Prakashatman, Prakāśātman, Prakasha-atman: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Prakāśātman can be transliterated into English as Prakasatman or Prakashatman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Śrī Prakāśātman (ca. 1000 CE); Author of the Pañcapādikāvivaraṇa, which is a commentary on the Pañcapādikā.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Prakāśātman (प्रकाशात्मन्).—a. bright, shining. (-m.) an epithet of (1) Viṣṇu; (2) of Śiva; (3) the sun.
Prakāśātman is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prakāśa and ātman (आत्मन्).
Prakāśātman (प्रकाशात्मन्).—m.
(-tmā) 1. The sun. 2. An epithet of Siva. E. prakāśa light, ātman self; light itself.
Prakāśātman (प्रकाशात्मन्) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—pupil of Rāma: Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā.
1) Prakāśātman (प्रकाशात्मन्):—[=pra-kāśātman] [from pra-kāśa > pra-kāś] mfn. brilliant in character or nature, brilliant, shining, [Sūryasiddhānta]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] the sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce men and authors (also with yati and svāmin), [Catalogue(s)]
Prakāśātman (प्रकाशात्मन्):—[pra-kāśā-tman] (tmā) 5. m. The sun.
Prakāśātman (प्रकाशात्मन्):—(wie eben)
1) adj. dass. [Sūryasiddhānta 12, 17.] Beiw. Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra] —
2) m. a) die Sonne [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 612.] [Sāyaṇa] in der Einl. zu [Ṛgveda 24, 2 v. u.] prakāśātman, prakāśātmapati oder prakāśātmasvāmin Name eines philos. Autors [HALL 88.]
Prakāśātman (प्रकाशात्मन्):——
1) Adj. dessen Wesen Licht ist , leuchtend. —
2) m. — a) *die Sonne. — b) Nomen proprium verschiedener Manner.
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 (+0): Prakasha, Tman, Pra, Atman.
Starts with (+0): Prakashatman yati.
Full-text (+4): Svayamprakashatman, Prakashatman yati, Ananyanubhava, Pancapadikavivarana, Prakashatmapati, Svayamprakashatman muni, Sharirakamimamsanyayasamgraha, Laukikanyayamuktavali, Nyayamuktavali, Svamin, Mithyatva, Pancapadika, Vivaranacatuhsutri, Maitrayaniyopanishad, Bhamati, Brahmasutrabhashya, Dakshinamurtistotra, Uttaramimamsa, Badarayanasutra, Brahmamimamsa.
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