Mahidurga, Mahi-durga, 惭补丑墨诲耻谤驳补: 7 definitions
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Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-艣膩stra惭补丑墨诲耻谤驳补 (啶す啷�啶︵啶班啶�) refers to type of 鈥渇ort鈥�, characterised as being surrounded by stone or bricks. It is used throughout Dharma艣膩stra literature such as the 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈.
: Google Books: 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈 with the 惭补苍耻产丑腻峁补惭补丑墨诲耻谤驳补 (啶す啷�啶︵啶班啶�) is the 鈥榝ort made of bricks and stones on the ground鈥�;鈥攕ome people explain it as a fort consisting only of an unevenly rugged tract of land;鈥攖he 鈥槻巡钩竽宄馨挡光�� has been thus defined in Au艣anasa Dhanurveda鈥斺�淭hat fort is called 惭补丑墨诲耻谤驳补 which consists of a tract of land, portions of which are very high and others very low; it is equipped with all accessories, well guarded and filled with all means of offence and defence鈥�. (See the 惭补苍耻产丑腻峁补 verse 7.70)
Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣膩stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index惭补丑墨诲耻谤驳补 (啶す啷�啶︵啶班啶�).鈥擮ne of six kinds of fortresses.*
- * Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 217. 6.
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惭补丑墨诲耻谤驳补 (啶す啷�啶︵啶班啶�).鈥攁n earth fort; Ms. 7.7.
Derivable forms: 尘补丑墨诲耻谤驳补尘 (啶す啷赌啶︵啶班啶椸ぎ啷�).
惭补丑墨诲耻谤驳补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑墨 and durga (啶︵啶班啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑墨诲耻谤驳补 (啶す啷�啶︵啶班啶�).鈥擺neuter] earth-fortress.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 惭补丑墨诲耻谤驳补 (啶す啷�啶︵啶班啶�):鈥擺=尘补丑墨-durga] [from 尘补丑墨 > mah] mfn. inaccessible through (the nature of) the soil
2) [v.s. ...] n. a fort inaccessible etc., [Manu-sm峁泃i vii, 70] (others 鈥榓 fort built of earth鈥�).
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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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Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (Study) (by Artatrana Sarangi)
Description of Mud-forts (panka-durga) < [Chapter 5 - Forts, Castrametation and the Royal Army]
Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2 - Fort (durga) architecture in the Matsyapur膩峁嘺 < [Chapter 7 - Art and Architecture in the Matsyapur膩峁嘺]
Architectural data in the Puranas (by Sharda Devi)
Classification of Forts < [Chapter 4 - Forts]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 7.70 < [Section VI - Fortification (durga)]
The Sculptures of Madan-Kamdev (Study) (by Kamal Nayan Patowary)
Part 14 - Iconographic details of a Lion with a Rat in Mouth < [Chapter 3 - Iconographic-sculptural study]
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Forts (Durga) in ancient Indian town-planning < [Chapter 2 - Villages, Towns and Forts in General]