Mahakaleshvara, Mahākāleśvara, Mahakala-ishvara: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahākāleśvara can be transliterated into English as Mahakalesvara or Mahakaleshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahākāleśvara (महाकालेश्वर):—[(mahākāla + īśvara)] n. Name des Liṅga in Ujjayinī (vgl. mahākāla 1, a) [Oxforder Handschriften 64,a,32. 70,b,41.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahākāleśvara (महाकालेश्वर):—n. Name eines Liṅga in Ujjayinī.
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: Kaleshvara, Ishvara, Maha, Mahakala.
Full-text: Kukkuteshvara, Jyotirlinga, Mahakala.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 93 - Greatness of Mahākāleśvara (Mahākāla-īśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 326 - Greatness of Mahākāla < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 100a - Yātrā Parikrama (pilgrimages) (1): Pañca-tīrthikā Yātrā < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 137 - Vikīrṇatīrtha and Śvetodbhava < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 16 - The greatness of the Jyotirliṅga Mahākāla < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
Chapter 22 - On the partaking of the Naivedya of Śiva and the greatness of Bilva < [Section 1 - Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā]
Chapter 17 - The greatness of Jyotirliṅga Mahākāla < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 92 - Glory of Śrīśaila < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]