Vishokasaptami, Viśokasaptamī: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viśokasaptamī can be transliterated into English as Visokasaptami or Vishokasaptami, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexViśokasaptamī (विशोकसप्तमी).—To be observed on the sixth day of the white half of Māgha month.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 74. 2; 75. 1-2.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViśokasaptamī (विशोकसप्तमी):—[=vi-śoka-saptamī] [from vi-śoka > vi] f. a [particular] 7th day, [ib.]
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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: Vishoka, Saptami.
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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Sun-worship Vratas (43) Viśoka-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)
Vows (Vrata) in the Matsya Purāṇa < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Puranic Records on the Sun-worship < [Purana, Volume 11, Part 2 (1969)]