Nakulishapashupata, Nakulīśapāśupata, Nakulisha-pashupata: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nakulīśapāśupata can be transliterated into English as Nakulisapasupata or Nakulishapashupata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNakulīśapāśupata (नकुलीशपाशुपत):—m. Pl. eine best. Secte.
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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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 5 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - The Literature and History of Southern Śaivism < [Chapter XXXIV - Literature of Southern Śaivism]
Part 1 - The Doctrine of the Pāśupata-sūtras < [Chapter XXXVIII - Śaiva Philosophy in some of the Important texts]
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
Brief Review of Scholarship < [Introduction]
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha (by E. B. Cowell)