Svarupanirupana, Svarūpanirūpaṇa: 4 definitions

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In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

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Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)

Svarūpanirūpaṇa (स्वरूपनिरूपण) refers to the “examination of the nature”, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī 2.138.—Accordingly, “And [against the thesis of the existence of the external object,] there is not only this [aforementioned] refuting argument (bādhaka) which functions through the means of [valid] knowledge (pramāṇa) [lacking in the case of the external object]; [there is] also [a refuting argument] which functions ‘by itself’ [according to the Vivṛti], that is to say, through the [external object’s] own [nature, or more precisely,] through the awareness arising from the examination of the [contradictory] nature (svarūpanirūpaṇa) of the object of knowledge (prameya). [...]”.

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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

[«previous next»] — Svarupanirupana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Svarūpanirūpaṇa (स्वरूपनिरूपण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—vedānta. Rice. 188.
—by Śaṅkarācārya. W. p. 180.

2) Svarūpanirūpaṇa (स्वरूपनिरूपण):—by Śaṅkarācārya. Fl. 430. Io. 2116.

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

Svarūpanirūpaṇa (स्वरूपनिरूपण):—[=sva-rūpa-nirūpaṇa] [from sva-rūpa > sva] n. Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Svarupanirupana in German

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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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