Tantrasamuccaya, Tantra-samuccaya: 5 definitions

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Tantrasamuccaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Tantrasamuchchaya.

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Source: eScholarship: Chapters 1-14 of the Hayasirsa Pancaratra

Tantrasamuccaya (तन्त्रसमुच्चय) is a text from Kerala from the early 15th century. Unni mentions the Tantrasamuccaya in the introduction to the Īśānaśivagurudeva Paddhati and then states that it is from the 14th c. Unni also says that it was written by Nārāyaṇa who states that he was born in the Kali year 4529 (1426 A.D). The Tantrasamuccaya quotes extensively from the Mayamatam, the Kāsyapaśilpa and other texts. [...] The Tantrasamuccaya similarly to the Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra gives special reference to the presence of particular trees (Tantrasamuccaya, first paṭala verses 16-20). The types of soil are given in descending order; that is the best type is described first. The supadma is clearly the best–abounding in fragrant flowers, lotuses and sandal trees. [...]

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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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Vastushastra (architecture)

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Source: Google Books: Consecration Rituals In South Asia

Tantrasamuccaya (तन्त्रसमुच्चय) is the name of a text dealing with Jīrṇoddhāra (“temple renovation”).—Most of the ritual texts of Kerala [such as the Tantrasamuccaya] concern temples. Very often they also contain a chapter, usually called jīrṇoddhāra (“renovation”) devoted to the renovation of temples, which also discusses the re-installation of a new liṅga or idol in the place of a damaged one. The Prayogamañjarī deals with jīrṇoddhāra in Chapter 11 (100 verses). Available edition(s): Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, Trivandrum, Kerala.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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India history and geography

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Source: archive.org: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Malayalam Manuscripts

Tantrasamuccaya (तन्त्रसमुच्चय) deals with the consecration of divine images set up in temples and the performance of worship and ceremonies to these images in accordance with the Śāstras. This Sanskrit work is followed herein by a commentary in Malayalam. The Commentator is one Mahesvaran Nambudiri, a resident of Gartaranya [gartāraṇya]. There are 12 paṭalas in this and it is bound in 3 volumes.—Note: The Tantrasamuccaya (with Malayalam commentary) is the name of a Manuscript whose description is found in “A Descriptive Catalogue of the Malayalam Manuscripts in the Government oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras” composed by Vidyasagara Vidyavacaspati P. P. Subrahmanya Sastri.

Source: Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of Kerala

Tantrasamuccaya (तन्त्रसमुच्चय) is the name of a text dealing with temple rituals written in the 15th century composed under the Sāmūtiris by Cennas Narayanan Nampūtiri—This important text—prescribing the ritual procedures for seven gods, including major deities such as Śiva, Viṣṇu, and Durgā, minor and local deities such as Gaṇapati, Subramanya, and Śāsta, and Śaṇkaranārāyaṅa, a synthesis of Śiva and Viṣṇu—completed an extremely effective syncretistic operation.

The Tantrasamuccaya is still the main ritual text of the Tantric Brahmanical tradition, which may be described as a Smārta-Brahmanical combination of Śaiva-Siddhānta, Pāñcarātra, and Śrī Vaiṣṇava traditions, including elements of Śākta worship as well as low-caste local gods and goddesses.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Tantrasamuccaya (तन्त्रसमुच्चय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] Oppert. 2845. 5984.

2) Tantrasamuccaya (तन्त्रसमुच्चय):—[tantric] Quoted by Abhinavagupta. ibid. p. 840.

3) Tantrasamuccaya (तन्त्रसमुच्चय):—Whish 152.

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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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