The Sanskrit term Viśeṣaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Visesasastra or Visheshashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: academia.edu: Religious Inclusivism in the Writings of an Early Modern Sanskrit Intellectual (Shaivism)

Viśeṣaśāstra (विशेषशास्त्र) (Cf. Mantramārga) refers to a “special or esoteric teaching”.—While Śaiva Siddhānta adheres to a strictly dualist doctrine (dvaitavāda, bhedavāda) according to which Śiva is the efficient cause of the world and is distinct from souls and worlds, non-dualist schools hold that Śiva is ultimately non-different from the soul and that liberation is achieved not through ritual but through gnosis. Thus Abhinavagupta, like most other esoteric Śaivas, sees Śaiva Siddhānta as a general and exoteric revelation (sāmānyaśāstra) that his non-dualist theory and practice transcend as a special or esoteric teaching (viśeṣaśāstra, rahasyaśāstra). The theoreticians of Śaiva Siddhānta, on the other hand, disagree with this non-dualist metaphysics and claim that their dualist position is final.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viśeṣaśāstra (विशेषशास्त्र).—a special rule.

Derivable forms: viśeṣaśāstram (विशेषशास्त्रम्).

Viśeṣaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viśeṣa and śāstra (शास्त्र). See also (synonyms): viśeṣavidhi.

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

Viśeṣaśāstra (विशेषशास्त्र):—[=vi-śeṣa-śāstra] [from vi-śeṣa > vi-śiṣ] n. (in gram.) a special rule (= apavāda), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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: Shastra, Vishesha.

Full-text: Visheshavidhi, Vishesha, Rahasya, Rahasyashastra, Samanya, Samanyashastra.

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