Sudarshanaprakasha, Sudarśanaprakāśa, Sudarshana-prakasha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Sudarśanaprakāśa can be transliterated into English as Sudarsanaprakasa or Sudarshanaprakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (mantra)Sudarśanaprakāśa (सुदर्शनप्रकाश) (lit. “explanation of the sudarśanamantra”) is the name of chapter 31 of the Lakṣmītantra: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 3600 Sanskrit verses exclusively devoted to Goddess Lakṣmī or Śrī (the consort of Viṣṇu) besides dealing with cosmology and practical regarding Vaishnava priests and temple-building programs.
Description of the chapter [sudarśanaprakāśa]: The sudarśanamantra is further praised, and some of its prayogic effects are listed (1-32). The sudarśanagāyatrī-mantra is then described (33-36), followed by the sudarśanamudrā (37-39). The śakti-power of the mantra may be obtained by repetition of the mantra with the mudrā-gestures accompanying it; the effect will be to kill one’s enemies or to abolish impediments (40-44). The sudarśanaṣaḍakṣara-mantra is then described in terms of what is to be meditated upon during mantra-repetitions-thus yielding a description of (the iconography of?) Sudarśana (45-63). At the end, Lakṣmī identifies herself also with Sudarśana (64-82), this being one of her most extraordinary forms.
Mantrashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, mantraśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mantras—chants, incantations, spells, magical hymns, etc. Mantra Sastra literature includes many ancient books dealing with the methods reciting mantras, identifying and purifying its defects and the science behind uttering or chanting syllables.
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Partial matches: Prakasha, Sudarshana.
Full-text: Sudarshanagayatri, Sudarshanagayatrimantra, Sudarshanashadakshara, Sudarshanashadaksharamantra, Shadaksharamantra, Sudarshana, Sudarshanamantra, Sudarshanamudra.
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