Vyapakanyasa, Vyāpakanyāsa, Vyapaka-nyasa: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVyāpakanyāsa (व्यापकन्यास):—[=vy-āpaka-nyāsa] [from vyāpaka-tva > vy-āpaka > vy-āp] m. (in the Tantra system) a [particular] disposition or arrangement of mystical texts over the whole person, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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