Gangeshvara, Gaṅgeśvara: 5 definitions
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Gangeshvara has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Gaṅgeśvara can be transliterated into English as Gangesvara or Gangeshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGaṅgeśvara (गङ्गेश्वर):—(gaṅgā + īśvara) m. Nomen proprium eines Autors [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 650. 687.] — gaṅgeśvaramahiman [Weber’s Verzeichniss 147,b,1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGaṅgeśvara (गङ्गेश्वर):——
1) m. desgl. —
2) Name eines Liṅga. mahiman m. Auch liṅga n.
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: Gangeshvaralinga, Gangeshvaramahatmya, Gangeshvarapura, Gangeshvarasunu.
Full-text: Gangeshvaralinga, Kavyaloka, Gangesha, Shivaditya mishra, Gangesha upadhyaya, Vardhamana upadhyaya, Gadagada, Gangeshvarapura, Raghunatha, Khandana-khanda-khadya, Tattvacintamani, Cintamani, Kiranavali.
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Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Kolagaala < [Rajadhiraja I]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 91 - The Greatness of Gaṅgeśvara < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 42 - Gaṅgeśvara (gaṅga-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 267 - Greatness of Gaṅgāpathagaṅgeśvara (Gaṅgāpatha-gaṅgeśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
Jaina Antiquities at Sainkul (Keonjhar) < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.2.401 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneśvara and Other Placesto Jagannātha Purī]