Shvetadvipa, Śvetadvīpa, Śvetadvipa, Shveta-dvipa: 13 definitions
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Shvetadvipa has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śvetadvīpa and Śvetadvipa can be transliterated into English as Svetadvipa or Shvetadvipa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚvetadvipa (श्वेतद्विप):—m. ein weisser Elephant, Bez. des Elephanten Indra's [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 62.]
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Śvetadvīpa (श्वेतद्वीप):—m. n. die weisse Insel, Bez. eines mythischen Landes Seliger [Mahābhārata 12,12778.] [Harivaṃśa 14384.] [Rāmāyaṇa.7,37,5,9.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 54,19. 21. 23. 115,101.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.3,471.] [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 253. 318. fgg.] [Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 277. fg. 283. 324.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.8,4,18.] [PAÑCAR.1,12,56.2,2,84.4,3,124.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 448.] [Oxforder Handschriften 60,a, Nalopākhyāna 4.] Name einer heiligen Localitat bei Kāśī [71], a, [12. 73], b, [13.] — Vgl. śveta
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Partial matches: Shveta, Dvipa.
Starts with: Shvetadvipaya.
Full-text: Kshirasamudra, Shvetagaja, Susamaja, Darshanahetu, Adhina, Gariyas, Shiveccha, Jnanasiddhi, Rupasiddhi, Pramanasiddhi, Devasiddhi, Shivamaya, Kashmira, Shveta.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.24.36 < [Chapter 24 - The Story of Asuri Muni in the Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 5.17.26 < [Chapter 17 - The Gopis Describe Their Remembrance of Sri Krsna]
Verse 4.19.74 < [Chapter 19 - A Thousand Names of Srī Yamunā]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 4 - Śveta-Dvīpa < [Section 9 - Vāsudeva-māhātmya]
Chapter 7 - Uparicara Vasu Attains Liberation < [Section 9 - Vāsudeva-māhātmya]
Chapter 18 - Incarnations of Vāsudeva < [Section 9 - Vāsudeva-māhātmya]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Third Adhyaya, Thirteenth Khanda (8 mantras)
Eight Adhyaya, Fifth Khanda (4 mantras)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 37f < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Antiquity of the Pañcarātra < [Chapter XVI - The Pañcarātra]
Part 2 - The Position of the Pañcarātra Literature < [Chapter XVI - The Pañcarātra]
Part 7 - Vanamālī Miśra < [Chapter XXI - The Nimbārka School of Philosophy]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXXI - The Caturmasyam Vratam < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Chapter II - Sources of the Garuda Puranam < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter CCXIX - The prophylactic charm of Vaishnava Kavacham < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
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