Sahasradhara, Sahasradhāra, Sahasra-dhara: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSahasradhāra (सहस्रधार):—1.
1) adj. s. u. 1. dhārā 1). —
2) f. ā ein aus tausend Oeffnungen eines Gefässes hervordringender Wasserstrahl: dhārayā devīṃ snāpayāmi sureśvarīm [DURGOTSAVAPADDHATI im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Sahasradhāra (सहस्रधार):—2. adj. tausend Schneiden habend, m. Viṣṇu’s Diskus (Rad) [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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Partial matches: Dhara, Sahasra, Tara.
Starts with: Sahasratarai.
Full-text: Cakasrarattattu, Sahasratarai, Cakattirataram, Sahasralinga, Ayodhya, Abhisheka.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 2 - Brahmakuṇḍa and Sahasradhārā < [Section 8 - Ayodhyā-māhātmya]
Chapter 3 - The Tīrthas: Svargadvāra, etc. < [Section 8 - Ayodhyā-māhātmya]
Chapter 1 - The Greatness of Viṣṇuhari < [Section 8 - Ayodhyā-māhātmya]
The Nilamata Purana (by Dr. Ved Kumari)
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 36 - The Lineage of Manu: Manvantaras < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]