Mandarasaptami, Mandara-saptami, Mandārasaptamī: 5 definitions
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Mandarasaptami means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMandārasaptamī (मन्दारसप्तमी).—The performance of, on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Māgha in honour of the Sun God, gets one the desired objects.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 74. 3; 79. 1.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMandārasaptamī (मन्दारसप्तमी).—the sixth and seventh days in the bright half of Māgha.
Mandārasaptamī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mandāra and saptamī (सप्तमी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMandārasaptamī (मन्दारसप्तमी):—[=mandāra-saptamī] [from mandāra > mad] f. Name of the 6th and 7th days in the light half of the month Māgha
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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: Mandara, Saptami.
Starts with: Mandarasaptamivrata.
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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Sun-worship Vratas (31) Mandāra-saptamī < [Chapter 5 - Rituals Related to the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Part 4 - The Vratas Observed and the Sun-worship < [Chapter 5 - Rituals Related to the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 4.4 - List of other Vratas described in the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 21 - The greatness of Puṣkara and some important vows < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
The Puranic Records on the Sun-worship < [Purana, Volume 11, Part 2 (1969)]