahadāhvaya (Periyalvar), Hrada or Saraḥ (Poihai), Nāthamuni, Puṇḍarikākṣa, Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Varada and Sundara, Śatrujit... so that the composition of this work must have been before the 15th century but considerably after the time of Sundara. Thus it belongs to the Saṃhitās of the “later” period.
Parāśarasaṃhitā (पराशरसंहिता) or simply Parāśara is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a sāttvika 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 (e.g., Parāśarasaṃhitā-saṃhitā). b. Rājasa. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
1) Parāśarasaṃhitā (पराशरसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—āgama. Oppert. 5329. 6603. 7479. Ii, 2833. 3706. 4044. 6324.
2) Parāśarasaṃhitā (पराशरसंहिता):—jy. Np. Viii, 56. Quoted by Bhaṭṭotpala. See Pārāśara.
Parāśarasaṃhitā (पराशरसंहिता):—[=parā-śara-saṃhitā] [from parā-śara > parā-śṝ] 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: Parashara, Samhita.
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