Saṃpradāya Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
... (Skt., from saṃ-pra da , ‘to give completely up’, ‘to hand down by tradition’). In Indian religions, any established doctrine and set of practices transmitted from one teacher to another. From this it has come to mean any sectarian religious teaching or a religious sect. In the Mahābhārata ( Anuśāsanaparvan 141), the four (supposedly) original saṃpradāyas are listed more as styles of increasing asceticism through which tapas is generated. For Jains, see MULA SANGHA...
sampradāya Quick reference
A Dictionary of Hinduism
... (‘ order ’, ‘ tradition ’, ‘ sect ’) A term for an institutionalized order or tradition (usually smārta in nature), marked by a guru-pupil lineage or paramparā . This may be traced back to an historical or mythical founder, or even to God (however identified). Entry requires a special initiation ( dīkṣā ), which, depending on the tradition, may be given to renouncers only, or to householders as well...
Mahānubhāva Saṃpradāya Quick reference
A Dictionary of Hinduism
...Saṃpradāya ( Mānbhāvs, Manbhaus ) (‘ those who have a great experience ’) An anti- Vedic and antinomian Kṛṣṇa - bhakti tradition, founded by Cakradhar in 13th-century Maharashtra. By the end of the following century, the tradition had separated into thirteen ‘currents’ ( āmnāyas ), and isolated itself from the surrounding Hindu culture of caste and svadharma , partially by preserving its extensive Marathi literature—much of it hagiographical material about Cakradhar and his successors—in a secret code until the 20th century. Mahānubhāvas...
Sangeeta Sampradāya Pradarśini
The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India
...Sampradāya Pradarśini A Telugu work ( 1904 ) on music and musicians by Subbarāma Dīkshitar . The work, in two volumes, was printed in Ettayapuram, Tamil Nadu. Pradarśini has five main sections: 1. Seventy-seven biographies of luminaries beginning from Śārangadeva (13th cent.) to the author himself. 2. A discussion of scientific principles governing music, brought under two titles ‘Sangeeta Lakṣhaṇa Prācheena Paddhati’ and ‘Sangeeta Lakṣhaṇa Sangraha’. 3. A scholarly treatment of rāgas with their moorchanās. Rāgas covered include rare ones like...
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Mahānubhāva Saṃpradāya
Sangeeta Sampradāya Pradarśini
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Jayadeva Pakṣadhara
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