Sharikastrotra, Śārikāstrotra, Sharika-strotra: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Śārikāstrotra can be transliterated into English as Sarikastrotra or Sharikastrotra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)1) Śārikāstrotra (शारिकास्त्रोत्र) is the name of a work attributed to the Pradyumnāvatāra. This text is “a mālāmantra in prose with a dhyānaśloka in the beginning and two verses at the end”. [...] From this stotra we can gather something about the iconography of the deity, for instance the attributes held in her eighteen arms, her names, the seven goddesses (amā etc.) that form her retinue and their symbolism.
2) Śārikāstrotra is also the name of a text (in eighteen verses) authored by Sāhib Kaul.—The Kashmirian Kauls refers to a clan that migrated to Kashmir not before the fifteenth century and brought their own cults with them, which were then fused with the local Kashmirian cults. The most important figure in this group, Sāhib Kaul, is credited with three ritual handbooks and furthermore fused Advaita-Vedāntic ideas with the Kashmirian Pratyabhijñā. Sāhib Kaul has also composed a further text on the deity, a Śārikāstotra in eighteen verses which, as he says, gives the derivation of her Mantra.
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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Partial matches: Sharika.
Full-text (+116): Bhumi, Pradyumnavatara, Gadgada, Prajna, Mrityu, Nirmita, Vihasa, Samsarabdhi, Ashraya, Shadrasa, Shuddhahrid, Mukti, Jivanmukta, Murdha, Hrid, Samyakprajna, Stotra, Dhanya, Durjana, Ashis.
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