Lingadharini, Liṅgadhāriṇī: 4 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexLiṅgadhāriṇī (लिङ्गधारिणी).—The Goddess at Naimiṣa.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 13. 26.
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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLiṅgadhāriṇī (लिङ्गधारिणी):—[=liṅga-dhāriṇī] [from liṅga-dhārin > liṅga > liṅg] f. Name of Dākṣāyaṇī in Naimiṣa, [Catalogue(s)]
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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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Partial matches: Dharini, Linga, Tarini.
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Soundarya Lahari of Shri Shankara (Study) (by Seetha N.)
The Shakta Pithas < [Chapter 5 - Shakta-Tantras—Saundaryalahari as an epitome of Shaktism]
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 38 - The Vows and the Sacred Places of the Devī < [Book 7]
Chapter 30 - On the birth of Gaurī, the seats of the Deity, and the distraction of Śiva < [Book 7]
Chapter 6 - On the one thousand and eight names of the Gāyatrī < [Book 12]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
One hundred and eight (108) names of Sāvitrī < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 198 - The Greatness of Śūleśvara Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]