Rudrayamala, Rudrayāmala, Rudra-yamala: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल).—The Rudrayāmala is an extensive work in sixty-six chapters and has over 6,000 verses. One of the important features of this work is that it contains a panegyric of Atharva Veda saying that all gods, all beings, all sages along with Kāmavidyā and Mahāvidyā dwell in it. It deals with the mysterious Kuṇḍalini, Yogic practices, and the six cakras in the body. It also prescribes sexual union and the use of wine; it states that a vīra should drink wine and use a beautiful woman who is capable of arousing sexual passion. It also mentions about some important Śakta Pīthas.
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल) or Rudrayāmalatantra is the name of a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Rudrayāmala-Tantra is an elaborate and original Tantra, including the whole range of Śākta knowledge about religion, social orders, castes, sacred places, modes of adoration, forms of ceremonies, etc., etc. The manuscript is imperfect, and contains nine thousand (9,000) verses divided into 67 sections.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल) is the author of the Takravidhi: a Sanskrit book dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—It is a noticeable fact that Āyurveda and its tradition, stood as the champions for the development of critical notions of dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India. [...] Ravindra Kumar Panda states that Suṣeṇa has written a work on food science known as Vyañjanavarga. According to him, other works on food science are [for example]: Takravidhi of Rudrayāmala.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल) is the name of a work related to Ayurveda and medicine referenced by the “cikitsa bidhane tantrasastra”—a Bengali work authored by ‘Krishna Chaitanya Thakur’ in three volumes dealing with the treatments for diseases and disorders collected from Tantric and Ayurvedic texts.—Eastern India is one of the major strongholds of Tantrism in South Asia, and this region, particularly Bengal, has played and still plays a prominent role in the development of Āyurveda. It is indeed a fact that much medically relevant material is to be found in [the Rudrayāmala, or other] Tantric texts. The “cikitsā bidhāne tantraśāstra” (by Kṛṣṇacaitanya Ṭhākur) contains wealth of medicines and remedies for a large variety of diseases and disorders, arranged according to the individual diseases or disorders. The material presented is culled from a variety of texts [e.g., rudrayāmala], [most of which] seem to be classed as Tantric, but some are quite obviously not so, though their material may be related to that to be found in Tantric texts.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Mahāmokṣa-Tantra, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)” by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Mahāmokṣatantra manuscript, consisting of 3,024 ślokas (metrical verses), is deposit: Dhaka, Vikramapura Majhapada, Babu Rasavihari Raya. It deals with the salvation, cosmogony (i.e., the order of cosmic regions) and contains a bibliography of Tantric literature.— The catalogue includes the term—Rudrayāmala in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads—tatra rudrayāmalabrahmayāmalāditaḥ sāmavedādīnāmutpattikathanam .
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
General definition (in Hinduism)
The Rudrayamala is used as a source by many other agamas but the original appears to be lost. Strictly speaking, a Yamala is a different class of text, and supposed to pre-date the tantras. However, manuscripts of the Yamala seem to be lost, except as quotations in later works.
India history and geography
1) Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल) or Rudrayāmalatantra is the name of a Tantra categorized as “Viṣṇukrānta”, and is mentioned in a (further unknown) book in the possession of Kamlesh Punyark [=Śrī Kamaleśa Puṇyārka or श्री कमलेश पुण्यार्क].—This book contains a detailed discussion of the basics of Tantra and opens with a list of three times sixty-four Tantras. One such text is the रुद्रयामल-तन्त्रम् [rudrayāmala-tantram] or रुद्र-यामल [rudra-yāmala].
2) Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल) or Rudrayāmalatantra is another Tantra mentioned in association with the Saundaryalaharī and Vāmakeśvara-tantra”.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल).—Name of a Tantra (a dialogue between bhairava and bhairavī).
Derivable forms: rudrayāmalam (रुद्रयामलम्).
Rudrayāmala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rudra and yāmala (यामल).
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—tantra in 64 Paṭala. Hpr. 1, 323. Hz. 964 (inc.). Rudrayāmale Aghoramantrasādhanaprakāra. L.. 363, 1.
—Adhimāsanirṇaya. L.. 329.
—Ayodhyāmāhātmya. Ak 112. As p. 13.
—Āpaduddhārabaṭukabhairavastavarāja. L.. 1231 -1235.
—Kālikākavaca Āpaduddhāraṇa. L.. 1290, 16.
—Kālīkavaca Vajrapañjara. L.. 1290, 6.
—Kālīpūjāpaddhati. Cs 5, 77.
—Gāṇapatisahasranāman. Bd. 961.
—Gāyatrīkavaca. L.. 1221, 3.
—Gāyatrīpaṭala. L.. 1221, 1.
—Gāyatrīrahasya in 4 parts. L.. 1221.
—Gāyatrīsahasranāman. Hpr. 2, 51. L.. 1223.
—Gāyatrīstava. L.. 1221, 4.
—Gurustotra. L.. 1224.
—Jvālākavaca. Cs 5, 78.
—Jvālāpaṭala. Cs 5, 80.
—Jvālāmukhīstavarāja. Cs 5, 79.
—Jvālāsahasranāman. Cs 5, 81.
—Turīyātripurāsahasranāman. L.. 1225.
—Tripurasundarīsahasranāman. L.. 1227.
—Tripurasundarīstavarāja. Cs 5, 35.
—Trailokyamohanakavaca. Cs 5, 35. Hz. 1204. L.. 1290, 9.
—Trailokyamohana Kālikākavaca. L.. 1290, 7.
—Dakṣiṇakālīkavaca. L.. 1228.
—Dattātreyahṛdaya. Hpr. 2, 96.
—Devīsūktavarṇana. L.. 1229.
—Navagrahabījamantra. As p. 89.
—Navagrahastava. As p. 89.
—Nityapūjāpaddhati. L.. 1221, 2. 1222 ([fragmentary]).
—Pañcacakrapūjana. Cs 5, 52 (inc.).
—Paramahaṃsapañcāṅga. Hpr. 2, 125.
—Pārthivapūjā. L.. 363, 1.
—Pārthiveśvarapūjāvidhi. Cs 2, 358.
—Pārthiveśvaraprayogapaddhati. L.. 1330.
—Baṭukabhairavasahasranāman. L.. 1230.
—Bālabhairavīsahasranāmastotra. Hpr. 1, 246.
—Bālātripurātrailokyavijayakavaca. L.. 1237.
—Bālātripurānāmasahasra. L.. 1226.
—Bālāsahasranāmastotra. Cs 5, 92. L.. 1238. Rudrayāmale Bhavānīkavaca. L.. 1239.
—Bhavānīsahasranāman. Hz. 1202. Il. Io. 1846. No. 3934. L.. 1240-1242. 1243, 1. 1244. 1245 (inc.).
—Bhuvaneśvarīrahasya. As p. 134.
—Meghamālā. As p. 152. Cs 5, 82. L.. 1246. Peters. 6, 434.
—Rāmacandrasahasranāman. L.. 1247. 1248.
—Rāmasahasranāmastotra. Peters. 6, 509.
—Rudracaṇḍikā. Hpr. 1, 322.
—Vagalāmukhītrailokyavijayakavaceśa. L.. 1368.
—Vagalāmukhīstotra. L.. 1367.
—Śāpamocana. L.. 1290, 18.
—Śivakavaca. L.. 363, 1.
—Śivasahasranāmastotra. Hpr. 2, 215.
—Śyāmāṣṭottarasahasranāman. L.. 1249.
—Sadāśivastotra. L.. 363, 1.
—Sarasvatīpaṭala. As p. 215.
—Sarasvatīpūjāpaddhati. As p. 215.
—Sarasvatīstotra. As p. 215. Bṛhadrudrayāmale Kṛṣṇanāradasaṃvāde Janmakhaṇḍaḥ. Hpr. 1, 250.
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल):—[=rudra-yāmala] [from rudra > rud] n. Name of a Tantra [work] in the form of a dialogue between Bhairava and Bhairavī
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल):—n. Name eines Tantra [Oxforder Handschriften 88,a, No. 145. 90,b, No. 146. 95,b,9. 101,b,45. 104,a,19. 108,a,32. 109,a,1. 28. 110,b,8. 252,a,13. 279,a,34. 299,a, No. 729.b,1.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1176. 1311. 1327. fgg. 1335.] [Böhtlingk’s Verzeichniss No. 46.] [Bibliothecae sanskritae 503.]
Rudrayāmala (रुद्रयामल):—n. , tantra n. ([Classified index]) und yāmila n. ([Private libraries (Gustav) 1]) Titel eines Tantra.
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: Yamala, Rudra.
Starts with: Rudrayamaladisamgraha, Rudrayamalatantra.
Full-text (+1448): Rudrayamalatantra, Samaravijaya, Makaradisahasranaman, Rudracandi, Shivabali, Yamala, Rudrayamaladisamgraha, Rudrayamaliyacikitsa, Sharikakavaca, Sarvajvaravipaka, Mahasahasranaman, Vijnanabhairava, Khecari, Kumarikavacollasa, Haridvara, Ghoranada, Kakini, Manimandapa, Canda, Paramahamsapancanga.
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