Janmashtami, Janmāṣṭamī: 10 definitions
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Janmashtami has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Janmāṣṭamī can be transliterated into English as Janmastami or Janmashtami, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Janmashtmi.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchJanmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी):—(ja + aṣṭamī) f. der achte Tag in der dunkelen Hälfte des Monats Śrāvaṇa (mukhyacāndreṇa) oder Bhādra (gauṇacāndreṇa). an dem Kṛṣṇa geboren ist: tattva [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1177.] vrata [1194.]
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Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी):—vgl. [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 128. fg.] nirṇaya m. Titel eines Werkes [HALL 151.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungJanmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी):—f. der achte Tag in der dunklen Hälfte des Bhādra , an dem Kṛṣṇa geboren ist. tattva n. Titel eines Abschnittes im Smṛtitattva. nirṇaya m. Titel eines Werkes.
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: Janmashtamikatha, Janmashtaminirnaya, Janmashtamipratimapuja, Janmashtamipuja, Janmashtamitattva, Janmashtamivrata, Janmashtamivratakatha, Janmashtamivratapuja, Janmashtamivratatattva, Janmashtamivratodyapana, Janmashtamivratodyapanavidhi.
Ends with: Krishna Janmashtami, Krishnajanmashtami, Radhajanmashtami.
Full-text: Krishnajanmashtami, Purusha-sukta, Janmashtaminirnaya, Janmashtamitattva, Janmashtamivrata, Krishna Janmashtami, Krishnashtamirata, Radhajanmashtami, Janmashtmi, Raghunandana bhattacarya, Bhagavata Purana.
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Verse 2.1.302 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
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Verse 1.2.92 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
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