Gajagaurivrata, Gajagaurīvrata, Gaja-gaurivrata: 3 definitions
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Gajagaurivrata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygajagaurīvrata (गजगौरीव्रत).—n (S) An observance upon the day on which the sun enters the constellation of elephant,--giving to Brahmans a golden elephant with a golden śiva, pārvatī, & gaṇapati seated upon it: also worship of an image of pārvatī placed upon an elephant.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgajagaurīvrata (गजगौरीव्रत).—n An observance upon the day on which the sun enters the constella- tion of elephant; a worship of an image of pārvatī placed upon an elephant.
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 dictionaryGajagaurīvrata (गजगौरीव्रत).—a vow to be observed by ladies in the month of Bhādrapada.
Derivable forms: gajagaurīvratam (गजगौरीव्रतम्).
Gajagaurīvrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and gaurīvrata (गौरीव्रत).
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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Partial matches: Gaja, Gaurivrata.
Starts with: Gajagaurivratakatha.
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