Lokapitamaha, Lokapitāmaha, Loka-pitamaha: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchLokapitāmaha (लोकपितामह):—und sarva s. u. pitāmaha
1) (b) und füge [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 10, 1] hinzu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungLokapitāmaha (लोकपितामह):—m. Beiname Brahman's.
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: Loka, Pitamaha.
Ends with: Sarvalokapitamaha.
Full-text: Sarvalokapitamaha, Brahma, Abhisheka.
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The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
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The Pursuit of Dharma in the Ramayana < [July 1962]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
4. Forms of Śiva and his different activities < [Chapter 5 - Rudra-Śiva in the Purāṇic Literature]
5. Epithets of Rudra-Śiva tracked in the Upaniṣadic literature < [Chapter 6b - Epithets (References)]