Chagamukha, Chāgamukha, Chaga-mukha: 4 definitions
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Chagamukha 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chhagamukha.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaChāgamukha (छागमुख).—Subrahmaṇya. He is here idolised as one having a face like that of a goat. (Śloka 3, Chapter 228, Vana Parva).
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 dictionaryChāgamukha (छागमुख).—an epithet of Kārtikeya.
Derivable forms: chāgamukhaḥ (छागमुखः).
Chāgamukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms chāga and mukha (मुख).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryChāgamukha (छागमुख):—[=chāga-mukha] [from chāga] m. ‘goat-faced’, Name of a Kimpuruṣa, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
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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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