Brahmottarakhanda, Brahmottarakhaṇḍa: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (ब्रह्मोत्तरखण्ड) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from the Skandapurāṇa. Oxf. 75^a. L. 2567. K. 26. Ben. 49. Kāṭm. 1. Pheh. 5. Rādh. 40. NW. 462. Np. V, 180. Burnell. 194^b. Poona. Ii, 184. Oppert. 2246. 2919. 5595. 6069. 6761. 6956. 7347. 8125. Ii, 348. 473. 2606. 2840. 4778. 7659. 8063. 8461. 9731. 9859. 9960. Rice. 72. Peters. 3, 390.
Brahmottarakhaṇḍa has the following synonyms: Laghuśivapurāṇa.
2) Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (ब्रह्मोत्तरखण्ड):—of the Skandapurāṇa. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 147. Bl. 31. Hz. 59. 289. 417. Rgb. 162. Stein 217.
3) Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (ब्रह्मोत्तरखण्ड):—paur. Hz. 1075. 1123. Śg. 2, 286 (inc.).
—of the Skandapurāṇa. Ak 160. As p. 125. Cs 4, 193. 234 (inc.). 235. 236. 295. Io. 1211. 1432. 2550. Peters. 5, 200. See Bṛhadbrahmottarakhaṇḍa.
Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (ब्रह्मोत्तरखण्ड):—[=brahmottara-khaṇḍa] [from brahmottara > brahma > brahman] n., Name of [chapter] of [Skanda-purāṇa]
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: Brahmottara, Khanda.
Ends with: Brihadbrahmottarakhanda.
Full-text (+2): Brihadbrahmottarakhanda, Pradoshastotra, Mrityumjayatvaprakarana, Pishacamocana, Kshirinivanamahatmya, Airavateshvaramahatmya, Amalakavanamahatmya, Jnanankuramahatmya, Shivavarmakathana, Bhulokakailasamahatmya, Katyayanimahatmya, Brahmakhanda, Pradoshodyapana, Shivakavaca, Shivamahatmya, Rajaniti, Shivaratrimahatmya, Laghushivapurana, Rudradhyaya, Shivapurana.
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