Ahalya, Ahalyā: 15 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAhalyā (अहल्या):—(3. a + ha) f. Nomen proprium Gautama's oder Śaradvant’s Frau [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 479.] [Medinīkoṣa y. 69.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 3, 4, 18.] [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 38.] [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 1, 12, 4.] [Mahābhārata 3, 8087.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 48, 15.] [Harivaṃśa 1784.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 454.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 83, 25.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 8, 2.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 17, 137.] — eine Apsaras [Medinīkoṣa] — ein See [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 480.] Es kann hier leicht durch saras und apsaras eine Verwechselung entstanden sein.
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Ahalyā (अहल्या):—(so, ohne Accent), Etym. des Namens [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 30, 22. fg.] Nomen proprium eines Sees [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha]; vgl. dazu hrada [Oxforder Handschriften 77,a,14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAhalyā (अहल्या):—f. Nomen proprium —
1) der Gattin Gautama’s oder Śaradvant's. —
2) *einer Apsaras. —
3) *eines Sees.
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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Partial matches: Halya, Alya, A.
Starts with: Ahalyahrada, Ahalyajara, Ahalyakamadhenu, Ahalyanandana, Ahalyapalli, Ahalyapati, Ahalyasamkrandana, Ahalyastotra, Ahalyatirtha, Ahalyeshvaratirtha.
Ends with: Bahalya, Ekahalya, Mahalya, Nahalya, Tahalya.
Full-text (+52): Ahalyajara, Ahalyakamadhenu, Shatananda, Ahalyahrada, Ahalla, Ahalyasamkrandana, Ahalyeshvaratirtha, Ahilya, Gautama, Alikai, Ahalyanandana, Ahalyapati, Akaliyai, Panchakanya, Gotami, Pancakanya, Netrayoni, Shataananda, Mandodari, Gotama.
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Laghu-yoga-vasistha (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
Part 5 - The Story of the Deceitful Indra < [Chapter III - Utpatti-prakaraṇa]
The Gautami Mahatmya (by G. P. Bhatt)
Chapter 16 - Indra-tīrtha or Ahalyā-saṅgama-tīrtha
Chapter 39 - Cakra-tīrtha (for the sake of the discus)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 208 - Greatness of Gautameśvara, Ahalyeśvara and Śatānandeśvara < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 136 - The Greatness of Ahalyā Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 52 - The Story of Koṭitīrtha < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Varṇa (2): The Kṣatriyas < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Pilgrimages in the Matsya Purāṇa < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 49 - Shri Rama liberates Ahalya from Gautama’s curse < [Book 1 - Bala-kanda]
Chapter 48 - Gautama’s hermitage < [Book 1 - Bala-kanda]
Chapter 30 - Telling of the Curse pronounced by the Sage Gautama on Shakra < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
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