Sarvadhipatya, Sarva-adhipatya, Sarvādhipatya: 4 definitions

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In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

[«previous next»] — Sarvadhipatya in Pancaratra glossary
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Sarvādhipatya (सर्वाधिपत्य) refers to the “overlord” (with omniscience, etc.), as is discussed in the fourth chapter of the Agastyasaṃhitā (agastya-suīkṣṇa-saṃvāda edition), an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the worship of Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa and Hanumān.—Description of the chapter [mantraprāpti-prakāra]: “[...] Hiraṇyagarbha—as the Creator of all the world and its beings—asked that he be given the instruction [upāya] by which he and his fellow sages, as well as all of sinful humanity, might achieve final beatitude [mukti]. Thereupon Nārāyaṇa gave to Hiraṇyagarbha a mantra of six syllables, along with other mantras and yantras—and at the very moment Hiraṇyagarbha heard the six-syllable mantra he was transformed into the Overlord [sarvādhipatya] with omniscience, etc. Nārāyaṇa also instructed Hiraṇyagarbha to share the liberating knowledge with the other sages by instructing them also in the six-syllable mantra, the other mantras and yantras, that they too might be liberated. [...]”.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sarvadhipatya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sarvādhipatya (सर्वाधिपत्य):—[from sarva] n. universal sovereignty, [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad]

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Sarvadhipatya 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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Hindi dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sarvadhipatya in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sarvādhipatya (सर्वाधिपत्य):—(nm) exercise of hegemony over all, autocracy; ~[vāda] autocracy; ~[vādī] autocratic; an autocrat.

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