The Sanskrit term Vṛddhagārgya can be transliterated into English as Vrddhagargya or Vriddhagargya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Vṛddhagārgya (वृद्धगार्ग्य).—An ancient hermit. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 125, Stanza 77, that this hermit had conversed with the Manes about offerings made to them.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vṛddhagārgya (वृद्धगार्ग्य).—A contemporary of Mucukunda; told the latter that towards the end of Dvāpara he would have the darśan of Kṛṣṇa Viṣṇu.^*

• * Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 23. 258.

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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.

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Heidelberg: Preta, Pitṛ und Piśāca

Vṛddhagārgya (वृद्धगार्ग्य) is the name of an author quoted by the Pretamañjarī: a ritual manual authored by Chaṭṭu or Choṭu Miśra that deals with funeral rites from the first to the thirteenth day.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vṛddhagārgya (वृद्धगार्ग्य):—[=vṛddha-gārgya] [from vṛddha > vṛdh] m. the old Gārgya or an older recension, of his law-book, [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vriddhagargya in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vriddha, Gargya.

Starts with: Vriddhagargyasamhitayam.

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Full-text: Vishaghatikajananashanti, Amyntas, Kshatropetadvija, Gargya, Kshaura.

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