Omkareshvara, Oṃkāreśvara, Omkara-ishvara: 4 definitions
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Omkareshvara has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Oṃkāreśvara can be transliterated into English as Omkaresvara or Omkareshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchOṃkāreśvara (ओंकारेश्वर):—[(oṃkāra + ī)] Nomen proprium eines Liṅga [Oxforder Handschriften 71,b,16.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungOṃkāreśvara (ओंकारेश्वर):—Name eines Liṅga.
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: Ishvara, Omkara.
Starts with: Omkareshvaralinga, Omkareshvaramahatmya.
Full-text: Omkareshvaralinga, Omkara, Mahishmati.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 52 - Oṃkāreśvara (oṃkāra-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 73 - The Greatness of Oṃkāra < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 230 - The Series of Tīrthas Enumerated < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Kuttalam < [Chapter XII - Temples of Kulottunga III’s Time]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
14. Twelve Jyotirliṅga incarnations of lord Śiva < [Chapter 5 - Rudra-Śiva in the Purāṇic Literature]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 34 - The Greatness of Kṛttivāseśvara < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 18 - The greatness of the Jyotirliṅga Oṃkāreśvara < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 92 - Glory of Śrīśaila < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]