Sanatkumarasamhita, Sanatkumārasaṃhitā, Sanatkumara-samhita: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)1) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography.—For the list of works, see chapter 1, verses 14b-27. The list [including Sanatkumārasaṃhitā] was said to have comprised “108” titles, these, different saṃhitās named after different manifestations of the Lord or different teachers. They are all said to be authoritative as the ultimate promulgator of all these is the same Nārāyaṇa.
2) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—[Cf. Jñānapāda chapter 1, verses 99-114]—First is explained the folly of following more than one Saṃhitā for a single series of rituals. Then the names of the 108 Tantras of the Pāñcarātra corpus are named [e.g., Sanatkumārasaṃhitā]. Even those who repeat these 108 titles will gain salvation.
3) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता) is also 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).
4) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2600 Sanskrit verses covering topics such as initiation (dīkṣā) and the construction, decoration and consecration of temples and icons, as well as routines of regular and special worship cycles.—
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsSanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता) is the name of a Pāñcarātra Āgama text written in over 3500 Sanskrit metrical verses consisting of 37 chapters divided into five sections, of which four remain—the brahmarātra, śivarātra, indrarātra and the ṛṣirātra. There is no apparent narrative framework; instead, what we have is a monologue in which Sanatkumāra narrates in turn what he learned from Brahmā, Śiva, Indra and some ancient sages on such matters as mantras, mudrās, maṇḍalas, dīkṣā, yoga, prāsāda, pratimā, pratiṣṭhā and prāyaścitta. The work is, then, encyclopaedic in scope, but, unlike in most works in the canon, the sections here have little mutual connection. Frequently a discussion will simply end abruptly, indicating that the subject has already been taken up fully elsewhere. Also the text contains some unusual chapters rarely encountered elsewhere, such as the one containing recapitulations of ancient stories, and the unique one relating the teachings of the “Dhanurveda”.
Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता) or simply Sanatkumāra is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a rājasa 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. b. Rājasa (e.g., Sanatkumārasaṃhitā-saṃhitā). 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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—paur. Oppert. 4127. 5206. 5337. Quoted in Tantrasāra Oxf. 95^b, in Śāktānandataraṅgiṇī Oxf. 104^a, by Gaurīkānta Oxf. 109^b, by Hemādri and other later lawyers. Mentioned in Āgamatattvavilāsa. Sanatkumārasaṃhitāyāṃ Kārttikamāhātmya Ben. 47. Pheh. 4. Rādh. 39.
—Rāmacandrastavarāja. Pet. 725. Oxf. 106^b. Burnell. 200^b. Bhr. 398. Printed in Bṛhatstotraratnākara p. 246.
—Rāmastava. Oudh. Xvii, 82.
—Vedāraṇyamāhātmya. Burnell. 196^a.
—Saccidānandastotra. Oxf. 299^b. From the Śivapurāṇa. Ben. 52. From the Skandapurāṇa. Io. 382. Khn. 38. K. 32. B. 4, 102. Ben. 48. Burnell. 194^a. Oppert. Ii, 5196. 5801. Oxf. 84^b (Index).
—[commentary] by Vallabhendra. K. 32. Sanatkumārasaṃhitāyāṃ Vyāsacaritra. Ben. 50.
2) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता):—Gb. 46 (10 first adhyāyās). Sanatkumārasaṃhitāyāṃ Kārttikamāhātmya. Peters. 4, 13.
—Badarīnāthamāhātmya. Peters. 4, 13.
—Rāmacandrastavarāja. Fl. 56. Stein 215.
—Rāmastava. Oudh. Xxi, 148. From the Śivapurāṇa. Stein 215. From the Skandapurāṇa. Stein 218.
3) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता):—from the Skandapurāṇa. Ulwar 885. Sanatkumārasaṃhitāyām Badarīmāhātmya. Ulwar 802.
—Viṣṇusahasranāmapaddhati. Ulwar 2359.
4) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता):—paur. Ak 247. Sanatkumārasaṃhitāyāṃ Rāmastavarāja. L.. 341.
—Rudrakoṭimāhātmya. As p. 164.
5) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता):—of the Śivapurāṇa. Hpr. 2, 237.
6) Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता):—[tantric] Hpr. 2, 238. Io. 2096. No. 3725. Peters. 5, 288 (all 3 Paṭala 31-35). 598. Sanatkumārasaṃhitāyāṃ Gopālakavaca. Hpr. 2, 57. Peters. 6, 482.
—Vāñchākalpa. Bd. 970.
Sanatkumārasaṃhitā (सनत्कुमारसंहिता):—[=sanat-kumāra-saṃhitā] [from sanat-kumāra > sanat > sana] f. Name of [work]
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Partial matches: Sanatkumara, Samhita.
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