Dipavali, Dīpāvali, Dipa-avali: 13 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Dipawali.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDīpāvali (दीपावलि):—(dīpa + āvali) f. eine Reihe von Lampen [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 21, 4.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDīpāvali (दीपावलि):—f. eine Reihe von Lampen.
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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Starts with: Dipavalica Padava, Dipavalicem Ovalanem, Dipavalike, Dipavaliprayoga, Tipavali.
Ends with: Danadipavali, Krittikadipavali, Nyayadipavali, Talaittipavali, Tipavali.
Full-text: Dipali, Dipavaliprayoga, Dipotsava, Akashadipa, Dipavalike, Dipalige, Nyayadipavali, Agasagudu, Dipawali, Dipamala, Dipavalicem Ovalanem, Akashabutti, Divali, Krittikadipavali, Aippaci, Kalaratri, Lakshmi, Tipavali, Mahotsava, Nirajana.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 3.1.18 < [Chapter 1 - The Worship of Śrī Girirāja]
Verses 6.5.23-24 < [Chapter 5 - The Kidnapping of Śrī Rukmiṇī]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 9 - Rites to be Performed on Vatsadvādaśī, [...] Dīpāvalī < [Section 4 - Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya]
Chapter 146 - Greatness of Yameśvara (Yama-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 22 - Importance of worshipping Rukmiṇī < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
Yakshagana: Origin And Growth < [January 1958]
Jago Patel < [November-December 1931]
Muthuswami Dikshita < [January – March, 1987]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 14 - Ānandabodha Yati < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Part 21 - Dialectic of Śaṅkara and Ānandajñāna < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
Part 4 - Teachers and Pupils in Vedānta < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 122 - The Celebration of Dīpāvalī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 117 - The Importance of Bathing in Kārtika < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
6.9. Entertainments in Ancient India < [Chapter 5 - Looking for Alternatives: Possibilities in Kāmaśāstra]
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