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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Tripathagāminī (त्रिपथगामिनी).—Gangā (s.v.) descended at the Gaura hill;¹ fell on Śiva's head;² originating from the foot of Soma;³ came to be divided into seven streams; flows in Antarikṣa, Divam and Bhūmi; Śiva prevented her course by yoga, when she grew angry and on account of which drops of water fell on the ground and collected themselves into a lake, Bindusaras; she resisted this and wanted to enter the Pātāla when Brahmā consoled her and let her flow in seven directions, three to the east, three to the west and the seventh to the south; the last one is Bhāgīrathī.⁴ Stopped in the sky above Mānasa.⁵

• 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 18. 27, 29, 30.
• 2) Ib. III. 13. 118; 25. 11.
• 3) Matsya-purāṇa 102. 8; 106. 51; 121. 28-9; 183. 7.
• 4) Vāyu-purāṇa 47. 26-41.
• 5) Ib. 77. 111.

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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.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Tripathagāminī (त्रिपथगामिनी) refers to “she who moves along the three paths (of the Triangle)”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “By means of the path of the teachings of the master, Śiva’s energy is in the abode of Kula. By means of the three triple modalities, she moves along the three paths (of the Triangle) [i.e., tripathagāminī]. (She is) Kālī, Katyāyinī, Kākī, Kulālī and Siddhayoginī and moves facing downwards in the Wheel of the Void Beyond the Fourth. She moves spontaneously very quickly (tvarita) solely by means of the inconceivable pulse (spanda) (of her own energy). Thus she is called Tvaritā (the Speedy One), the Yoginī of the Śrīkula born of the Self”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Tripathagāminī (त्रिपथगामिनी):—[=tri-patha-gāminī] [from tri-patha > tri] f. idem, [i, 3903; Rāmāyaṇa]

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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: Gamini, Miṇi, Tripatha, Tripathaga.

Full-text: Bhagirathi, Tripatha.

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