Kalikapurana, Kālikāpurāṇa, Kalika-purana: 5 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kālikāpurāṇa (कालिकापुराण) refers to one of the eighteen Minor Puranas (i.e., Upapurāṇa) according to the Kūrmapurāṇa and other traditional lists of Puranic literature: a category of ancient Sanskrit texts which gives a huge contribution in the development of Indian literature.—The Upapurāṇas (e.g., kālikāpurāṇa) can be considered as the supplements of the Mahāpurāṇas as those are mostly based on the Mahāpurāṇas. The Saurapurāṇa considers the Upapurāṇas as khilas i.e., supplements. [...] Though the numbers of Upapurāṇas are specified as eighteen, there are many important Upapurāṇas which are excluded from the lists of Upapurāṇas given by different sources.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Kālikāpurāṇa (कालिकापुराण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Jones. 406. [Mackenzie Collection] 49. Io. 1515. W. p. 127. Oxf. 78. Paris. (B 2. 3). L. 149. 370. K. 22. Kh. 64. B. 2, 4. Ben. 56. Bik. 200. Tu7b. 13. Kāṭm. 2. Pheh. 4. Oudh. V, 2. Viii, 4. Burnell. 187^b. D 2.
Kālikāpurāṇa has the following synonyms: Kālīpurāṇa, Caṇḍīpurāṇa.
2) Kālikāpurāṇa (कालिकापुराण):—Ulwar 773. Kālikāpurāṇe Mahāmāyākalpakavaca. Ulwar 2280.
3) Kālikāpurāṇa (कालिकापुराण):—Ak 118. As p. 41 (3 Mss.). Bc 388. Cs 4, 13. 14. Io. 919. 952. 1515. 2563 ([fragmentary]). 2943. Tb. 50. 51. Kālikāpurāṇe Trailokyamohanakavaca. L.. 1290, 8.
—Malamāsamāhātmya. Ak 212.
4) Kālikāpurāṇa (कालिकापुराण):—different from the preceding. Io. 2488.
Kālikāpurāṇa (कालिकापुराण):—[=kālikā-purāṇa] [from kālikā > kāla] n. ‘the Purāṇa of Kālikā (id est. of Durgā)’, Name of an Upa-purāṇa.
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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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Partial matches: Kalika, Purana.
Full-text (+142): Rudhiradhyaya, Bhasmacala, Kubjikapitha, Upapurana, Candipurana, Ugracanda, Shabarotsava, Kamakhya, Mahashtami, Ugratara, Svarnamaha, Lohitagangaka, Shakramatrika, Kalikavrata, Divyakunda, Brahmakunda, Kamadhara, Panikacchapika, Svarnakanika, Candrakunda.
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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)
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Part 1 - Literary Evidences—The Kalika-Purana and the Yogini Tantra < [Chapter 2 - Madan-Kamdev through the ages—A hypothetical analysis]
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Wonderland < [Volume 14, Issue 3 (2023)]
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Purana Tradition in Bengal < [Purana, Volume 7, Part 1 (1965)]
The Skanda-Purana On The Dharana Gotra < [Purana, Volume 7, Part 1 (1965)]
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