Trishulanka, Triśūlāṅka: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Triśūlāṅka can be transliterated into English as Trisulanka or Trishulanka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Triśūlāṅka (त्रिशूलाङ्क) refers to one of the eight Guardians (kṣetrapāla-aṣṭaka) associated with Avyaktapīṭha (i.e., ‘the unmanifest seat’ representing the act of churning—manthāna), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—[...] The eight Guardians (kṣetrapālāṣṭaka): ..., Lambha, Bhūta, Triśūlāṅka, and Ajara
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Triśūlāṅka (त्रिशूलाङ्क) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—one of the gurus of Ṣaḍguruśiṣya. W. p. 12.
2) Triśūlāṅka (त्रिशूलाङ्क):—one of the six gurus of Ṣaḍguruśiṣya. W. p. 14.
Triśūlāṅka has the following synonyms: Śūlapāṇi.
Triśūlāṅka (त्रिशूलाङ्क):—[=tri-śūlāṅka] [from tri-śūla > tri] m. ‘trident-marked’, Śiva, [Ṣaḍguruś.]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shulanka, Tri.
Full-text: Lambha, Shadgurushishya, Trishula, Shulapani, Ajara, Bhuta.
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