Vishapaharana, Viṣāpaharaṇa: 3 definitions
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Vishapaharana has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Viṣāpaharaṇa can be transliterated into English as Visapaharana or Vishapaharana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViṣāpaharaṇa (विषापहरण):—(2. viṣa + a) n. das Vertreiben —, Unschädlichmachen von Gift [Oxforder Handschriften 123,a,33.]
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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Starts with: Vishapaharanamurti.
Full-text: Vishapaharanamurti, Mahesha.
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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Chapter 2.1 - Vishapaharana-murti (depiction of swallowing the poison) < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Chapter 4.6 - (e) Symbology of Malu (the axe) < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Introduction to second volume < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
3. Śārṅgadharapaddhati in Kuntaka’s treatment < [Chapter 5 - Kuntaka’s Evaluation of some Stray Verses]
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Bronze, group 1: Late Pallava and Early Chola—Age of Vijayalaya (a.d. 785-871) < [Chapter XI - Sculpture]
Part II, Bronzes < [Chapter XI - Sculpture]
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Shaivism during the Pallava period < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
Conclusion (Religious Beliefs and Customs) < [Chapter 5 - Conclusion]
Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) (by R. Muthuraman)