Uddishatantra, Uḍḍīśatantra, Uddisha-tantra: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Uḍḍīśatantra can be transliterated into English as Uddisatantra or Uddishatantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (astronomy)Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र) is the name of a work by Nāgārjuna used as a source for the Kautukāni (classified as literature dealing with astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The redactor of the present work introduces it as based on the Uḍḍīśa (Uḍḍīśatantra) by Nāgārjuna. Nāgārjuna uses the uḍḍīśa as a source in his Kakṣapuṭa and the Kakṣapuṭa deals with Kautukas. But they do not correspond. Nāgārjuna’s Yogaratnamālā which also deals with procedures enabling one to achieve extraordinary aims and healing of bodily disorders also represents the same trend, but is not identical with our text which would then be a kind of idiosyncratic Kautakasāroddhāra
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society, Volume 4: Reviews and NoticesUḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र) is the name of a work related to Ayurveda and medicine referenced by the “cikitsa bidhane tantrasastra”—a Bengali work authored by ‘Krishna Chaitanya Thakur’ in three volumes dealing with the treatments for diseases and disorders collected from Tantric and Ayurvedic texts.—Eastern India is one of the major strongholds of Tantrism in South Asia, and this region, particularly Bengal, has played and still plays a prominent role in the development of Āyurveda. It is indeed a fact that much medically relevant material is to be found in [the Uḍḍīśatantra, or other] Tantric texts. The “cikitsā bidhāne tantraśāstra” (by Kṛṣṇacaitanya Ṭhākur) contains wealth of medicines and remedies for a large variety of diseases and disorders, arranged according to the individual diseases or disorders. The material presented is culled from a variety of texts [e.g., uḍḍīśatantra], [most of which] seem to be classed as Tantric, but some are quite obviously not so, though their material may be related to that to be found in Tantric texts.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—tantra, attributed to Rāvaṇa. Io. 581. L. 989 (Haramekhalā). B. 4, 252. Ben. 42. Bik. 622. Rādh. 25. Oudh. V, 26. Viii, 32. Ix, 20. Xi, 20. Xv, 134 (according to the Virabhadramahātantra). Xvii, 92. Np. V, 134. Ix, 36. Oppert. 7589. Mentioned in Āgamatattvavilāsa. See Kuloḍḍiśa.
Uḍḍīśatantra has the following synonyms: Uḍḍīśaśāstra.
2) Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र):—Bl. 218 (inc.). 219 agrees with Io. 581 and L. 989.
3) Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र):—Ulwar 2060.
4) Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र):—Cs 5, 6. Il. See Mahoḍḍīśatantra.
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: Uddisha, Tantra.
Starts with: Uddishatantrasara.
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