Shashti-tantra, Ṣaṣṭi-tantra, Shashtitantra, Ṣaṣṭitantra: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Ṣaṣṭi-tantra and Ṣaṣṭitantra can be transliterated into English as Sasti-tantra or Shashti-tantra or Sastitantra or Shashtitantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Digital Library of India: Nyāya-VaiśeṣikaThe name for a lost Sāṃkhya work of Vṛṣagaṇa.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṢaṣṭitantra (षष्टितन्त्र).—the doctrine of 6 conceptions (of the Sāṃkhya philosophy).
Derivable forms: ṣaṣṭitantram (षष्टितन्त्रम्).
Ṣaṣṭitantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣaṣṭi and tantra (तन्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryṢaṣṭitantra (षष्टितन्त्र):—[=ṣaṣṭi-tantra] [from ṣaṣṭi > ṣaṣ] n. the doctrine of 60 conceptions or ideas (peculiar to the Sāṃkhya [philosophy]), [Sāṃkhyakārikā; Tattvasamāsa]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shashti, Tantra.
Full-text: Shashtividya, Samkhya.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 4 - An Early School of Sāṃkhya < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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