Mahabhisheka, Mahābhiṣeka: 5 definitions
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Mahabhisheka has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Mahābhiṣeka can be transliterated into English as Mahabhiseka or Mahabhisheka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahābhiṣeka (महाभिषेक):—[(mahā + a)] m. feierliche Salbung [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8, 14. 19.] Titel des [14ten] Lambaka im Kathāsaritsāgara [Kathāsaritsāgara][?1,8; vgl. Oxforder Handschriften 151,b.] Es ist demnach anugata [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 8] in act. Bed. aufzufassen und pañcalambaka der Titel des [15ten] Lambaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahābhiṣeka (महाभिषेक):—m. —
1) eine feierliche Salbung. prayoga m. und vidhi m. [Classified index] —
2) Titel des 14ten Lambaka in [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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Partial matches: Maha.
Starts with: Mahabhishekalambaka, Mahabhishekaprayoga, Mahabhishekavidhi.
Full-text: Mahabhishekavidhi, Mahabhishekaprayoga, Abhisheka, Madhuvana, Shivabhakta, Bali.
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