Snehavat: 4 definitions
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Snehavat 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.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (shakta)Snehavat (स्नेहवत्) refers to “oil (for a lamp)”, according to the Kulārṇava-tantra (verse VI.85ab, 86cd-7).—It says that says that Yantra is the visual form of a deity which annihilates all evils. The deity, pleased when propitated in the form of Yantra, is like the soul to the body and oil (snehavat) to the lamp [dīpasya snehavat priye]. All deities can be invoked in Yantra and worshipped after receiving instruction or dīkṣa from a preceptor.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySnehavat (स्नेहवत्).—mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) 1. Affectionate. 2. Unctuous, oily. E. sneha, matup aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Snehavat (स्नेहवत्):—[=sneha-vat] [from sneha > snih] mfn. unctuous, oily, fat, [Śakuntalā [Scholiast or Commentator]]
2) [v.s. ...] full of affection, loving, tender, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa; Hitopadeśa]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Snehavat (स्नेहवत्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇehālu, Siṇehālu.
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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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
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