Kalasutra, Kala-sutra, Kālasūtra: 18 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKālasūtra (कालसूत्र):—(2. kāla + sūtra) n. der Faden der Zeit oder des Todes, Name einer Hölle [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 2, 2.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 249. 4, 88.] vaḍiśo yaṃ tvayā grastaḥ kālasūtreṇa lambitaḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 11495.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 207.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 26, 7. 14.] [Burnouf 201.] Auch kālasūtraka [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 222.] Umschrieben: niraye kālasāhvaye [Mahābhārata 13, 2479.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKālasūtra (कालसूत्र):——
1) n. die Angelschnur des Todesgottes [Mahābhārata 3,157,45.] —
2) m. n. eine best. Hölle [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,6,4.] [Kāraṇḍavyūha 18,12.37,1.66,16.]
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: Kalasutraka.
Ends with: Kamakalasutra.
Full-text: Kalasahvaya, Kalasutraka, Naraka, Karasutra, Mahahavividhi, Krishnsutra, Sutrayati, Ushnanaraka, Kalasutri, Eight Hot Hells, Alakshmi, Bhrashtajnana, Varshalaksha, Alakshmika, Nashtakirti, Bhutika, Avici, Cittacakra.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 4.88-90 < [Section X - Gifts not to be Accepted]
Verse 3.249 < [Section XV - Procedure after Feeding]
Verse 4.87 < [Section X - Gifts not to be Accepted]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter II-a - Sermon on the Hells (naraka) < [Volume I]
Chapter II-b - The hell named Saṃjīva < [Volume I]
Chapter II-c - The hell named Kālasūtra < [Volume I]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Courses through the five destinies (pañcagati) < [The world of transmigration]
The eight great hells < [The world of transmigration]
Appendix 7 - The expression of driving out a peg by means of a counter-peg < [Chapter XXXIX - The Ten Powers of the Buddha according to the Abhidharma]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXXV - Merit of offering funeral cakes at Pretasila in Gaya < [Agastya Samhita]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 32 - On the enumeration of various hells for sinners < [Book 9]
Chapter 21 - On the narrative of hells < [Book 8]
Chapter 22 - On the narrative of the sins leading to hells < [Book 8]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 12 - The Greatness of Svāmipuṣkariṇī: Redemption from Hells < [Section 1 - Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya]
Chapter 92 - The Greatness of Yamahāsya Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 5 - Rewards and Punishments Resulting from Previous Karmas < [Section 3b - Arunācala-khaṇḍa (Uttarārdha)]