Vishokadvadashi, Viśokadvādaśī, Vishoka-dvadashi: 2 definitions
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Vishokadvadashi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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The Sanskrit term Viśokadvādaśī can be transliterated into English as Visokadvadasi or Vishokadvadashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViśokadvādaśī (विशोकद्वादशी):—f. Bez. eines best. 12ten Tages [Oxforder Handschriften 34,b,18.]
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: Dvadashi, Vishoka.
Starts with: Vishokadvadashivrata.
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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 4.3d - Viśokadvādaśī-vrata < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Dāna (donation) in the Matsya Purāṇa < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Vows (Vrata) in the Matsya Purāṇa < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 21 - The greatness of Puṣkara and some important vows < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]