Hanumatkavaca, Hanumat-kavaca, Hanūmatkavaca: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHanumatkavaca (हनुमत्कवच) or Hanūmatkavaca (हनूमत्कवच).—Name of various hymns addressed to हनुमत् (hanumat).
Derivable forms: hanumatkavacam (हनुमत्कवचम्), hanūmatkavacam (हनूमत्कवचम्).
Hanumatkavaca is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hanumat and kavaca (कवच).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Hanumatkavaca (हनुमत्कवच) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oudh. Xi, 34. Burnell. 198^a. Taylor. 1, 23. 98. 233. 467. Oppert. Ii, 3557. 6525. Rice. 300. Sb. 332.
—from the Padmapurāṇa. Burnell. 198^a.
—from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Burnell. 198^a.
—from the Bhavishyottarapurāṇa. Burnell. 198^a.
—from the Vāyupurāṇa. Burnell. 198^a.
—from the Sudarśanasaṃhitā. Oxf. 107^a. Burnell. 198^a.
2) Hanumatkavaca (हनुमत्कवच):—Fl. 411. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 112.
—from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 94. Fl. 26. Oudh. Xx, 40. Stein 207.
3) Hanumatkavaca (हनुमत्कवच):—Ak 1036.
—from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. L.. 258. 259 (slightly different).
Hanumatkavaca (हनुमत्कवच):—[=hanu-mat-kavaca] [from hanu-mat > hanu] n. ‘Hanumat’s breast-plate’, Name of various hymns (addressed to the five-headed Han° in various Purāṇas).
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: Kavaca, Hanuman.
Ends with: Pancamukhihanumatkavaca, Sudarshanasamhitayam pancamukhihanumatkavaca.
Full-text: Sudarshanasamhita, Brahmandapurana, Vayupurana, Bhavishyottarapurana, Padmapurana.
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