Maheshvarapura, Maheshvara-pura, Māheśvarapura: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Māheśvarapura can be transliterated into English as Mahesvarapura or Maheshvarapura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaMāheśvarapura (माहेश्वरपुर).—A holy place. If one worships Śaṅkara (Śiva) at this place, all desires would be fulfilled. (Śloka 129, Chapter 84, Vana Parva).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMāheśvarapura (माहेश्वरपुर).—Sacred to Svāhā.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 13. 42.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāheśvarapura (माहेश्वरपुर):—[=māheśvara-pura] [from māheśvara > māhā] n. Name of a Tīrtha, [Mahābhārata]
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: Maheshvara, Pura.
Starts with: Maheshvarapurana.
Full-text: Svaha.
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Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
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