Shivaloka, Śivaloka, Shiva-loka: 8 definitions
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Shivaloka has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śivaloka can be transliterated into English as Sivaloka or Shivaloka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚivaloka (शिवलोक):—m. Śiva’s Welt (auf dem Kailāsa) [PAÑCAR. 1, 3, 31.] [Bhaviṣyapurāna im Tithyāditattva] nach [Śabdakalpadruma]
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, Loka, Civa.
Starts with: Shivalokanivasin.
Full-text (+78): Vaikunthadhama, Shivamandira, Gauriloka, Simhadvara, Saptasagaradana, Shripura, Kashika, Nivasin, Agniloka, Laukika, Shivalokanivasin, Shuddhatattva, Marakatashala, Svarnamukhari, Suvarnamukhari, Gridhrakuta, Shivagana, Ashtangarghya, Jyeshtha, Adharmamahisha.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.4.18 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Verse 1.2.85 < [Chapter 2 - Divya (the celestial plane)]
Verse 1.2.96-97 < [Chapter 2 - Divya (the celestial plane)]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 52 - The bridegroom’s party is fed and Śiva retires to bed < [Section 2.3 - Rudra-saṃhitā (3): Pārvatī-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 18 - The Redemption of Guṇanidhi < [Section 2.1 - Rudra-saṃhitā (1): Sṛśṭi-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 29 - The previous birth of Śaṅkhacūḍa < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-saṃhitā (5): Yuddha-khaṇḍa]
Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Scope and creativity in Gati based on tradition < [Chapter 5 - Conclusion]
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Introduction < [Volume 3.3 - Pilgrim’s progress: to Chola (later?)]
Chapter 83 - Thirukodikkuzhagar or Tirukkotikkulakar (Hymn 32) < [Volume 3.7 - Unto the last]
Introduction < [Volume 3.5 - Pilgrim’s progress: to the North]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 30 - On the conversation between Sāvitrī and Yama and on the fruition of Karmas < [Book 9]
Chapter 6 - On the greatness of Rudrākṣams < [Book 11]
Chapter 3 - On the glories of the Rudrākṣa beads < [Book 11]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.23.244-245 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Verse 3.3.418-419 < [Chapter 3 - Mahāprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal]
Verse 3.6.68 < [Chapter 6 - The Glories of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu]