Shaddhatusamiksha, Ṣaḍdhātusamīkṣā, Shaddhatu-samiksha: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ṣaḍdhātusamīkṣā can be transliterated into English as Saddhatusamiksa or Shaddhatusamiksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)Ṣaḍdhātusamīkṣā (षड्धातुसमीक्षा) refers to the “theory of the six elements”.—(Cf. Abhinavagupta’s commentary—Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 28 on Abhidharmakośa 1.27) The Ṣaḍdhātusamīkṣā is a treatise, alluded to by Somānanda in Śivadṛṣṭi 2.73 as the Samīkṣā and mentioned by Utpaladeva himself in Śivadṛṣṭivṛtti, 83–86, is also known as the Śabdadhātusamīkṣā (see e.g. Iyer 1969, 9–10), but as already pointed out in Torella 2002, xxvi–xxvii, note 39 (cf. Torella 2014, 573), the latter title, which appears in the KSTS edition of the Śivadṛṣṭivṛtti, is a corruption (note that as seen above, note 88, the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī gives the title as Ṣaḍdhātusamīkṣā). On the few known fragments of it and what might have been the overall goal of the work, see Ratié 2018. As pointed out there, Abhinavagupta makes some interesting remarks regarding this ṣaḍdhātuvāda while commenting on another part of the Pratyabhijñā treatise (Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī, vol. I, 93): [...]
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumṢaḍdhātusamīkṣā (षड्धातुसमीक्षा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted by Utpala in Spandapradīpikā. See Dhātusamīkṣā.
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: Samiksha, Shaddhatu.
Full-text (+6): Dhatusamiksha, Shabdadhatusamiksha, Samiksha, Anupayogin, Vicarita, Pramanika, Cetana, Vikara, Pancabhuta, Vicitramelana, Pancaka, Panca, Catur, Vicitra, Bhutacatushtaya, Caturbhuta, Vikaravishesha, Angikrita, Grahya, Anudita.
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