Candika, Caṇḍikā, Candikā, Cāṇḍikā: 32 definitions
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Candika has 30 English definitions available.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCaṇḍikā (चण्डिका):—(von caṇḍī) f.
1) Beiname der Durgā [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 33.] [Itihāsa] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 399.] [Pañcatantra Pr. 1.] vāhanabhūtasya siṃhasya [25, 8.] caṇḍikāyatana [186, 16.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 156. 10, 141.] gṛha [25, 86.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 9, 15. 6, 18, 48.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 40. 52.] māhātmya [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 2,337 (129,a).] caṇḍikā schlechtweg heisst das Devīmāhātmya [Bibliothecae sanskritae 215.] —
2) Linum usitatissimum [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 9, 4]; vgl. umā, devī, haimavatī, caṇakā .
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Caṇḍikā (चण्डिका):—
1) mahānavamyutsava [Oxforder Handschriften 35,a,14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCaṇḍika (चण्डिक):—Adj. beschnitten [Galano's Wörterbuch] Vgl. caṇḍa 1)b).
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Caṇḍikā (चण्डिका):—f. —
1) Beiname der Durgā. —
2) ein Tempel der Durgā [Kād. (1872) 256,20.] —
3) = devīmāhātmya. —
4) Nomen proprium einer Surāṅganā [Indische studien von Weber 15,241.] —
5) *Linum usitatissimum.
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Starts with (+16): Candikacarita, Candikadandakastotra, Candikadevikavaca, Candikadvara, Candikaghanta, Candikagriha, Candikahavanangavedoktapunyahavacanaprayoga, Candikahavanaprayoga, Candikahridaya, Candikakamyahomavidhi, Candikakilaka, Candikalaya, Candikalpa, Candikamahanavami, Candikamahatmya, Candikanityapuja, Candikapathavidhi, Candikapujavidhana, Candikapujavidhi, Candikapurana.
Ends with: Aticandika, Bhishmacandika, Cukracandika, Kucandika, Mangalacandika, Picandika, Pracandacandika, Prasannacandika, Rudracandika, Shabdacandika, Sutrarthacandika, Yashashcandika.
Full-text (+372): Tikshnakanta, Candikaghanta, Navadurga, Kucandika, Mangalacandika, Navagraha, Ashrama, Candikamahatmya, Candikashataka, Rudracandika, Candikagriha, Candikka, Pracandacandikasahasranamastotra, Candikaputta, Candikamahanavami, Makarandaka, Canda, Cukracandika, Candiya, Pracandacandika.
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The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
5. Origin of Caṇḍikā Śakti < [Chapter 3]
7. Description Devi’s Function < [Chapter 3]
Śakti Mythology (Introduction) < [Chapter 3]
Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) (by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah)
1. Similarities (6): Religion and Religious Cults < [Chapter 8 - Comparative Society as described in the Kādambarī and the Harṣacarita]
9. Religious Cults < [Chapter 6 - Other Socio-Cultural Aspects]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Canto LXXXVIII - The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja
Canto LXXXIX - The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 40 - Bath, charity and śrāddha at Cakratīrtha during the month of Kārtika < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Chapter 64 - The greatness of Bhīmeśvara < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 36 - Origin of Eminent Āśrama of Caṇḍī [Caṇḍikā] < [Section 3 - Arbuda-khaṇḍa]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 20 [Ambā as Caṇḍi transcends Sāṅkhya and Yoga] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
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