Shivatanu, 艢颈惫腻迟补苍耻, Shiva-tanu: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 艢颈惫腻迟补苍耻 can be transliterated into English as Sivatanu or Shivatanu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation艢颈惫腻迟补苍耻 (啶多た啶掂ぞ啶むえ啷�) refers to 鈥淧膩rvat墨鈥檚 form鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.23 (鈥淥utraging the modesty of V峁沶d膩鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after V峁沶da (wife of Jalandhara) curses Vi峁ａ箛u (in disguise): 鈥淭hen the great brilliance of the wife of Jalandhara immediately went to 艢ivaloka even as the gods stood watching. The refulgence of V峁沶d膩 became merged in P膩rvat墨 (艣颈惫腻迟补苍耻). [艣iv膩tanau vil墨na峁� tadv峁沶d膩tejo babh奴va ha] There was a great shout of 鈥榁ictory鈥� in the rows of the gods standing in the sky. [...]鈥�.
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.
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