Nandikeshvarapurana, Nandikeśvarapurāṇa, Nandikeshvara-purana: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nandikeśvarapurāṇa can be transliterated into English as Nandikesvarapurana or Nandikeshvarapurana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the VisnudharmottarapuranaNandīkeśvarapurāṇa (नन्दीकेश्वरपुराण) refers to one of the eighteen Minor Puranas (i.e., Upapurāṇa) according to the Devībhāgavatapurāṇa and other traditional lists of Puranic literature: a category of ancient Sanskrit texts which gives a huge contribution in the development of Indian literature.—The Upapurāṇas (e.g., nandīkeśvarapurāṇa) can be considered as the supplements of the Mahāpurāṇas as those are mostly based on the Mahāpurāṇas. The Saurapurāṇa considers the Upapurāṇas as khilas i.e., supplements. [...] Though the numbers of Upapurāṇas are specified as eighteen, there are many important Upapurāṇas which are excluded from the lists of Upapurāṇas given by different sources.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumNandikeśvarapurāṇa (नन्दिकेश्वरपुराण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oxf. 81^b. B. 2, 12. Quoted by Hemādri, Mādhavācārya Oxf. 270^b, in Nirṇayasindhu and Ācārādarśa, in Devībhāgavatapurāṇa Oxf. 80^a, in Śaktiratnākara Oxf. 101^b, by Raghunandana, and others. Nandikeśvarapurāṇe Indrākṣīstava. Ouoted by Raghunandana in Tithitattva.
—Kālāgnirudropaniṣad q. v.
—Dattātreyopaniṣad q. v.
—Daśaślokī, vedānta. Pet. 720.
—Rudrākṣamāhātmya. Pet. 724.
—Śivastotra. Burnell. 202^a. nandikeśvaramate tālādhyāyaḥ music. W. 1729.
Nandikeśvarapurāṇa has the following synonyms: Nandīśvarapurāṇa, Nandipurāṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNandikeśvarapurāṇa (नन्दिकेश्वरपुराण):—[=nandikeśvara-purāṇa] [from nandikeśvara > nandika > nand] n. Name of an Upapurāṇa
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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: Purana, Nandikeshvara, Puraana.
Full-text: Indrakshistava, Rudrakshamahatmya, Nandipurana, Nandishvarapurana, Kalagnirudropanishad, Dattatreyopanishad, Dashashloki.
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