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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Haṃsamālā (हंसमाला) is the name of a Mantra discussed in the twenty-sixth chapter of the Parāśarasaṃhitā: a Pañcarātra work of some 2000 verses dealing withe the composition and applications of Mantras, the characteristics of devotees (prapanna) and initiation.—Accordingly, [...] Some of the eight haṃsamantras are given detailed treatment—analysis, dhyānas, nyāsas, etc. (12-60). A closing section deals with how to perform “haṃsamantra-jayantyutsava” and pradāna (gift-making) (61-71) as well as with the haṃsamālā-mantra (72-76).

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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.

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (vastu)

Haṃsamālā (हंसमाला) refers to one of the sections found in “three-storied temples”, as discussed in chapter 6 of the Viṣṇutilakasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 3500 Sanskrit verses covering the typically “agamic” subjects which are being narrated by Brahmā to a number of sages.—Description of the chapter [mandira-nirmāṇa]: In undertaking to construct a temple, the first thing to do is to select a properly qualified Ācārya-director (3-10). [...] There are various typologies of temples, according to materials used, according to numbers of storeys, etc. (176-205). In a three-storey temple, some or all of these sections will be found [e.g., haṃsamālā] [...] (188-1912). The details of building are to be drawn from the Śilpaśāstras. [...]

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

haṃsamālā (हंसमाला).—f S A flock of wild geese.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Haṃsamālā (हंसमाला).—a flight of swans; तां हंसमालाः शरदीव गङ्गाम् (tāṃ haṃsamālāḥ śaradīva gaṅgām) Kumārasambhava 1.3.

Haṃsamālā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms haṃsa and mālā (माला).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Haṃsamālā (हंसमाला).—f.

(-lā) 1. A duck. 2. A flight or flock or wild geese. 3. A kind of metre. E. haṃta a goose, mālā a garland or wreath.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Haṃsamāla (हंसमाल).—f. lā, 1. a duck. 2. a flight of wild geese.

Haṃsamāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms haṃsa and māla (माल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Haṃsamālā (हंसमाला).—[feminine] a flight of wild geese.

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

1) Haṃsamālā (हंसमाला):—[=haṃsa-mālā] [from haṃsa] f. a line or flight of Haṃsas, flock of wild geese etc., [Kumāra-sambhava]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of goose or duck (with dark grey wings), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [Colebrooke]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Haṃsamālā (हंसमाला):—[haṃsa-mālā] (lā) 1. f. A duck, flock of wild geese.

[Sanskrit to German]

Hamsamala in German

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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: Maala, Hamsa, Mala.

Starts with: Hamsamalamantra.

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