Bhasmagatra, Bhasmagātra, Bhasman-gatra: 3 definitions
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Bhasmagatra 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhasmagātra (भस्मगात्र).—Name of the god of love.
Derivable forms: bhasmagātraḥ (भस्मगात्रः).
Bhasmagātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhasman and gātra (गात्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhasmagātra (भस्मगात्र):—[=bhasma-gātra] [from bhasma > bhas] m. ‘whose limbs are (reduced to) ashes’, Name of the god of love, [Pracaṇḍa-pāṇḍava]
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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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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 109 - Greatness of Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi Tīrthas < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 108 - The Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi Tīrthas < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 39 - The eminence of religious vow (vrata) of the twelfth Day < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 168 - Vārtraghnī-saṅgama-tīrtha < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]