Mundira, Muṇḍīra: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMuṇḍīra (मुण्डीर).—The sun.
Derivable forms: muṇḍīraḥ (मुण्डीरः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMuṇḍīra (मुण्डीर):—[from muṇḍ] m. the sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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Starts with: Muntiram.
Full-text: Muntiram, Vitankapura.
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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 76 - Installation of Muṇḍīra, Kālapriya and Mūlasthāna < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 100 - Durvāsas Curses Sāṃba < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 139 - Greatness of Citrāditya (Citra-āditya) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Three Ancient Famous Temples of the Sun < [Purana, Volume 8, Part 1 (1966)]
The Puranic Records on the Sun-worship < [Purana, Volume 11, Part 2 (1969)]
The Sun-Worshipping Sakadvipiya Brahmanas (by Martina Palladino)
2. Some Reflections on the Sun Cult < [Chapter 2 - Some Reflections on Topics Presented in the Purāṇas]
1. Sanskrit text < [Chapter 1 - The Purāṇic Sections]
2. English translation (of Samba-purāṇa, selected chapters) < [Chapter 1 - The Purāṇic Sections]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 10 - Temples and Pilgrimages for Worshipping the Sun-god in the Purāṇas < [Chapter 4 - Vedic Influence on the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Architectural data in the Puranas (by Sharda Devi)