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: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMahatmaya is another spelling for माहात्म्� [ٳⲹ].—n. 1. greatness; 2. a genre of epic and Puranic literature that extols the greatness and power of a deity; 3. a ritual observance; 4. a place of pilgrimage;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text: Sthal-mahatmaya, Sthala-mahatmya, Mahatmya.
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Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
Overall Structure and Methodological considerations < [Introduction]
Purpose of the Study < [Introduction]
History of Lakulisa-Pasupata order < [Chapter 1 - The Historical Context]
Srikara Bhashya (commentary) (by C. Hayavadana Rao)
A Historical Study of Trika Shaivism (by Haroon Rashid Ganai)
Part 5 - Primary Literary Sources (related to ancient Kashmir) < [Chapter 1 - Sources]
Part 1 - The tradition of Naga-worship in ancient Kashmir < [Chapter 2 - Religious Landscape in Pre-Ninth Century A.D. Kashmir]
Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study) (by Anand Dilip Raj)
Some Aspects of the Vamana-purana < [Purana, Volume 7, Part 1 (1965)]
Vietnamese Buddhist Art (by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh)
2a. The Spread of Buddhism < [Chapter 1 - The evolution of Buddhist Art in South Vietnam and South East Asia]
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