The Sanskrit term Sudarśanagītā can be transliterated into English as Sudarsanagita or Sudarshanagita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Sudarśanagītā (सुदर्शनगीता) (lit. “the praise of the sudarśana-discus”) is the name of chapters 2-3 of the (first section of the) Bṛhadbrahmasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text containing over 4600 Sanskrit verses dealing primarily with Vaiṣṇava theology and practical matters concerning the Śrī-Vaiṣṇava community but also discussing aspects of Viśiṣṭādvaita philosophy.

Description of the chapter [sudarśanagītā]: The Lord Nārāyaṇa Himself then begins to narrate how, as Creator of all things animate and inanimate, the world and its creatures and parts came from Him; as well, He speaks of the different types of being-from deities to demons—their qualities and their final destinies (1-20). But he says He prefers to keep to Himself the secrets of the kaustubha, cakra and śaṅkha marks—but admits that these are in fact devotees who now are in union with Him in His Body. Those who, like the Lord Himself, wear these symbols of devotion on their arms, will get salvation (21-33). Nārāyaṇa expands by saying that in a former age, after He had created the world, “ajā” (cf. māyā) turned the faces of the created beings from God, whereupon śaṅkha and cakra performed penance. As a result of their penance Nārāyaṇa promised that henceforth they will be used by Him to save men even if they have no jñāna-insight or if they omit japa and yoga: those who bear the cakra-mark on their arms will get salvation [paramā gati] (34-67). A section on the sudarśana-cakra-mark—its cosmic symbolism, its use by the gods, its protective strength, etc. follows (68-108) before the chapter returns to other symbols of the Lord. After a brief hymn (111-119) to cakra [sudarśana], the chapter closes with the observation that even Śrī Herself, by the Lord's orders, wears the symbols of śaṅkha and cakra on her arms and that she takes it upon herself to tell others to do likewise (109-123).

Description of chapter 3: At the request of Śrī, Lord Nārāyaṇa tells the story of the Brahmin sage Śrīvatsa who lived in the former age. He had studied the Sāṃkhya, but he still longed to know about God, whereupon God as Puruṣa appeared to him (39-49) telling him to try yoga as a technique. Śrīvatsa did so, and just like God Himself—but on a smaller scale-succeeded in creating a region wherein he lived happily. But all of a sudden for no apparent reason this region was destroyed (50-88). Then a heavenly voice came to him telling him to go to Drāviḍa country and there seek God by devotion [bhakti] (89-96). In this Drāviḍa country there was a king, Viṣṇudharma, who had won widespread fame as a devotee performing penance to Viṣṇu; Śrīvatsa went to him (1-35).

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Sudarśanagītā (सुदर्शनगीता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Bṛhadbrahmasaṃhitā.

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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: Sudarshana, Gita.

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