The Sanskrit term Śuddhacaitanya can be transliterated into English as Suddhacaitanya or Shuddhacaitanya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shuddhachaitanya.

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Śuddhacaitanya (शुद्धचैतन्य) refers to “pure Consciousness”, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvimarśinī (KSTS vol. 65, 331).—Accordingly, “The state of turyātīta taught [above] with reference to that [blossoming of insight] is simply the [further] extension of the realization of the state called turya. But that state of turyātīta was taught there as a state of awareness in which Void etc. remain [as objective knowables], but is separated [from them]. This is the state referred to as ‘the pure Self,’ ‘the Formless,’ and ‘pure Consciousness’ (śuddhacaitanya) in the Saiddhāntika scriptures. It is taught with reference to those who know the Deity solely as [being] all-transcendent; so [Utpaladeva] indicates [in his Vivṛti]”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śuddhacaitanya (शुद्धचैतन्य).—pure intelligence.

Derivable forms: śuddhacaitanyam (शुद्धचैतन्यम्).

Śuddhacaitanya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śuddha and caitanya (चैतन्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śuddhacaitanya (शुद्धचैतन्य).—[neuter] pure intelligence (ph.).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śuddhacaitanya (शुद्धचैतन्य):—[=śuddha-caitanya] [from śuddha > śundh] n. pure intelligence, [Vedāntasāra]

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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.

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Partial matches: Shuddha, Caitanya.

Full-text: Caitanya.

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