Tara in Hinduism
author: Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya
edition: 2003, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 414
ISBN-10: 8178540215
Topic: Hinduism
Brahmanical Sources - Uddharakosa (Uddhara-kosa)
This page describes Uddharakosa (Uddhara-kosa) from pages 155-156 in the book: Tara in Hinduism by Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya. This book represents a study of the Goddess Tara (तारा, tārā) and collects various standpoints regarding her cult from both Buddhist and Brahmanical sources. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms. It is part of the series “Tara from Brahmanical Textual Sources”.
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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa [by Dhrubajit Sarma]
Sanskrit kosha texts. The Sanskrit kosha texts or the Sanskrit lexicography has an ancient origin. The kosha or kosha also means thesaurus. It is an abridgement of abhidhanakosha or the treasure of words. It is used to mean dictionary or lexicon. Other terms employed to designate kosha are namamala i.e. garland of nouns or namaparayana i.e. complete list of nouns. Again, Sanskrit poeticians take the kosha-kavya in a different sense also....
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Vivekachudamani [by Shankara]
Notes:[Modification of Nescience—The experience of the Sushupti state will be spoken of in the next Sloka to be the typical enjoyment of the Anandamaya Kosha. And deep sleep is always a state of intense ignorance. Hence this Sheath must be a modification of Nescience. Pleasure and the rest—The reference is to the Taittiriya Upanishad II. v., where Priya, Moda and Pramoda (various degrees of enjoyment) are said to be the attributes of the Anandamaya Kosha. ]...
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) [by A. Yamuna Devi]
Introduction (Kosha Literature–A Brief Survey). [Note: Amarasimha, in the Nanartha varga of his Amarakosha, arranges the words by their final endings; accordingly the word kosha is arranged among the ‘sha -antas. Kshirasvamin too prefers the word kosha....
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