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Devimahatmya, ٱīٳⲹ, Devi-mahatmya: 6 definitions

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Devimahatmya in Shaktism glossary
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)

ٱīٳⲹ (देवीमाहात्म्�) (ṇḍīṻ) was often recited, as part of the Navarātra Tantric ritual (an autumnal festival of the warrior goddess Caṇḍikā).—Various 8th century sources refer to rituals such as reciting the ٱīٳⲹ, for example: Devīpurāṇa, Kālikāpurāṇa, Kṛtyakalpataru, Durgābhaktitaraṅgiṇ�, Durgāpūjātattva, Durgāpūjāviveka, Bhadrakālīmantravidhiprakaraṇa in Sanderson (2007); account of the Durgā Pūjā in Kelomal, West Bengal (Nicholas 2013).

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Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Devimahatmya in Hinduism glossary
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (hinduism)

ٱīٳⲹ (देवीमाहात्म्�) is the name of a work dealing with Hymns and Rituals.—The ٱīٳⲹ (in Sanskrit) is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The manuscript of the ٱīٳⲹ contains the following material: ī-첹; -ٳܳپ, īԲ-ٳܳپ; 屹󲹲Բ. the main part of the ٱīٳⲹ is made of three main episodes which are tales of the goddess’s divine exploits: Madhu and Kaiṭabha; Mahiṣāsura; Śumbha and Niśumbha. Then come the Gods� praises, followed by prophecies of the goddess on her future intervention in the world, and an account of the merit gained by reciting the text. The second part of the codex has: laghu-stotra; 屹-ū; bhairava-mantra.

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[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Devimahatmya in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) ٱīٳⲹ (देवीमाहात्म्�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—or ٲśī (q.v.), from Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa. [Mackenzie Collection] 73. Pet. 723. Io. 88. W. p. 141. Oxf. 43^b. 44^a. Cambr. 2. 3. Paris. (D 26. 27^a. 27^b. 255.). Tu7b. 14. . 26. 39. 41. NW. 498. Burnell. 192^b. 197^a. 203^b. P. 9. Bhk. 15. Poona. Ii, 96. 216. H. 36. Taylor. 1, 59. 109. 154. 286. 484. Oppert. 1466. 2182. 2619. 3797. 4550. 6000. 6804. 7441. Ii, 124. 2431. 2489. 2690. 4653. 5462. 6305. 6769. 7593. 7958. 8454. 10043. Rice. 84. 86 (and‰ڳdzԳٲ). 300. Peters. 1, 115. 2, 196.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Pheh. 2. Burnell. 197^b. Oppert. 2620. Bp. 294.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Daṃśoddhāra. . 26.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Saṃdehabhañjikā. Sb. 332.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Ātmārāmavyāsa. NW. 252.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Ānanda Paṇḍita. Oppert. Ii, 8103.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Anvayārthaprakāśikā by Ekanātha Bhaṭṭa. L. 2555.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Kavivallabha by Kāmadeva. L. 357.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kāśīnātha. NW. 250.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Gadādhara Tarkācārya. L. 645.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Gopīnātha. Oudh. Xiii, 44.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Govindarāma. ūī貹ٳٰ. 65.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Cidānandakelivilāsa by Gauḍapāda. Burnell. 197^b.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Vidvanmanoramā by Gaurīvara Śarman, com pleted by Rāmacandra Vācaspati. L. 326. 1242.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Cakravartin. Pheh. 2.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Durgāmāhātmyāvabodhinī, composed by Caturbhujamiśra in 1412. Cambr. 2. L. 2175. . 26. Oudh. Xvii, 10. Peters. 2, 196. Quoted by Rāmanātha in Trikāṇḍaviveka.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Jagaddhara. L. 2400. Oudh. Viii, 4.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Jayanārāyaṇa. Peters. 3, 399.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Daṃśoddhāra by Jayarāma. K. 44.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Nāgojī. Io. 88. L. 2576. Khn. 92. K. 54. B. 4, 258. Ben. 42. Pheh. 1. . 26. Np. Ii, 86. Burnell. 197^b. 202^b. Bh. 17. P. 9. Poona. Ii, 96. H. 36. Oppert. Ii, 8404. Peters. 1, 115.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Nārāyaṇa. Kh. 66. . 26.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Nṛsiṃha Cakravartin. ūī貹ٳٰ. 65.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Durgāsaṃdehabhedikā by Pītāmbaramiśra. Ben. 42. NW. 202. Np. Ii, 86. Iii, 40.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Vijayā by Bhagīratha. L. 2407.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Guptavatī by Bhāskararāya. L. 2199. Khn. 94. K. 40. B. 4, 258. . 26. NW. 238. Oudh. Ix, 4. Xvii, 10. Np. Ii, 86. Oppert. 7052. 7439. Ii, 4555. Rice. 300. Peters. 1, 115.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Bhīmasena. Pheh. 1. Oudh. X, 6.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Raghunātha Maskarin. Oudh. X, 6.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Ravīndra. Oudh. Viii, 4.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Caṇḍīṭīkāsaṃgraha by Rāmakṛṣṇa Śāstrin. . 26. NW. 188.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rāmānandatīrtha. L. 1045.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rāmāśrama. Oudh. Xiii, 36.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Vidyāvinoda. ūī貹ٳٰ. 65.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Caṇḍīślokārthaprakāśa Tattvadīpikā, composed by Virūpākṣa in 1531. L. 2149.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Vṛndāvana Śukla. NW. 252.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Śaṅkara Śarman. L. 2063.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Śaṃtanu. Oxf. 44^a. L. 1698. Khn. 94. K. 54. Pheh. 2. . 26. P. 9.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Śiva Bhaṭṭa. L. 609.

ٱīٳⲹ has the following synonyms: Caṇḍī, Caṇḍīmāhātmya, Durgāmāhātmya.

2) ٱīٳⲹ (देवीमाहात्म्�):�add Paris. (B 48. D 24). K. 54.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rāmāśrama. add Oudh. Ix, 4.

3) ٱīٳⲹ (देवीमाहात्म्�):—from the Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa. Aberdeen University. Bl. 201. Fl. 41 (and‰ڳdzԳٲ). 42 ([fragmentary]). Hz. 263. Rgb. 134. 184. Stein 212.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Bhāgīrathī. Stein 212.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Devīmāhātmyāvabodhinī by Caturbhujamiśra. Fl. 42 ([fragmentary]). Quoted by Śiva, L. 3319.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Dhṛtidāsa. Quoted by Śiva, L. 3319.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Nāgojī. Hz. 332. Rgb. 184. Stein 212. 213.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Guptavatī by Bhāskararāya. Devīpr. 79, 6.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rāmāśrama (or Raghunāthāśrama). Stein 213.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Śaṃtanu. Bl. 202. Rgb. 134.
‰ڳdzԳٲ ٱīٳⲹcandrikā by Śiva. L. 3319.

4) ٱīٳⲹ (देवीमाहात्म्�):—from the Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa. Ulwar 2172.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Gadādhara. Ulwar 2173. Extr. 632.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Nārāyaṇa, son of Nṛsiṃha. Ulwar 2174. Extr. 633.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Guptavatī by Bhāskararāya. Ulwar 2176.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Bhīmasena, grandson of Muralīdhara. Ulwar 2180. Extr. 639.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Raghunātha Bhāskara. Ulwar 2177. Extr. 636.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Puṣpāñjali by Lālamaṇi, son of Nanda Śarman. Ulwar 2178. Extr. 637.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Caṇḍīprasādinī by Sabhācandra, son of Trilocana. Ulwar 2175. Extr. 634.

5) ٱīٳⲹ (देवीमाहात्म्�):—from the Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa. Ak 248. Bd. 151 ([fragmentary]). Cr. Hz. 1098 (inc). 1314. Io. 88. 824. 1067. 2240. 2247. 2258. 2415. 3214. 3234. 3237. Jl. L.. 299. 300. Peters. 6, 528. Rep. p. 5. Śg. 2, 294. Whish 41. C. [anonymous] L.. 301. Peters. 5, 573. C. Guptavatī by Abhinavagupta. Ak 249. C. Siddhāntamañjarī by Kṛṣṇānanda. Hpr. 1, 177. C. by Gadādhara Tarkācārya. L.. 299. C. Tattvaprakāśikā by Gopāla, son of Durgādāsa. Cs 2, 527. Hpr. 1, 178. C. by Gopālamiśra. Hpr. 1, 179. C. by Govindarāma. Hpr. 1, 180. 2, 104. C. Vidvanmanoramā by Gaurīvara. Hpr. 1, 185. C. by Jagaddhara, son of Ratnadhara. Io. 2926. C. by Narasiṃha Cakravartin. Hpr. 1, 181. C. ٱīٳⲹmañjarī by Narasiṃha Cakravartin. As p. 85. Hpr. 1, 182. C. by Nāgojī. Ak 248. As p. 84. Io. 88. 1588. L.. 302. Peters. 5, 574. C. by Nārāyaṇa. Bd. 151 ([fragmentary]). C. Durgāsaṃdehabhedikā by Pītāmbara. As p. 84. C. Guptavatī by Bhāskararāya, son of Gambhīrarāya. Cs 4, 28. C. Tātparyakaumudī by Raghunātha Cakravartin. Hpr. 1, 184. 2, 105. C. by Raghunātha Maskarin. Io. 824. Called by Peterson Ulwar 2177 Raghunāthabhāskara. C. Kaumudī by Rāmakṛṣṇa. Hpr. 1, 175. C. Saptaśatīviveka by Rāmacandra Vācaspati. Hpr. 1, 186. C. Tattvāvabodhinī by Vidyāvinoda. Cs 4, 29. 304. Hpr, 1, 183. C. Candrikā by Śiva. As p. 85. Hpr. 1, 17. Durgārahasya. Bd. 150. Rahasyatraya. Three supplementary chapters to the ٱīٳⲹ. L.. 300. 303.

ٱīٳⲹ has the following synonyms: Caṇḍīmāhātmya.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٱīٳⲹ (देवीमाहात्म्�):—[=ī-ٳⲹ] [from devī > deva] n. Name of [chapter] of [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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