Kalikapurana, Kālikāpurāṇa, Kalika-purana: 5 definitions

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Kalikapurana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana

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.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

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.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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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Kalikapurana in German

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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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