Svaprakasha, Sva-prakasha, Svaprakāśa: 10 definitions
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Svaprakasha 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 Svaprakāśa can be transliterated into English as Svaprakasa or Svaprakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश) refers to the “self-luminous”, and is used to describe Śiva, according the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.15. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] On arrival there, after paying respects to the lord [Śiva] with great excitement we lauded Him with various hymns with palms joined in reverence. The Devas said: [...] Obeisance to the liberator of the individual soul from the noose; to the bestower of salvation to the devotee, to the self-luminous (viz., Svaprakāśa), the eternal, the unwasting, the incessant knowledge”.
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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश) refers to:—Self-manifest; selfilluminating. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश) refers to “self-illuminating” and is used to describe the Ātman (one’s own self), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] You are the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The cause of your bondage is that you see the witness as something other than this. [...] You are really unbound and actionless, self-illuminating (svaprakāśa) and spotless already [niḥsaṅgo niṣkriyo'si tvaṃ svaprakāśo nirañjanaḥ]. The cause of your bondage is that you are still resorting to stilling the mind. All of this is really filled by you and strung out in you, for what you consist of is pure awareness - so don't be small minded. [...] ”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश).—a (S) That shines by its own or native light. 2 fig. That is self-enlightened or self-taught.
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
Svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश).—a.
1) self-evident.
2) self-luminous.
Svaprakāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sva and prakāśa (प्रकाश).
Svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश).—Adj. Self-evident, self-luminous.
1) Svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā by Śrīdharasvāmin.
Svaprakāśa has the following synonyms: Ātmaprakāśa.
2) Svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश):—Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā by Śrīdharasvāmin.
Svaprakāśa has the following synonyms: Ātmaprakāśa.
1) Svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश):—[=sva-prakāśa] [from sva] mfn. clear or evident by itself (-tva n.), [Upaniṣad; Sāhitya-darpaṇa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] self-luminous, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of [commentator or commentary]
Svaprakāśa (स्वप्रकाश):—
1) adj. durch sich selbst offenbar, klar [NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 133. 146. 149. 160. 163. fg.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 354.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 23, 21.] [PAÑCAR. 4, 3, 21.] [Sāhityadarpana 23, 4.] Davon nom. abstr. tva n. [ebend. 60.] —
2) Titel eines Commentars [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 487.] pradīpikā Titel eines Werkes [HALL 92.] rahasya desgl. [48.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Svaprakāśa (ಸ್ವಪ್ರಕಾಶ):—
1) [noun] self-illumination.
2) [noun] a self-illuminating object.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Prakasha, Shva.
Starts with (+0): Svaprakashadipika, Svaprakashajnanavadartha, Svaprakashapradipika, Svaprakasharahasya, Svaprakashatavicara, Svaprakashatva, Svaprakashavadartha.
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