Trishulanka, Triśūlāṅka: 5 definitions

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Trishulanka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Triśūlāṅka can be transliterated into English as Trisulanka or Trishulanka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Trishulanka in Shaktism glossary
Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

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

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

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.

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

Triśūlāṅka (त्रिशूलाङ्क):—[=tri-śūlāṅka] [from tri-śūla > tri] m. ‘trident-marked’, Śiva, [Ṣaḍguruś.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Trishulanka 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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