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Panchadasi or Panchadashi (Devanagari: पञ्चदशी IAST paṃcadaśī) is a simple yet comprehensive manual of Advaita Vedanta written in the fourteenth century CE (1386-1391) by Vidyaranya, previously known as Madhavacharya. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In Advaita Vedanta and Jnana Yoga Nididhyasana (Sanskrit: निदिध्यासन) is profound and repeated meditation [1] on the mahavakyas, great Upanishadic statements such as "That art Thou", to realize the identity of Atman and Brahman.
The panchakshara (Sanskrit: पञ्चाक्षर) literally means "five syllables" in Sanskrit, [2] referring to the five syllables of na, ma, śi, vā, and ya forming the mantra Om Namah Shivaya. [3]
A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) [1] is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language like Sanskrit or Avestan) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.
The Naiṣkarmyasiddhi of Sureśvara: Edited with Introduction, English Translation, Annotation, and Indices (1st ed.). University of Madras. ISBN 81-7030-317-6. Surésvara; Shri Shrit Satchindānandendra Saraswati (2005). The Klesāpahārinī (An Original Commentary) (2nd ed.). Adhyātma Prakāsha Kāryālaya. ISBN 81-7030-317-6.
The Vedantasara is based on Gaudapada’s Karika, Upadesasahasri of Adi Shankara, Panchadasi of Vidyaranya who died in 1386 A.D., and the Naishkarmayasiddhi of Suresvara. [web 1] The Vedantasara presents Sutratman (text) as Viraj, [2] the prime means to reach knowledge of Atman and Brahman. Only the liberated Self-knower realizes Brahman. [3]
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Lopamudra, (Sanskrit: लोपामुद्रा) also known as Kaveri, Kaushitaki and Varaprada, [1] was a philosopher according to ancient Vedic Indian literature. She was the wife of the sage Agastya who is believed to have lived in the Rigveda period (1950 BC-1100 BC) [citation needed] as many hymns have been attributed as her contribution to this Veda.