Cakshushmati, Cakṣuṣmatī: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Cakṣuṣmatī can be transliterated into English as Caksusmati or Cakshushmati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chakshushmati.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇaCakṣuṣmatī (चक्षुष्मती).—Name of a river originating from Himālaya, a holy mountain (kulaparvata) in Bhārata, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 85. There are settlements (janapada) where Āryas and Mlecchas dwell who drink water from these rivers.
Bhārata is a region south of Hemādri, once ruled over by Bharata (son of Ṛṣabha), whose ancestral lineage can be traced back to Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexCakṣuṣmatī (चक्षुष्मती).—A consort of Mārtāṇḍa Bhairava.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 35. 47; 36. 15.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCakṣuṣmatī (चक्षुष्मती).—name of a goddess: Mahāvyutpatti 4326.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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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Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
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Worship of the Sun < [Purana, Volume 12, Part 2 (1970)]