Gayamahatmya, Gayāmāhātmya, Gaya-mahatmya: 2 definitions
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1) Gayāmāhātmya (गयामाहात्म्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Khn. 26. Pheh. 4. Rādh. 39. Oppert. Ii, 1864. 3626. 5494. Rice. 84. Bp. 292.
—from Agnipurāṇa. Burnell. 187^a.
—from Śvetavarāhakalpa of the Vāyupurāṇa. [Mackenzie Collection] 69. Pet. 724 (and—[commentary]). Io. 2707. Oxf. 67^b. 84^b (Index). B. 2, 40. Ben. 47. NW. 464. Burnell. 193^a. Bhk. 14. Bhr. 36. Poona. 369. H. 32. Peters. 2, 185.
2) Gayāmāhātmya (गयामाहात्म्य):—from the Vāyupurāṇa. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 66. Goldstu7cker 56.
3) Gayāmāhātmya (गयामाहात्म्य):—from the Vāyupurāṇa. Ulwar 782.
4) Gayāmāhātmya (गयामाहात्म्य):—Bd. 142. Hz. 801.
—from the Vāyupurāṇa. Cs 4, 25. Hpr. 2, 49. Io. 1737. 2707. 2903. L.. 311. Peters. 6, 144.
Gayāmāhātmya (गयामाहात्म्य):—[=gayā-māhātmya] [from gayā > gaya] n. Name of [Vāyu-purāṇa ii, 43 ff.]
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: Mahatmya, Gaya.
Full-text: Vayupurane, Gayapaddhati, Punahpuna, Vayupurana, Agnipurana.
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Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 95 - The Vāyu-purāṇa: The table of contents < [Part 4 - Pūrva-bhāga: Caturtha-pāda]
Chapter 44 - The Greatness of Gayā < [Part 5 - Uttara-bhāga]
Chapter 45 - The Procedure of offering Piṇḍas (in the Gayā-Yātrā) < [Part 5 - Uttara-bhāga]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Bare Feet and Sacred Ground: “Viṣṇu Was Here” < [Volume 9, Issue 7 (2018)]
Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study) (by Anand Dilip Raj)