Shivamahatmya, Śivamāhātmya, Shiva-mahatmya: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śivamāhātmya can be transliterated into English as Sivamahatmya or Shivamahatmya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Śivamāhātmya (शिवमाहात्म्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—B. 2, 52. Oppert. Ii, 6473.
—from the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa. Bp. 293.
—from the Sūtasaṃhitā of the same. Io. 140. 302. Khn. 38. Burnell. 194^a. 195^a. Poona. 349.
—[commentary] by Mādhavācārya. Io. 140. Poona. 349.
2) Śivamāhātmya (शिवमाहात्म्य):—delete Io. 302.
3) Śivamāhātmya (शिवमाहात्म्य):—from the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa. L.. 335.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚivamāhātmya (शिवमाहात्म्य):—[=śiva-māhātmya] [from śiva] n. Name of [work]
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, Mahatmya, Civa.
Starts with: Shivamahatmyakhanda, Shivamahatmyamuktavali.
Full-text: Tungashaila, Shivamahatmyamuktavali, Shivamahatmyakhanda, Shristhala, Upapurana, Skandapurana, Sutasamhita.
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