Shuklatirtha, Śuklatīrtha, Shukla-tirtha: 3 definitions
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Shuklatirtha has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śuklatīrtha can be transliterated into English as Suklatirtha or Shuklatirtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚuklatīrtha (शुक्लतीर्थ):—n. Nomen proprium eines heiligen Badeplatzes [Oxforder Handschriften 8],a. [44. 42], a, 28. 66, a, [8. 67], a, [8. 9.] [PRĀYAŚCITTEND. 11], b, 9; vgl. śuklakṛtaṃ (śukla = viṣṇu) tīrtham [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 23, 23] und śukratīrtha .
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: Shukla, Tirtha.
Starts with: Shuklatirthamahatmya.
Full-text: Shuklatirthamahatmya, Shukratirtha, Rajaka, Kashyapa.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 156 - The Greatness of Śuklatīrtha (śukla-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 155 - Attainment of Siddhi by Cāṇakya < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 231 - The Number of Tīrthas Enumerated < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
The Gautami Mahatmya (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 19 - Śuklatīrtha < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
Chapter 11 - A list of sacred places (tīrtha) < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)