Shabdatanmatra, Śabdatanmātra, Shabda-tanmatra: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śabdatanmātra can be transliterated into English as Sabdatanmatra or Shabdatanmatra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śabdatanmātra (शब्दतन्मात्र) originates from Bhūtādi (or Tāmasāhaṃkāra), through its spontaneous self-modification, according to the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—[...] From this bhūtādi or tāmasa-ahamkara which is covered by the mahat, there springs through its spontaneous self-modification the śabda-tanmātra and by the same process there springs from that śabdatanmātra, the ākāśa the gross element. Again the bhūtādi covers up the śabda-tanmātra and the ākāśa differentiated form it as the gross element. The ākāśa being thus conditioned , produces spontaneously by self modification the sparśatanmātra which produces immediately and directly the gross vāyu . The bhūtādi again covers up the ākāśa, śabda-tanmātra, sparśa-tanmātra and the differentiated vāyu which then produces the rūpa-tanmātra which immediately produces the gross light (teja).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Śabdatanmātra (शब्दतन्मात्र).—the subtle element of sound.
Derivable forms: śabdatanmātram (शब्दतन्मात्रम्).
Śabdatanmātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and tanmātra (तन्मात्र).
Śabdatanmātra (शब्दतन्मात्र).—n.
(-traṃ) The subtile element of sound.
Śabdatanmātra (शब्दतन्मात्र):—[=śabda-tanmātra] [from śabda > śabd] n. the subtle element of s°, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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: Shabda, Tanmatra.
Full-text: Akasha, Bhutadi, Sparshatanmatra, Vayu, Rupatanmatra, Thina, Tanmatra, Prakritasrishtiprakasha.
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