Aghoramarga, Aghoramārga, Aghora-marga: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aghoramārga (अघोरमार्ग).—a follower of Śiva.

Derivable forms: aghoramārgaḥ (अघोरमार्गः).

Aghoramārga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aghora and mārga (मार्ग). See also (synonyms): aghorapatha.

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

Aghoramārga (अघोरमार्ग):—[=a-ghora-mārga] [from a-ghora] m. a particular sect of Śaivas who eat loathsome food and are addicted to disgusting practices.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aghoramārga (अघोरमार्ग):—[bahuvrihi compound] m.

(-rgaḥ) The same as the preceding. E. aghora and mārga.

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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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