Kukkuteshvara, Kukkuṭeśvara, Kukkuta-ishvara: 6 definitions
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Kukkuteshvara has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Kukkuṭeśvara can be transliterated into English as Kukkutesvara or Kukkuteshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKukkuṭeśvara (कुक्कुटेश्वर):—Bez. eines bestimmten Zauberspruches [Oxforder Handschriften 98,a,8.] n. Nomen proprium eines Liṅga [70,b,44.] tantra n. Name eines Tantra [95,a,21.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKukkuṭeśvara (कुक्कुटेश्वर):——
1) m. ein best. Zauberspruch. —
2) n. Name eines Liṅga.
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: Ishvara, Kukkuta.
Starts with: Kukkuteshvaratantra.
Full-text: Kukkuteshvaratantra, Kukkudesara, Mahakaleshvara.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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