Janmashtami, Janmāṣṭamī: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Janmāṣṭamī can be transliterated into English as Janmastami or Janmashtami, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Janmashtmi.
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In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी).—The celebration of Lord Kṛṣṇa's appearance in the material world; the eighth lunar day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadra (August-September). The festival of Kṛṣṇa's birthday.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
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Marathi-English dictionary
janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी).—f (S) The eighth day of the waning moon of śrāvaṇa, the birthday of kṛṣṇa. See gōkulāṣṭamī.
janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी).—f The eighth day of the wan- ing moon of śrāvaṇa.
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
Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी).—f. (-mī) The eighth lunation or dark half of Bhadra, the birth day of Krishna. E. janma, and aṣṭamī eighth.
Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] Oudh. Xx, 168. Xxii, 108.
Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी):—[from janma > janīya] f. Kṛṣṇa’s birthday (the 8th day in the dark half of month Srāvaṇa or Bhādra)
Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी):—[janmā+ṣṭamī] (mī) 3. f. The dark half of Bhādra, birth-day of Krishna.
Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी):—(ja + aṣṭamī) f. der achte Tag in der dunkelen Hälfte des Monats Śrāvaṇa (mukhyacāndreṇa) oder Bhādra (gauṇacāndreṇa). an dem Kṛṣṇa geboren ist: tattva [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1177.] vrata [1194.]
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Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी):—vgl. [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 128. fg.] nirṇaya m. Titel eines Werkes [HALL 151.]
Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी):—f. der achte Tag in der dunklen Hälfte des Bhādra , an dem Kṛṣṇa geboren ist. tattva n. Titel eines Abschnittes im Smṛtitattva. nirṇaya m. Titel eines Werkes.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Janmāṣṭamī (जन्माष्टमी) [Also spelled janmashtmi]:—(nf) the eighth day of the dark half of the month of [bhādoṃ] when Lord Krinhna is supposed to have been born.
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Starts with: Janmashtamikatha, Janmashtaminirnaya, Janmashtamipratimapuja, Janmashtamipuja, Janmashtamitattva, Janmashtamivrata, Janmashtamivratakatha, Janmashtamivratapuja, Janmashtamivratatattva, Janmashtamivratodyapana, Janmashtamivratodyapanavidhi.
Full-text: Krishna Janmashtami, Radhajanmashtami, Janmashtamitattva, Janmashtaminirnaya, Janmashtamivrata, Krishnashtamirata, Janmashtmi, Purusha-sukta, Dnyaneshwar, Raghunandana bhattacarya, Bhagavata Purana.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 247 < [Tamil-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
Page 728 < [Hindi-Gujarati-English Volume 1]
Page 710 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 1]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 3.10.31-37 < [Chapter 10 - The Glory of Śrī Girirāja]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Festivals and Ceremonies of the Nepalese of Assam (by Monmi Kakati)
Part 5.2.7 - The Janmashtami festival < [Chapter 3 - Festivals of the Nepalese of Assam]
Social Folk customs of the Sonowal and Thengal Kacharis (by Suravi Gohain Duwarah)
Part 3.2 - Changes in the Calendrical festivals < [Chapter 6 - Tradition and Change]
Part 3.5 - Calendrical Festivals < [Chapter 3 - Social folk customs of the Sonowal Kacharis]
Part 3 - Comparison of Festivals and Celebrations (of Assamese tribes) < [Chapter 5 - Similarities and Dissimilarities]
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