Shishyalakshana, Śiṣyalakṣaṇa, Shishya-lakshana: 2 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Pancaratra
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Shishyalakshana 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 Śiṣyalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Sisyalaksana or Shishyalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Śiṣyalakṣaṇa (शिष्यलक्षण) (lit. “on characteristics of aspirants”) is the name of chapter 8 of the Indrarātra section of the Sanatkumārasaṃhitā: an encyclopedic Sanskrit text written in over 3500 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as yoga, temple-building, consecration ceremonies, initiation and dhanurveda (martial arts).

Description of the chapter [śiṣyalakṣaṇa]: Here Sanatkumāra turns to yoniśuddhi, by which he refers to the purity of the parentage on the female side for candidates for initiation who have been born out of wedlock or to couples of mixed-classes marriages (1-34). Then he turns to bījaśuddhi, or the analogous purity on the male side for candidates for initiation who are either bastards or the issue of mixed-classes marriages (35-49). He also mentions that some people are made automatically ready for initiation by virtue of their class-origin, the area of their birth, the discipline which they are able to exert over their bodies, or the sacraments which they have already piously observed—varṇaśuddhi, deśaśuddhi, dehaśuddhi and kriyāśuddhi (50-64).

2) Śiṣyalakṣaṇa (शिष्यलक्षण) refers to the “requisites of an initiate”, as discussed in the eighth chapter of the Agastyasaṃhitā (agastya-suīkṣṇa-saṃvāda edition), an ancient Pāñcarātra Āgama text dealing with the worship of Rāma, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa and Hanumān.—Cf. the chapter [guruśiṣyalakṣaṇa]: Sutīkṣṇa asks Agastya who was the first teacher of and the first initiate into the six-syllable mantra on this earth. [...]

context information

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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Śiṣyalakṣaṇa (शिष्यलक्षण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] Śg. 2, 204.

context information

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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