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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (p)

Strīguru (स्त्रीगुरु) refers to “female Gurus”.—The Tantraśāstra has some distinct features which have a wider appeal to the masses when compared with the Vedic rituals. The foremost is its catholicity of outlook which welcomes anyone and everyone into its fold, irrespective of caste, birth, age and sex. Women are revered and even exalted as ‘strīguru’. Second, there is no need here for preparatory rigorous training to judge a person’s fitness for initiation as prescribed in the Vedic tradition. Few have the kind of mental purity, detachment and so on, which are but the outcome of strenuous study and penance. The Tantra Śāstra does not pitch itself to high exacting standards. It is fully aware of the unchangeable truth that all humans are not made of the same physical and mental capacity.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Strīguru (स्त्रीगुरु).—a female Guru or priestess.

Derivable forms: strīguruḥ (स्त्रीगुरुः).

Strīguru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms strī and guru (गुरु).

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

Strīguru (स्त्रीगुरु):—[=strī-guru] [from strī] m. a female Guru or priestess (who teaches initiatory Mantras), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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: Guru, Stri.

Full-text: Tantra.

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