Kashimahatmya, Kāśīmāhātmya, Kashi-mahatmya: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kāśīmāhātmya can be transliterated into English as Kasimahatmya or Kashimahatmya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Kāśīmāhātmya (काशीमाहात्म्य) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—NW. 456. 488. Pheh. 4. Rādh. 39. Oppert. 5937. 6322. Ii, 4530. 5486. 6158. 9914.
—from Kāśīkhaṇḍa. B. 2, 40.
—from Padmapurāṇa. Bl. 2. Quoted by Rāmānanda on Kāśīkhaṇḍa 22, 103
—from Brahmakaivartapurāṇa. Burnell. 189^b.
—from Brahmavaivartapurāṇa. Io. 339. Oxf. 27^b. Khn. 30. Sb. 230.
—also Ānandakānanamāhātmya, from Lakṣmīsaṃhitā of Vāyupurāṇa. K. 20. Ben. 46. 50. 52. Burnell. 193^a. Taylor. 1, 440.
—from Śivarahasya. Ben. 47.
2) Kāśīmāhātmya (काशीमाहात्म्य):—by Ratnadhara. Report. Viii.
3) Kāśīmāhātmya (काशीमाहात्म्य):—Stein 200 (from several Purāṇa).
—from the Brahmavaivartapurāṇa. Bl. 30.
4) Kāśīmāhātmya (काशीमाहात्म्य):—Śivagaurīsaṃvāda. Bd. 202.
—from the Kāśīkhaṇḍa of the Skandapurāṇa. It begins with chapter 26. Cs 4, 18.
—from the Pātālakhaṇḍa of the Padmapurāṇa. Cs 4, 21. L.. 212. 213.
—from the Brahmavaivartapurāṇa. As p. 46. Cs 4, 57 ([fragmentary]). Hz. 1159.
—from the Lakṣmīsaṃhitā of the Vāyupurāṇa. Io. 1711.
Kāśīmāhātmya (काशीमाहात्म्य):—[=kāśī-māhātmya] [from kāśī > kāś] n. ‘the glory of Benares’, a section of the [Brahma-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: Kashi, Mahatmya, Kaci.
Starts with: Kashimahatmyakaumudi, Kashimahatmyakhanda, Kashimahatmyasamgraha.
Full-text: Anandakananamahatmya, Lakshmisamhita, Ratnadhara, Vayupurana, Brahmakaivartapurana, Shivarahasya, Kashikhanda, Brahmavaivartapurana, Padmapurana.
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