Mahakesha, 惭补丑腻办别艣补, Maha-kesha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 惭补丑腻办别艣补 can be transliterated into English as Mahakesa or Mahakesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation惭补丑腻办别艣补 (啶す啶距啷囙ざ) is the name of a leader of Ga峁嘺s (骋补峁嘺辫补 or or 骋补峁嚹乨丑颈辫补) who came to Kail膩sa, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.1.20. Accordingly, after 艢iva decided to become the friend of Kubera:鈥斺�淸...] The leaders of Ga峁嘺s revered by the whole world and of high fortune arrived there. [...] Vi峁ａ弓ambha and Candrat膩pana each with eight crores, the leader of Ga峁嘺s 惭补丑腻办别艣补 with a thousand crores. [...]鈥�.
These [viz., 惭补丑腻办别艣补] and other leaders of Ga峁嘺s [viz., 骋补峁嘺辫补s] were all powerful (尘补丑腻产补濒补) and innumerable (补蝉补峁僰丑测腻迟补). [...] The Ga峁嘺 chiefs and other noble souls of spotless splendour eagerly reached there desirous of seeing 艢iva. Reaching the spot they saw 艢iva, bowed to and eulogised him.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index惭补丑腻办别艣补 (啶す啶距啷囙ざ).鈥擜 Janapada of the Bhadr膩 country.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 43. 20.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary惭补丑腻办别艣补 (啶す啶距啷囙ざ).鈥�
1) an epithet of 艢iva.
2) a large sheath.
Derivable forms: 尘补丑腻办别艣补岣� (啶す啶距啷囙ざ啶�).
惭补丑腻办别艣补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑腻 and 办别艣补 (啶曕啶�). See also (synonyms): 尘补丑腻ko艣a.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻办别艣补 (啶す啶距啷囙ざ):鈥擺=尘补丑腻-办别艣补] [from 尘补丑腻 > mah] mfn. having strong hair (said of 艢iva), [ib.]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LV - Description of the Geographical situations of the different countries of the earth < [Agastya Samhita]
The Shorter Kurma-Vibhaga Text of the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 9, Part 1 (1967)]
Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 9 - 艢iva鈥檚 campaign < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-sa峁僪it膩 (5): Yuddha-kha峁囜笉a]
Chapter 33 - March of The Victorious Lord 艢iva < [Section 2.5 - Rudra-sa峁僪it膩 (5): Yuddha-kha峁囜笉a]
Chapter 40 - The Marriage Procession of 艢iva < [Section 2.3 - Rudra-sa峁僪it膩 (3): P膩rvat墨-kha峁囜笉a]
Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 65 - Thousand names of 艢iva (Rudra-sahasran膩ma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabh膩ga]
Chapter 103 - The glory of 艢akti (p膩rvat墨-viv膩ha) < [Section 1 - Uttarabh膩ga]
Chapter 72 - Construction of Rudra鈥檚 chariot < [Section 1 - Uttarabh膩ga]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 26 - The Marriage of Hara and Gaur墨 Celebrated < [Section 2 - Kaum膩rik膩-kha峁囜笉a]
Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)