Shaktidhara, Śaktidhara, Shakti-dhara: 13 definitions
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Shaktidhara has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaktidhara can be transliterated into English as Saktidhara or Shaktidhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaktidhara (शक्तिधर):—
1) adj. einen Speer tragend: Skanda [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 58, 41.] —
2) m. a) ein Name Skanda's [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 36.] [Harivaṃśa 3862.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 1, 5.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 16, 32.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Verfassers von Mantra bei den Śākta [Oxforder Handschriften 101,b,19.] — c) Nomen proprium eines Kriegers (v. l. śaktivara) [Hitopadeśa 99, 7. fgg., v. l.]
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: Shakti, Dhara.
Full-text: Shaktipani, Cattitaran, Shaktivara, Shaktidhvaja, Kanakashakti, Villan, Subrahmaṇya.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter xxxvi < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 101 - Destruction of Kāma (madanadāha) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 34 - The Greatness of Śaktibheda Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
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