Svarupaprakasha, Svarūpaprakāśa, Svarupa-prakasha: 3 definitions

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Svarupaprakasha 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 Svarūpaprakāśa can be transliterated into English as Svarupaprakasa or Svarupaprakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

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Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

Svarūpaprakāśa (स्वरूपप्रकाश) or Lakṣmīsvarūpaprakāśa (lit. “concerning Lakṣmī’s own form”) is the name of chapter 14 of the Lakṣmītantra: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 3600 Sanskrit verses exclusively devoted to Goddess Lakṣmī or Śrī (the consort of Viṣṇu) besides dealing with cosmology and practical regarding Vaishnava priests and temple-building programs.—Description of the chapter [lakṣmī-svarūpaprakāśa]: [...] The bulk of the chapter (1-58) is concerned with discussing how the object of knowledge, which is in one sense different from the knower, is accommodated to the mind of the knower. Once again is ascribed to Lakṣmī the facility to effect this identification between that which is to be known and him who knows. [...]

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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

[«previous next»] — Svarupaprakasha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Svarūpaprakāśa (स्वरूपप्रकाश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—vedānta, by Sadānanda Kāśmīra. Kāśīn. 28. Rice. 188. Sūcīpattra. 62.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svarūpaprakāśa (स्वरूपप्रकाश):—[=sva-rūpa-prakāśa] [from sva-rūpa > sva] m. Name of [work]

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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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