Shivaratri, Shiva-ratri, 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈, 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨: 17 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 and 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨 can be transliterated into English as Sivaratri or Shivaratri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啷�).鈥�General. 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨 is a holy day. 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨 is observed on the eve of New moon day (Caturda艣墨) falling in the middle of M膩gha and Ph膩lguna (February-March). During this night, penance should be done with fasting. On Caturda艣墨 day penance (vrata) should be observed without sleep and food and 艢iva worshipped. (See full article at Story of 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨 from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�) is the name of a festival that once existed in ancient Kashmir (Ka艣m墨ra) as mentioned in the N墨lamatapur膩峁嘺.鈥斉毦北共拱宄侔� proceeds as follows: 艢ivali峁単a, from which the blanket like plaster of purified butter has been removed, is to be worshipped on the dark 14th of Ph膩lgu峁嘺, in the way in which Vi峁ａ箛u鈥檚 image is bathed in Devotth膩na ceremony. 艢ivali峁単a is to be worshipped with perfumes, garlands, clothes, unguents, and naivedya consisting of animals made of flour. The worshippers are enjoined to observe fast during the day and vigil at night listening to the 艢ivadharmas and the stories of 艢iva鈥檚 incarnations. On the 15th, the worship of 艢iva is prescribed and the worshippers have to take meals consisting of Kulm膩峁s and sweetmeats.
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�) is the name of a religious festival mentioned in the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.1.18.鈥擜ccordingly, as Gu峁嘺nidhi thought to himself:鈥斺�淸...] In the meantime a certain devotee of Lord 艢iva (尘腻丑别艣惫补谤补) came out of the city taking with him various articles of offering (耻辫补丑腻谤补). He had observed fast (uposhita) on the 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 day. In order to worship lord 艢iva, he was on his way, along with his kinsmen and was carrying different sorts of delightful offerings. [...]鈥�.
艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 refers to 鈥溑歩va鈥檚 night鈥� and is a popular fast and festival held in honour of 艢iva on the 14th of the dark half of the month M膩gha or January-February with many solemn ceremonies observed during the day and night. In T膩ntric literature it is called K膩la谤腻迟谤颈, one of the three sacred nights, the other two being Mah膩谤腻迟谤颈 and Moha谤腻迟谤颈.
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.
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�) is the name of ceremony listed under festivals (utsava) and observances (vratas), as discussed in chapter 8 of the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻迟颈濒补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text comprising 3500 Sanskrit verses covering the typically 鈥�agamic鈥� subjects which are being narrated by Brahm膩 to a number of sages.鈥擺Cf. chapter 8]: Brahm膩 speaks to the other sages and says he will now relate what the Lord told him about utsava-festivals. An utsava-occasion is always preceded by a flag-raising ceremony of 诲丑惫补箩腻谤辞丑补峁嘺. [...] Directions are also given for what to do during a solar or lunar eclipse (293), followed by instructions regarding 诲丑补苍耻谤尘腻蝉腻谤腻诲丑补苍补 (294.295a), 诲丑补苍耻谤尘腻蝉补颈办腻诲补艣墨 celebrations (295b-297) and 艣颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (298).
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: Google Books: Hindu Ritual at the Margins艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�):鈥擳he annual night on which devotees of 艢iva fast and remain awake while worshipping the deity with great ritual celebration. Devotees carry a variety of sweet-smelling food offerings to be presented to 艢iva in the form of a li峁単a in a nearby temple.
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (hinduism)艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啷�) or 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨kath膩 is the name of a manuscript dealing with Hymns and Rituals.鈥擳he 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨-kath膩 (in Rajasthani) is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.
India history and geography
: archive.org: South Indian FestivitiesThere are five kinds of Sivaratris in the course of a year and they go by the names Maha-Sivaratri, Yoga-Sivaratri. Nitya-Sivaratri, Paksha-Sivaratri and Masa-Sivaratri. The term Maha-Sivaratri and its origin have already been detailed upon. Nitya-Sivaratri is the daily night of Siva while Paksha-Sivaratri and Masa-Sivaratri are Siva鈥檚 fortnightly and monthly nights respectively. Yoga-Sivaratri is the night which a yogi creates for himself by his yoga-trance.
: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1Sivaratri refers to one of the festivals of the Nambutiris. Sivaratri refers to the worship of Siva on the last day of Magha. Fast and vigil at night, and puja. The Nambutiri people form the socio-spiritual aristocracy of Malabar, and, as the traditional landlords of Parasu Rama鈥檚 land, they are everywhere held in great reverence.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary艣颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�).鈥攆 m (S) pop. 艣颈惫补谤腻迟谤补 f A night on which fasting, vigil, and other observances are held in honor of Shiva. The night appointed is the fourteenth of the dark half of every month, but more especially the fourteenth of Magha; and the ground of the appointment is a legend, in every body's mouth, of a hunter's obtaining Moksha from Shiva, because he, from a Bilva-tree, up which he had climbed to observe a deer he was pursuing, shook down, through the whole night, leaves uponalingam lying hidden underneath; and thus, though unintentionally and ignorantly, propitiated and won the heart of the god Shiva.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English艣颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�).鈥�f m A night on which fasting &c. is held in honour of 艣颈惫补.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�).鈥�f. the fourteenth day of the dark half of M膩gha on which a rigorous fast is observed in honour of 艢iva; 啶多啶掂 啶掂ぞ 啶掂啶粪啶｀さ啷� 啶掂ぞ啶た 啶 啶掂ぞ 啶膏啶ぞ啶︵え啷嵿く啶啶溹啶� 啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶啶溹ぞ啶げ啶� 啶灌え啷嵿い啶� 啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶苦が啶灌た啶班啶啶栢 (艣aivo v膩 vai峁ａ箛avo v膩pi yo v膩 sy膩danyap奴jaka岣� | sarva峁� p奴j膩phala峁� hanti 艣颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈bahirmukha岣�) || 莫艣varasa峁僪it膩.
Derivable forms: 艣颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈岣� (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶苦).
艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 艣颈惫补 and 谤腻迟谤颈 (啶班ぞ啶む啶班た).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�).鈥攆.
(-迟谤颈岣�) A celebrated festival held in honour of Siva on the fourteenth of the moon鈥檚 wane or dark-fortnight in Magha. E. 艣颈惫补, and 谤腻迟谤颈 night.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�):鈥擺=艣颈惫补-谤腻迟谤颈] [from 艣颈惫补] f. 鈥樑歩va鈥檚 night鈥�, Name of a popular fast and festival in honour of 艢iva (kept on the 14th of the dark half of the month M膩gha or January-February with many solemn ceremonies, observed during the day and night cf. 艣颈惫补-caturda艣墨), [R膩jatara峁単i峁嚹�; Religious Thought and Life in India 90; 428]
2) [v.s. ...] a form of Durg膩 (= 尘补丑腻-办腻濒墨), [Hem膩dri鈥檚 Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啶�):鈥擺艣颈惫补-谤腻迟谤颈] (迟谤颈岣�) 2. f. See 艣颈惫补-caturda艣墨.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 (嗖多部嗖掂舶嗖距菠喑嵿舶嗖�):鈥擺noun] the fourteenth day in the waning fortnight of the moon in M膩gha, the eleventh month of Hindu lunar calendar.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤墨 (啶多た啶掂ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ啷�):鈥攏. (Hindu culture) name of a festival in honor of Shiva; Shivaratri festival;
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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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (Study) (by Artatrana Sarangi)
The observance of the vow of Shivaratri < [Chapter 3 - General Ritual mentioned in Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika]
Vratas depicted in the Gangajala (study) (by Maitreyee Goswami)
Part 3.5 - Discussion on 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈-vrata < [Chapter 3]
Part 2 - The Vratas dealt with in the Ga峁単膩jala (II) < [Chapter 3]
Part 1 - A study of the Vratas in the Ga峁単膩jala (II)鈥擨ntroduction < [Chapter 4]
Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 9 - The Proclamation of 艢iva as Mahe艣vara (the great lord) < [Section 1 - Vidye艣vara-sa峁僪it膩]
Chapter 39 - The conclusion of the rite of 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 < [Section 4 - Ko峁璱rudra-Sa峁僪it膩]
Chapter 38 - The greatness of 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 < [Section 4 - Ko峁璱rudra-Sa峁僪it膩]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 16 - The Great Efficacy of 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 < [Section 2 - Vastr膩patha-k峁tra-m膩h膩tmya]
Chapter 266 - Greatness of 艢颈惫补谤腻迟谤颈 < [Section 1 - T墨rtha-m膩h膩tmya]
Chapter 148 - Greatness of Ku峁囜笉alak奴pa (Ku峁囜笉ala-k奴pa) < [Section 1 - Prabh膩sa-k峁tra-m膩h膩tmya]
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