Gauripuja, Gaurīpūjā, Gauri-puja: 7 definitions
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Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1Gauripuja refers to one of the festivals of the Nambutiris.—In the month of Vrischigam. This is done on any selected Monday in the month. The ceremony is known as ammiyum vilakkaum toduka, or touching the grinding-stone and lamp. The married women of the house clean the grinder and the grinding-stone, and place a bronze mirror by its side. They then proceed to worship Gauri, whose relation to Siva represents to the Hindu the ideal sweetness of wedded life.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGaurīpūjā (गौरीपूजा).—the 4th day of the bright half of माघ (māgha); a festival on this day.
Gaurīpūjā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaurī and pūjā (पूजा). See also (synonyms): gaurīcaturthī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaurīpūjā (गौरीपूजा).—[feminine] the adoration of Gaurī, a cert. festival.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumGaurīpūjā (गौरीपूजा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Taylor. 1, 123.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaurīpūjā (गौरीपूजा):—[=gaurī-pūjā] [from gaurī > gaura] f. ‘adoration of Gaurī’, Name of a festival on the 4th day in the bright half of month Māgha (cf. -caturthī.)
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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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Ends with: Indranigauripuja, Mangalagauripuja.
Full-text: Shitalagauripujavidhi, Mangalagauripuja, Indranigauripuja, Gauricaturthi, Navaratri.
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