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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Lokapālatva (लोकपालत्व).—The lordship of a quarter of the world; Yama became a Lokapāla by pleasing Śiva.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 11. 20.

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

Lokapālatva (लोकपालत्व):—[=loka-pāla-tva] [from loka-pāla > loka > lok] n. ([Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa]) the being a guardian of the world

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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: Tva, Lokapala.

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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 168 - The Greatness of Āṅkūreśvara (āṅkūra-īśvara-tīrtha) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]

Chapter 38 - Kusumeśvara (kusuma-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]

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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 59 - The Birth of Vaivasvata < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]

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