Vasishthasamhita, Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā, Vasishtha-samhita: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā can be transliterated into English as Vasisthasamhita or Vasishthasamhita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)1) Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वासिष्ठसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography.—For the list of works, see chapter 1, verses 14b-27. The list [including Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā] was said to have comprised “108” titles, these, different saṃhitās named after different manifestations of the Lord or different teachers. They are all said to be authoritative as the ultimate promulgator of all these is the same Nārāyaṇa.
2) Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वासिष्ठसंहिता) is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—[Cf. Jñānapāda chapter 1, verses 99-114]—First is explained the folly of following more than one Saṃhitā for a single series of rituals. Then the names of the 108 Tantras of the Pāñcarātra corpus are named [e.g., Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā]. Even those who repeat these 108 titles will gain salvation.
3) Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वासिष्ठसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Puruṣottamasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the Pāñcarātra priestly community.
4) Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वासिष्ठसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Bhāradvājasaṃhitā or “Bhāradvāja-kaṇva-saṃhitā”: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 230 ślokas mainly concerned with basic details concerning temple construction and icon consecration.
5) Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वासिष्ठसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, pūjā (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and prāyaścitta (expiatory measures).
6) Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वासिष्ठसंहिता) is also mentioned in the Viśvāmitrasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2600 Sanskrit verses covering topics such as initiation (dīkṣā) and the construction, decoration and consecration of temples and icons, as well as routines of regular and special worship cycles.—
7) Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वासिष्ठसंहिता) or Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitāsaṃhitā is also mentioned in the Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā: a large Pāñcarātra Āgama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.
Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वासिष्ठसंहिता) or simply Vāsiṣṭha is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a sāttvika type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika (e.g., Vāsiṣṭhasaṃhitā-saṃhitā). b. Rājasa. c. Tāmasa.
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 Catalogorum1) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—of Pāñcarātra. Taylor. 1, 46. 218. Oppert. Ii, 4146. 6418. Quoted in Tantrasāra Oxf. 95^b, by Gaurīkānta Oxf. 109^b, by Raghunandana in Tithitattva and Dīkṣātattva, in Āgamatattvavilāsa. Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitāyāṃ Kārttikamāsodyāpana. Oudh. Ix, 12.
—Gāyatrīpañjara or Sāvitrapañjara. L. 884. 2858. Oudh. Xii, 46.
—Gāyatrīhṛdaya. Burnell. 201^b.
—Viṣṇurahasya. [Mackenzie Collection] 55.
2) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—[dharma] Oppert. 317. See Vasiṣṭhasmṛti. Vṛddhavasiṣṭhasaṃhitā. B. 3, 122. Bp. 261.
3) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—in 4 chapters, yoga. Oxf. 233^a. L. 453.
4) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—jy. B. 4, 194. Ben. 27. Rādh. 35. 46. Np. V, 202. This is scarcely the Vāsiṣṭhasiddhānta which Varāhamihira mentions in the Bṛhatsaṃhitā.
—[commentary] by Viśvanātha. Np. I, 150. Bṛhadvasiṣṭhasaṃhitā by Vṛddhavasiṣṭha. Sucīpattra 20. Vṛddhavasiṣṭhasaṃhitā. [Mackenzie Collection] 121. Np. V, 2. 202. Viii, 56. Ix, 48. Peters. 1, 102. Bühler 550. 558 (both [fragmentary]). Sb. 265. Modern Vasiṣṭhasiddhānta. Cambr. 29. Burnell. 76^b.
Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā has the following synonyms: Vasiṣṭhasiddhānta.
5) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—of Pāñcarātra. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 82. Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitāyāṃ Gāyatrīkavaca.
6) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—yoga. Io. 2609 (in 8 chapters). Quoted by Śaṅkarācārya on Śvetāśvataropaniṣad, by Narasiṃha in Tārābhaktisudhārṇava, Catal. Io. p. 898.
Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā has the following synonyms: Vāsiṣṭhayogakāṇḍa.
7) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—jy. Vṛddhavasiṣṭhasaṃhitā. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 88. Io. 922. 2307. Modern Vasiṣṭhasiddhānta in five chapters. Stein 172.
Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā has the following synonyms: Vasiṣṭhasiddhānta.
8) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—(Vasiṣṭhabharadvājasaṃvāda) in 36 adhy., bhakti. Ulwar 1596. Extr. 401. Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitāyāṃ Gāyatryaṣṭottaraśatanāman. Ulwar 2113.
—Rāmacandrabālacarita. Ulwar 860.
9) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—jy. Ulwar 1959. Vṛddhavasiṣṭhasaṃhitā. Ulwar 1973. Extr. 582.
Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā has the following synonyms: Vasiṣṭhasiddhānta.
10) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—yoga. Hpr. 2, 183 (Kāṇḍa 5-8). Peters. 5, 297.
11) Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—jy. Ak 900. Vṛddhavasiṣṭhasaṃhitā. As p. 118. Peters. 5, 520. 521 (both inc.).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVasiṣṭhasaṃhitā (वसिष्ठसंहिता):—[=vasiṣṭha-saṃhitā] [from vasiṣṭha > vas] f.
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