Manidvipa, Mani-dvipa, Maṇidvīpa: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMaṇidvīpa (मणिद्वीप):—[(ma + dvīpa)] m.
1) Juweleninsel, Bez. einer mythischen Insel im Nectarmeere [ANANDAL. 8] in [Kāvya-Saṅgraha 247.] —
2) die Haube der Schlange Ananta [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.]
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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Full-text (+25): Ratnadvipa, Kurandaka, Bhallataka, Pilu, Kankola, Kutaja, Tamala, Panasa, Kancanara, Talaparna, Talaparni, Talasi, Ela, Devadaru, Punnaga, Jamvira, Kanakavriksha, Kshiravriksha, Khadira, Ganika.
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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 12 - On the description of Maṇi Dvīpa < [Book 12]
Chapter 10 - On the description of Maṇi Dvīpa < [Book 12]
Chapter 37 - On Bhakti Yoga < [Book 7]
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) (by Arthur Avalon)
The Concept of Shakti in Indian Thought < [January – March, 1978]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 51 - Review of holy rites < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 3 - Guhyasamāja-tantra system of Jñānapāda < [Book 7 - The preaching of the Tantras]
Shakti and Shakta (by John Woodroffe)
Chapter II - Śakti: the World as Power < [Section 1 - Introductory]