Purashcaranacandrika, Puraścaraṇacandrikā, Purashcarana-candrika: 2 definitions

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Purashcaranacandrika 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 Puraścaraṇacandrikā can be transliterated into English as Purascaranacandrika or Purashcaranacandrika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Purashcharanachandrika.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Puraścaraṇacandrikā (पुरश्चरणचन्द्रिका) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[tantric] Pheh. 1. Quoted in Tantrasāra Oxf. 95^a, by Raghunandana in Āhnikatattva, in Āgamatattvavilāsa.
—by Devendrāśrama. L. 2399. Ben. 41. Np. Iii, 68.
—by Mādhava Pāthaka. Poona. 395.
—by Vibudhendrāśrama. K. 44. B. 4, 260 (Vibudhendrācārya).

2) Puraścaraṇacandrikā (पुरश्चरणचन्द्रिका):—[tantric] Hpr. 2, 126.
—by Devendrāśrama. As p. 107.

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

Puraścaraṇacandrikā (पुरश्चरणचन्द्रिका):—[=puraś-caraṇa-candrikā] [from puraś-caraṇa > puraś > pur] f. 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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