Sheshasamhita, Śeṣasaṃhitā, Shesha-samhita: 3 definitions
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Sheshasamhita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Śeṣasaṃhitā can be transliterated into English as Sesasamhita or Sheshasamhita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsŚeṣasaṃhitā (शेषसंहिता) is the name of a Pāñcarātra Āgama text written in roughly 2800 verses and some prose sections in 64 chapters. The work is written with the concerns of the layman in mind, and is almost exclusively focused on mantras—even the seven chapters (4-10) on jayantī-celebrations concern themselves with the use of the appropriate mantras for the occasions. In this work, Śeṣa (=Ananta) tells Nārada what Nārāyaṇa told him (and Brahmā, according to one reference in chapter 2) as the “Fifth Veda”, Thus, all the mantras contained in the Śeṣasaṃhitā are considered to be “Vedic” the Śaivite and Śākta systems are dismissed, consequently, as being “non-Vedic”. As for the connection of this work with the Pāñcarātra school, there can be little doubt that it is a genuine product of the school.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumŚeṣasaṃhitā (शेषसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—of Pāñcarātra. Mysore. 3. Oppert. 332. Ii, 4193.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚeṣasaṃhitā (शेषसंहिता):—[=śeṣa-saṃhitā] [from śeṣa] f. Name of [work]
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: Shesha, Samhita.
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