The Sanskrit term Maheśvarānanda can be transliterated into English as Mahesvarananda or Maheshvarananda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Maheśvarānanda (महेश्वरानन्द), writing in South India during the twelfth or thirteenth century, was an exponent of the Kālīkrama. He quoted from the Kramakeli in his Mahārthamañjari.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Maheśvarānanda (महेश्वरानन्द) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Mahārthamanjarī and—[commentary].

2) Maheśvarānanda (महेश्वरानन्द):—called also gorakṣa Mahārthamañjarī and—[commentary].

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Maheśvarānanda (महेश्वरानन्द):—[from maheśvara > mahā > mah] m. Name of an author, [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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Full-text: Maheshvarananda sarasvati, Jnanopadeshasara, Melapasiddha, Maharthamanjari, Goraksha, Kramakeli, Paramarsha, Pratishthasthana, Trikadarshana.

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Hindu Pluralism (by Elaine M. Fisher)

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Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

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