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Source: Wisdom Library: Skanda-purana

Lāṅgalin (लाङ्गलिन्) is the name of a gaṇa (attendant of Śiva), mentioned in the Skandapurāṇa 4.2.53. In this chapter, Śiva (Giriśa) summons his attendants (gaṇas) and ask them to venture towards the city Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) in order to find out what the yoginīs, the sun-god, Vidhi (Brahmā) were doing there.

While the gaṇas such as Lāṅgalin were staying at Kāśī, they were desirous but unable of finding a weakness in king Divodaśa who was ruling there. Kāśī is described as a fascinating place beyond the range of Giriśa’s vision, and as a place where yoginīs become ayoginīs, after having come in contact with it. Kāśī is described as having both the power to destroy great delusion, as well as creating it.

The Skandapurāṇa narrates the details and legends surrounding numerous holy pilgrimages (tīrtha-māhātmya) throughout India. It is the largest Mahāpurāṇa composed of over 81,000 metrical verses, with the core text dating from the before the 4th-century CE.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Langalin in India is the name of a plant defined with Cocos nucifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Calappa nucifera Kuntze (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Taxon (1979)
· Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. (2007)
· Kew Chromosome Conference (1995)
· Res. Microbiol. (2004)
· Species Plantarum
· Not. Pl. Asiat. (1851)

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lāṅgalin (लाङ्गलिन्).—m. [lāṅgalamasyāsti ini]

1) Name of Balarāma; बन्धुप्रीत्या समरविमुखो लाङ्गली याः सिषेवे (bandhuprītyā samaravimukho lāṅgalī yāḥ siṣeve) Meghadūta 51.

2) The cocoanut tree.

3) A snake.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lāṅgalin (लाङ्गलिन्).—m. (-lī) 1. A name of Balarama. 2. The cocoanut-tree. 3. A snake. E. lāṅgala a plough, and ini aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lāṅgalin (लाङ्गलिन्).—i. e. lāṅgala + in, m. 1. A snake. 2. A name of Balarāma, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 50 (armed with a plough).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lāṅgalin (लाङ्गलिन्).—[masculine] [Epithet] of Balarāma, lit. having a plough (for an ensign).

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

1) Lāṅgalin (लाङ्गलिन्):—[from lāṅgala] mfn. furnished with or possessing a plough (cf. phāla-kuddāla-l and yugma-l)

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Bala-deva (q.v.), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]

3) [v.s. ...] of a preceptor, [Pāṇini 6-4, 144], [vArttika] 1, [Patañjali]

4) [v.s. ...] the cocoa-nut tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lāṅgalin (लाङ्गलिन्):—(lī) 5. m. Balarāma; cocoanut tree; a snake.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Lāṅgalin (लाङ्गलिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇaṃgali.

[Sanskrit to German]

Langalin 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Langalini.

Ends with: Phalakuddalalangalin, Yugmalangalin.

Full-text: Yugmalangalin, Nangali, Langalini, Phalakuddalalangalin, Kurma, Langala.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 17: Expedition of conquest < [Chapter V - Śrī Dharmanāthacaritra]

Part 31: Death of Tripṛṣṭha < [Chapter I - Śreyāṃsanāthacaritra]

Part 21: Sermon on tenfold dharma < [Chapter II - Vāsupūjyacaritra]

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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 55 - Ganeśa Proceeds on a Mission to Kāśī < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]

Chapter 53 - Śiva’s Attendants Go to Vārāṇasī < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]

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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 24 - Incarnations of Śiva < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]

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