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Amrita is composed of the negative prefix, अ a from Sanskrit meaning 'not', and mṛtyu meaning 'death' in Sanskrit, thus meaning 'not death' or 'immortal/deathless'. The concept of an immortality drink is attested in at least two ancient Indo-European languages : Ancient Greek and Sanskrit .
A folio, one of 38, from a medieval copy of the Amṛtasiddhi, called C, written bilingually in Sanskrit and Tibetan.The text is tripartite, the first line in Sanskrit, the second a transliteration into Tibetan dbu can letters, and the third a translation into Tibetan dbu med letters.
The Sanskrit term amṛta appears several times in this dhāraṇī and others. In the Ṛg Veda this term refers to the elixir of eternal life. The iconography of and texts associated with Amitābha/Amitāyus often describe this buddha as one whose Dharma serves as the ambrosia that grants eternal life.
Bindu (Sanskrit: बिंदु) is a Sanskrit word meaning ... This model contradicts the later Kundalini model in the same text ... (where it is purified to amrita).
The Nadabindu Upanishad (Sanskrit: नादबिन्दु उपनिषत्, IAST: Nādabindu Upaniṣad) is an ancient Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. [5] [6] [7] It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. [8] It also known as Amrita Nada Bindu Upanishad.
The chronology of Mandukya Upanishad, like that of other Upanishads, is uncertain and contested. [12] The chronology is difficult to resolve because all opinions rest on scanty evidence, an analysis of archaism, style and repetitions across texts, driven by assumptions about likely evolution of ideas, and on presumptions about which philosophy might have influenced which other Indian philosophies.
The discussion of Om by the text, states Deussen, suggests that the former meaning may be more appropriate. [6] It is one of five Upanishads whose title has the suffix "binduer" meaning "drop", while “amrita” represents the nectar of immortality like ambrosia in Greek literature parlance, but here its real emphasis is on mind. [ 9 ]
Amrit Sanskar (Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੰਸਕਾਰ, romanized: Amrita sasakāra, pronunciation: [ãːmɾʱɪt̪ sә̃nskäːɚ], lit. "nectar ceremony") is one of the four Sikh Sanskaars. [1] The Amrit Sanskar is the initiation rite introduced by Guru Gobind Singh when he founded the Khalsa in 1699. [2] [3]