Vishnusamhita, Viṣṇusaṃhitā, Vishnu-samhita: 4 definitions
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Vishnusamhita 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.
The Sanskrit term Viṣṇusaṃhitā can be transliterated into English as Visnusamhita or Vishnusamhita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)Viṣṇusaṃhitā (विष्णुसंहिता) or simply Viṣṇu is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a sāttvika type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika (e.g., Viṣṇusaṃhitā-saṃhitā). b. Rājasa. c. Tāmasa.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of KeralaViṣṇusaṃhitā (विष्णुसंहिता) is the name of a work dealing with temple architecture, written by Sumati (ca. eleventh century).—When, in the early twelfth century, the Cēra kingdom came to an end, small kingdoms headed by less powerful chieftains emerged. [...] While important works were written in Kerala during this period on temple architecture and Tantric rites of different sects, [such as the Vaiṣṇava Viṣṇu Saṃhitā by Sumati (eleventh-twelfth centuries)] [...], Buddhism and Jainism, which had flourished for centuries in the country, were eradicated.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Viṣṇusaṃhitā (विष्णुसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—paur. NW. 444. [Oudh 1876-1877], 30 (and—[commentary]). Ix, 20 (same Ms.). Oppert. 3015. 5334. Ii, 7759. Quoted by Hemādri in Dānakhaṇḍa 633. 911, by Raghunandana in Ekādaśītattva.
—[commentary] Oppert. Ii, 4158.
2) Viṣṇusaṃhitā (विष्णुसंहिता):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 87.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣṇusaṃhitā (विष्णुसंहिता):—[=viṣṇu-saṃhitā] [from viṣṇu] f. Name of [work]
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: Vishnu, Samhita.
Full-text: Vaishnavasamhita, Vishnu, Madhucchishtavidhana, Muniprokta, Skandapurana.
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Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
1.4. Expiatory Rites in Viṣṇusaṃhitā < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
1. Expiatory Rites in Pre-Tantrasamuccaya Period (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
4. Ritual Gift as a Mode of Expiation < [Chapter 4 - Socio-Cultural aspects of Expiatory Rites]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 3 - The Pañcarātra Literature < [Chapter XVI - The Pañcarātra]
Part 4 - Philosophy of the Jayākhya and other Saṃhitās < [Chapter XVI - The Pañcarātra]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.4.176 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.9.154 < [Chapter 9 - Nityānanda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places]
Verse 2.13.54 < [Chapter 13 - The Deliverance of Jagāi and Mādhāi]
Verse 1.14.104 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 20 - Veterinary Science < [Part 2-3 - Medical Institutions in Ancient India]
Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)