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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Samayāvidyā (समयाविद्या) (cf. Samayadīkṣā) refers to the “root mantra of the Goddess”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—At first the god transmits the Command [i.e., ājñā] to the goddess that was transmitted through the previous tradition. In this way he gives her the samayā. The word samayā means “a pledge” or “rule”. The Initiation into the Rule (samayādīkṣā) admits the neophant into the Kula, that is, the spiritual family of the teacher, as an ordinary initiate who is entitled to practice the basic teachings and recite the root Vidyā (i.e. mantra) of the goddess which is accordingly called the samayāvidyā. In this case, although the Kubjikāmatatantra does say that the god imparted the samayā to the goddess, the vidyā may not be meant here as the goddess at this stage has not yet undergone the process that transforms her into Kubjikā, the “embodied”, that is, the iconic form of her vidyā. [...]

Note: The goddess’s samayā-vidyā consists of thirty-two syllables. Newar initiates accordingly call it battisī-vidyā which is a direct translation of the common expression found in the texts dvātriṃśākṣarikā-vidyā i.e. the Vidyā of Thirty-two (syllables) (e.g. see Kumārikākhaṇḍa 9/30-31ab). It is extracted in code in the reverse order in Kumārikākhaṇḍa 8/42cd-85ab. [...] Recited in reverse, it is the Vidyā of the dark lunar fortnight, that is, the sequence (krama) of the New Moon (ibid. 8/42cd). It is “transformed into nectar” (amṛtīkaraṇa) by reciting it in the forward order together with five seed-syllables called the Five Praṇavas, that are added in the forward order in the beginning and the same five in the reverse order at the end. Then it becomes the Vidyā of the goddess in her aspect as the Full Moon (ibid. 8/91).

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samayavidyā (समयविद्या).—astrology; Dk

Samayavidyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms samaya and vidyā (विद्या).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samayavidyā (समयविद्या).—[feminine] astrology.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Samayavidyā (समयविद्या):—[=sam-aya-vidyā] [from sam-aya > sam-i] f. ‘science of right moments’, astrology, [Daśakumāra-carita]

[Sanskrit to German]

Samayavidya in German

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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: Vidya, Samaya.

Full-text: Catushpitha, Avicarata, Avicara, Pithacatushtaya, Amritikarana, Sharirata, Padukanta, Kshetrapala, Samayadiksha.

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