Karttikeya, Kārtikeya, Kārttikeya, Kartikeya: 27 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKārttikeya (कार्त्तिकेय):—(von kṛttikā) m. ein Beiname Skanda's, des Feldherrn der Götter, welcher von Agni und der Gaṅgā erzeugt, von den sechs Kṛttikā ernährt wurde, [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 34.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2588. 3, 14241. fgg.] [13, 4098. 4179. fg.] [Harivaṃśa 158. 9823.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 37, 20. 38, 25. 4, 7, 21. 44, 72.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 47, 20.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 120.] kārttikeyaṣaṣṭhī [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 468.] Nach einer anderen Legende ist Skanda ein Sohn der Durgā, woher diese nach [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] den Beiname kārttikeyaprasū führt; vgl. [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 29] und [TROYER] zu d. St. Nach [WEBER] ([Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 269]) hat Kārttikeya seinen Namen vom Monat Kārttika, weil dieser zu Kriegszügen vorzüglich geeignet ist.
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Kārttikeya (कार्त्तिकेय):—, vrata [Oxforder Handschriften 31,b,6.] Verfasser eines Prātiśākhya zur Taittirīyasaṃhitā [Weber’s Indische Studien 4, 332.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKārttikeya (कार्त्तिकेय):—m. —
1) Metron. Skanda's. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Autors.
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: Karttikeya-mukha, Karttikeyanagara, Karttikeyani, Karttikeyapada, Karttikeyapasu, Karttikeyaprasu, Karttikeyapura, Karttikeyashashthi, Karttikeyasiddhanta, Karttikeyavrata, Karttikeyeshvara.
Ends with: Svamikarttikeya.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.12.44 < [Chapter 12 - Description of Śrī Nanda’s Festival]
Verse 2.5.18 < [Chapter 5 - The Liberation of Bakāsura]
Verses 6.10.22-23 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 5 - Kārttikeya is crowned < [Section 2.4 - Rudra-saṃhitā (4): Kumāra-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 37 - Śaṅkhacūḍa fights with the full contingent of his army < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 21 - Description of the Special War < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 69 - The Slaying of Tāreya < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Chapter 121 - The Importance of Offering Lights etc. < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 122 - The Celebration of Dīpāvalī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Pasuvandanai < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
Temples in Tiruvalisvaram < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
Temples in Seramadevi < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
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