Samaloshtashmakancana, Samaloṣṭāśmakāñcana: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Samaloṣṭāśmakāñcana can be transliterated into English as Samalostasmakancana or Samaloshtashmakancana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Samaloshtashmakanchana.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric TraditionsSamaloṣṭāśmakāñcana (समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चन) refers to “looking impartially on mud, stones and gold”, according to the Kiraṇatantra chapter 49 (dealing with vratacaryā).—Accordingly, “Garuḍa spoke: ‘You have taught me, O great Lord, the activities of the Neophyte, the Putraka and the Ācārya. Tell me those of the Sādhaka’. The Lord spoke: ‘The excellent Sādhaka [should be] full of sattva, firm, capable of endurance, his mind fixed on [his] mantra, unassailable, of great wisdom, looking impartially on mud, stones and gold (samaloṣṭāśmakāñcana) engaged, regular in [the performance of] oblations, always devoted to recitation and meditation, dexterous in the dispelling of obstacles, firm in [the practice of his] religious observance, calm, pure. [...]’”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySamaloṣṭāśmakāñcana (समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चन).—[adjective] to whom a clod, (a stone), and a piece of gold are all the same.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySamaloṣṭāśmakāñcana (समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चन):—[=sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcana] [from sama] mfn. one to whom a clod and stone and gold are all the same, [Aṣṭāvakra-saṃhitā]
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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: Asma, Loshta, Kancana, Cama, Sama.
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