Shivabhakta, Shiva-bhakta, Śivabhakta: 8 definitions
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Shivabhakta has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śivabhakta can be transliterated into English as Sivabhakta or Shivabhakta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚivabhakta (शिवभक्त):—adj. ein Verehrer Śiva’s [Oxforder Handschriften 69,a, Nalopākhyāna 1]; vgl. śivaikabhakta [Kathāsaritsāgara 114, 20.]
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: Shiva, Bhakta, Civa.
Starts with: Shivabhaktamahatmya, Shivabhaktananda, Shivabhaktanandakarika, Shivabhaktapratishtha.
Full-text (+8): Shivabhaktamahatmya, Shivabhaktananda, Shivabhaktanandakarika, Shivabhaktapratishtha, Appayyadikshita, Agama, Candeshasthapana, Nartaka, Vidyadana, Vishnuma, Vrisharudhapratishtha, Gangadharapratishtha, Vishnumardha, Trimurtisthapana, Guhasthapana, Vishnumardhapratishtha, Shayyadana, Annadana, Bhumidana, Tiladana.
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