Nandikesha, Nandikeśa, Nandika-isha, Namdikesha: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nandikeśa can be transliterated into English as Nandikesa or Nandikesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNandikeśa (नन्दिकेश):—(nandika + īśa) m. wohl = nandikeśvara und Name eines nach ihm benannten Heiligthums [ŚIVA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 64,a,11.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNandikeśa (नन्दिकेश):—m. Nomen proprium eines Heiligthums.
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: Isha, Nandika.
Starts with: Nandikeshalinga.
Full-text: Nandikeshvara, Nandishvara, Nantikecan, Nandikeshalinga, Kashikastava, Shivajnanabodhasutra, Nandi, Brahmanesha, Shivapuja, Rauravagama.
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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 7 - The greatness of Nandikeśvara < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
Chapter 5 - The death of the Brahmin lady and the greatness of Nandikeśvara < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
Chapter 6 - The Brahmin lady attains heaven < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 100a - Yātrā Parikrama (pilgrimages) (1): Pañca-tīrthikā Yātrā < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 100h - Antargṛha Yātrā < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 230 - The Series of Tīrthas Enumerated < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Devakoshta < [Chapter XIII - Prasada: Component Parts]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)