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A mandala, (Sanskrit: मण्डल, romanized: maṇḍala, lit. 'circle', [ˈmɐɳɖɐlɐ] ) is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and ...
The etymological origin of the richa is the Sanskrit word Ṛc (ऋच्), which means to praise. [3] Richa, is therefore, one ṛc after the other. Other meanings of ṛc are splendor, worship, or a hymn. [4] Richa can also refer to a verbal composition of celestial sounds called shrutis; the Gayatri Mantra is a rucha as well.
According to the narrow definition, Tantrism, or "Tantric religion", is the elite traditions directly based on the Sanskrit texts called the Tantras, Samhitas, and Agamas. [ 13 ] [ 43 ] Lorenzen's "broad definition" extends this by including a broad range of "magical beliefs and practices" such as Yoga and Shaktism .
Sanskrit epigraphy, the study of ancient inscriptions in Sanskrit, offers insight into the linguistic, cultural, and historical evolution of South Asia and its neighbors. Early inscriptions , such as those from the 1st century BCE in Ayodhya and Hathibada , are written in Brahmi script and reflect the transition to classical Sanskrit .
The Sanskrit word véda "knowledge, wisdom" is derived from the root vid-"to know". This is reconstructed as being derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-, meaning "see" or "know".
Literature in Sanskrit [ac] can be broadly divided into texts composed in Vedic Sanskrit and the later Classical Sanskrit. [284] Vedic Sanskrit is the language of the extensive liturgical works of the Vedic religion, [ ad ] which aside from the four Vedas, include the Brāhmaṇas and the Sūtras.
Sanskrit literature is a broad term for all literature composed in Sanskrit. This includes texts composed in the earliest attested descendant of the Proto-Indo-Aryan language known as Vedic Sanskrit , texts in Classical Sanskrit as well as some mixed and non-standard forms of Sanskrit.
Mandala means sphere, and the text is known as Mandala-brahmana Upanishad because the Purusha in the sphere of the Sun (Narayana) gave this knowledge to Yagnavalakya. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Mandala-brahmana Upanishad ( IAST : Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa Upaniṣad ) is listed at number 48 in the Telugu language anthology of 108 Upanishads of the Muktika ...