Samayacaratantra, Samayacara-tantra, Samayācāratantra: 3 definitions
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Samayacaratantra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Samayacharatantra.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Samayācāratantra (समयाचारतन्त्र) refers to one of the Tantras mentioned 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—Samayācāra-tantra in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms).
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.
India history and geography
Samayācāratantra (समयाचारतन्त्र) 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 समयाचारतन्त्रम् [samayācāratantram] or समयाचार-तन्त्र [samayācāra-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
1) Samayācāratantra (समयाचारतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 755. K. 54. B. 4, 270. Pheh. 1. Rādh. 29. Oudh. Viii, 34. Np. Iii, 118. V, 22. Vi, 52. Quoted in Tantrasāra Oxf. 95^b, in Śāktānandataraṅgiṇī Oxf. 104^a, in Āgamatattvavilāsa. See Oxf. 109^b.
2) Samayācāratantra (समयाचारतन्त्र):—Rgb. 996. Quoted by Narasiṃha in Tārābhaktisudhārṇava, Catal. Io. p. 898.
3) Samayācāratantra (समयाचारतन्त्र):—tantra. Ulwar 2417.
4) Samayācāratantra (समयाचारतन्त्र):—tantra. Ak 1030. As p. 214. Ashburner 8 (ends in the 14th Paṭala. Agrees with L. 755). Hpr. 2, 241 (inc.).
Samayācāratantra (समयाचारतन्त्र):—[=samayācāra-tantra] [from samayācāra > sam-aya > sam-i] n. 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: Samayacara, Tantra.
Full-text: Samayacara, Shadamnaya, Vishnukranta, Pancama.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Shakti and Shakta (by John Woodroffe)
Chapter VIII - Cīnācāra (Vasiṣṭha and Buddha) < [Section 1 - Introductory]
Chapter VI - Śakti and Śākta < [Section 1 - Introductory]
Ethical and Spiritual thought of ancient India (by Kaberi Sarkar)
3. Philosophical ideas in the hymns < [Chapter 2]