Shashvati, Śaśvatī: 7 definitions
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Shashvati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Śaśvatī can be transliterated into English as Sasvati or Shashvati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śāśvatī (शाश्वती) refers to “permanent (devotion)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.12 (“The Gods go back to their abodes”).—Accordingly, as Maya-Asura said to Śiva: “O great lord, lord of the Gods, if you are delighted and if I deserve the grant of a boon please grant me permanent (śāśvatī) devotion to you [svabhaktiṃ dehi śāśvatīm]. O supreme lord, grant me comradeship with your devotees for ever, compassion towards the distressed and indifference towards the wicked living beings. O lord Śiva, let there be no demonaic instinct in me at any time. O lord, let me be fearless for ever engrossed in your auspicious worship”.
Śaśvatī (शश्वती).—A Śakti.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 44. 91.
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Śāśvatī (शाश्वती) refers to “eternal”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “She who is (both) supreme (transcendental—parā) and inferior (immanent—aparā) bliss, unmanifest, transcendent, supremely existent, subtle, whose abode is the Bliss of Stillness, omniscient, eternal [i.e., śāśvatī], primordial, beyond action and (yet) ever active, is the Transmental, Kālī, the energy of consciousness (citkalā). This is the Lineage of the Divine Current (divyaughasantati). [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
śāśvatī (शाश्वती).—f (śāśvata) Perpetuity, permanency, lastingness.
śāśvatī (शाश्वती).—f Perpetuity, lastingness.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Śāśvatī (शाश्वती).—The earth.
Śāśvatī (शाश्वती):—[from śāśvata] f. the earth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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Starts with: Shashvatika, Shashvatikata, Shashvatiya.
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