Mahagarbha, Mahāgarbha, Maha-garbha: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāgarbha (महागर्भ).—Name of Śiva.
Derivable forms: mahāgarbhaḥ (महागर्भः).
Mahāgarbha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and garbha (गर्भ). See also (synonyms): mahāgarta, mahāgīta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāgarbha (महागर्भ):—[=mahā-garbha] [from mahā > mah] mfn. ‘having a large womb’ (or m. ‘a l° w°’), Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Dānava, [Harivaṃśa]
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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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Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 47 - The Danavas Described < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 98 - Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 65 - Thousand names of Śiva (Rudra-sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 27 - The description of the Jaya ablution < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 35 - Śiva-sahasranāma: the thousand names of Śiva < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 29 - Kumāra Becomes Commander-in-chief of the Deva Army < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]