Ekanamsha, Ekānaṃśā, Eka-anamsha: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ekānaṃśā can be transliterated into English as Ekanamsa or Ekanamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchEkānaṃśā (एकानंशा):—(eka + anaṃśā) f. die Einzige auf welche kein Theil fällt; ein Beiname der Kuhū (Neumondstag), einer Tochter von Aṅgiras, [Mahābhārata 3, 14129.] mit der Durgā idendentif. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 52.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 55.] wird zu gleicher Zeit mit Kṛṣṇa geboren und mit ihm vertauscht, wodurch dieser den Nachstellungen Kaṃsa’s entgeht, [Harivaṃśa 3351. 9068. 9071. 9429. 10244.] Daher mit Kṛṣṇa und Baladeva zusammen verehrt: ekānaṃśā (so zu lesen) kāryā devī baladevakṛṣṇayormadhye [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 58, 37] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 246.]
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Ekānaṃśā (एकानंशा):—unter den Beiww. der Durgā [Kathāsaritsāgara 53, 171.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungEkānaṃśā (एकानंशा):—f. Beiname —
1) der Kuhū. —
2) der Durgā.
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: Anamsha, Eka.
Full-text: Nidra.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 18 - The Glory of Ekānaṃśā < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
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Chapter 19 - Demon Mahiṣa Slain by Durgā < [Section 3b - Arunācala-khaṇḍa (Uttarārdha)]
The Interplay of Arts in Ancient India < [September 1944]
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Chapter LIII < [Book IX - Alaṅkāravatī]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
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