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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Dharmavat (धर्मवत्) refers to “one professing a particular cult”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.33 (“The appeasement of Himavat”).—Accordingly, as Himavat (Himācala) said to the Seven Sages: “O ye seven sages of great enlightenment, what you have just now said has been already cherished by me by the will of Śiva. Now, a certain Brahmin professing Vaiṣṇava cult (vaiṣṇava-dharmavat) came here and spoke very critically about Śiva. Ever since, the mother Pārvatī has gone out of sense. Hences she does not wish her daughter’s marriage with Śiva”.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Dharmavān (धर्मवान्).—a (S) Religious, pious, virtuous, righteous, charitable &c.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

Dharmavān (धर्मवान्).—a Religious, pious, righteous, charitable.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dharmavat (धर्मवत्).—a.

1) Holy, virtuous.

2) Upright, just.

3) Lawful, legal.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dharmavat (धर्मवत्).—mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) Virtuous, pious, upright, just. E. dharma as above, matup poss, aff. astyarthe matup . masya vaḥ .

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

1) Dharmavat (धर्मवत्):—[=dharma-vat] [from dharma > dhara] a mfn. (2. See under 3. dharma) virtuous, pious, just, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [=dharma-vat] [from dharma > dhara] b (dharma) mfn. accompanied by Dharman or the law (Aśvins), [viii, 35, 13.]

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

Dharmavat (धर्मवत्):—[(vān-vatī-vat) a.] Virtuous.

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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: Dharma, Vat, Tarma.

Starts with: Dharmavata, Dharmavatar, Dharmavatara, Dharmavatarana, Dharmavati, Dharmavatsala, Dharmavattale, Dharmavatthale.

Ends with: Vaishnavadharmavat.

Full-text: Tarumavantan, Dharmavati, Tarumavan, Vidharma, Chala.

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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)

Verse 3.35 < [Chapter 3 - Karma-yoga (Yoga through the Path of Action)]

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Part 5 - Criticism of the views of Rāmānuja and Bhāskara < [Chapter XXI - The Nimbārka School of Philosophy]

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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)

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