Shivapurana, Śivapurāṇa, Shiva-purana: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śivapurāṇa can be transliterated into English as Sivapurana or Shivapurana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚivapurāṇa (शिवपुराण):—n. Titel eines Purāṇa [Notices of Skt. Mss. 66.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1207. fg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 63], a, [No. 113. 75], a, [No. 127. 131], b, [7. 252], a, [Nalopākhyāna 3. 279], b, [19.] [Westergaard’s Verzeichniss 99],a. [Verz. d. Tüb. H. 15.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 218. 222.] — Vgl. śaiva .
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Partial matches: Shiva, Purana, Puraana, Civa.
Starts with: Shivapuranatamasatvakhandana.
Ends with: Laghushivapurana.
Full-text (+10375): Shatarudrasamhita, Candishapurana, Darukavana, Shivapuranatamasatvakhandana, Ghushmesha, Korali, Tryakshaka, Hathatkara, Akhatishvaratirtha, Namavidhi, Abimukta, Kalpaga, Kumbheshvaratirtha, Kuberatirtha, Kapitirtha, Kauberatirtha, Dhatakitirtha, Nagatirtha, Kandarpadahana, Jamburudra.
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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 2 - Answers Clarifying the Doubts of the Sages < [Section 1 - Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā]
Chapter 1 - Greatness of Śivapurāṇa < [Śivapurāṇa-māhātmya]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 2 - Source of the poem [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita] < [Chapter II - The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Part 6 - Innovations and deviations < [Chapter II - The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
5. Epithets of Rudra-Śiva tracked in the Upaniṣadic literature < [Chapter 6b - Epithets (References)]
6. Common epithets of Rudra and Śiva < [Chapter 6b - Epithets (References)]
2. Physical appearance of Śiva < [Chapter 5 - Rudra-Śiva in the Purāṇic Literature]
Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) (by R. Muthuraman)
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
The Upa-purāṇas < [Preface]
4. The Vāyavīya Purāṇa < [Preface]
Classification of the Purāṇas < [Preface]
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