Shabdadhatusamiksha, Śabdadhātusamīkṣā, Shabdadhatu-samiksha: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Śabdadhātusamīkṣā can be transliterated into English as Sabdadhatusamiksa or Shabdadhatusamiksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Shaiva philosophy

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Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)

Śabdadhātusamīkṣā (शब्दधातुसमीक्षा) is another name for the Ṣaḍdhātusamīkṣā, or the “theory of the six elements”.—(Cf. Abhinavagupta’s commentary—Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 28 on Abhidharmakośa 1.27) The Ṣaḍdhātusamīkṣā is a treatise, alluded to by Somānanda in Śivadṛṣṭi 2.73 as the Samīkṣā and mentioned by Utpaladeva himself in Śivadṛṣṭivṛtti, 83–86, is also known as the Śabdadhātusamīkṣā (see e.g. Iyer 1969, 9–10), [...]

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