The Linga and the Great Goddess
author: Swami Karpatri
edition: 2009, Indica Books, Varanasi
pages: 370
ISBN-10: 818656988X
Topic: Hinduism
The ten Mahavidyas
This page describes The ten Mahavidyas which is part located on page 281 in the book: The Linga and the Great Goddess by Swami Karpatri. This book expounds on the meaning of the Linga and the nature of the Great Goddess besides containing as a debate about the relation of sakti between Nyaya and Mimamsa: two schools of orthodox Hindu philosophy. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “The ten Mahavidyas” according to 229 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Not only does Vadindra refer to the arguments of previous writers in support of maha-vidya and in refutation of it in his Maha-vidya-vidambana, but Bhuvana-sundara Suri also in his commentary on the Maha-vidya-vidambana refers to other critics of maha-vidya. Recently two different commentaries have been discovered on maha-vidya , by Purushottama-vana and Purnaprajna....
Read full contents: Part 15 - Maha-vidya and the Development of Logical Formalism
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: निराजनि महा-विद्या कन्दलि कार्य-साधनि पुजा प्रतिस्था विपुला पुनन्ति पार-लौकिकि nirajani maha-vidya kandali karya-sadhani puja pratistha vipula punanti para-laukiki . . ....
Read full contents: Verse 4.19.105
Chaitanya Bhagavata [by Bhumipati Dasa]
ye-prabhu achila bhola maha-vidya-rase ebe krishna-vinu ara kichu nahi vase || 249 || English translation: (249) The same Lord who was once absorbed in the taste of scholastic pastimes did not relish anything now other than Krishna....
Read full contents: Verse 2.1.249
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[The Linga and the Great Goddess: index]
[Preface]
[Introduction]