Lainga, Laimga, Laiṅga: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchLaiṅga (लैङ्ग):—(von liṅga)
1) n. Titel eines Purāṇa und eines Upapurāṇa [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1,18,10. 19.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 284.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12,7,23.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa S. 659, Śloka 3.] Comm. zu [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā S. 259. 268.] [Oxforder Handschriften.8,a,2. 59,a,39. 65,a,40.] purāṇa [104,a,20. 270,b,35.] Vgl. liṅgapurāṇa . —
2) f. ī eine best. Schlingpflanze, = liṅginī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Laiṅga (लैङ्ग):—adj. das grammatische Geschlecht betreffend: vidhi [Patañjali] [?a. a. O.2,360,b.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungLaiṅga (लैङ्ग):——
1) Adj. das grammatische Geschlecht betreffend. —
2) f. ī eine best. Pflanze. —
3) n. Tttel eines Purāṇa. ([Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,537,14]) und Upaprāṇa. Auch purāṇa 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: Laimgapurana, Laingadhuma, Laingasamhita, Laingodbhava.
Full-text: Laingodbhava, Laingadhuma, Vasishthalainga, Laimgapurana, Laingasamhita, Ilainkam, Laingika, Laingikabhavavada, Laingi, Vacittalainkam.
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Mandukya Upanishad (by Kenneth Jaques)
Verse 27 < [Chapter 2]
Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)
Chapter 9.14 - The Mahesha-purana (study)
Chapter 1 - The Upapurana literature—its extent, antiquity and origin
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 59 < [Volume 1, Part 1 (1901)]
Page 254 < [Volume 4, Part 1 (1908)]
Page 359 < [Volume 4, Part 1 (1907)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 291 < [Volume 2 (1872)]
Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
1.5: Divisions of the Purāṇas < [Chapter 1]
The Quotations of the Puranas in the Danasagar < [Purana, Volume 7, Part 1 (1965)]
Linga-purana and the Tantra Sastra < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)]