Omkareshvara, Onkara-ishvara, Oṃkāreśvara, Oṅkāreśvara, Onkareshvara, Omkara-ishvara: 6 definitions
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Omkareshvara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Oṃkāreśvara and Oṅkāreśvara can be transliterated into English as Omkaresvara or Omkareshvara or Onkaresvara or Onkareshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationOṃkāreśvara (ओंकारेश्वर) or Oṃkāra refers to one of twelve Jyotirliṅgas, according to the Śivapurāṇa 1.22 while explaining the importance of the partaking of the Naivedya of Śiva. It can also be transliterated as Omkareshwar. Oṃkāreśvara is located at Oṃkāra Māndhātā (Omkar Mandhata) on the Narmadā.
Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical studyOṃkāreśvara (ओंकारेश्वर) or Oṃkāreśvaraliṅga is the name of a Tīrtha (holy places) situated at Vārāṇasī, according to the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Vārāṇasī has remained a place dear to Śiva. It is supposed to be a place of mokṣa for all living creatures. There are many sacred places and innumerable liṅgas which are even unknown to Brahmā, so says the Saurapurāṇa. [...] The eternal Oṃkāreśvara-liṅga at Vārāṇasī is that holy place where Siva resides in person to grace the people and to free them from the fetter of paśutva. If somebody makes fast on the fourteenth tithi of dark fortnight at Oṃkāreśvara gets perfection. The Pāśupatas are stated to have achieved perfection here.
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.
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Studies In Indian Literary HistoryOṃkāreśvara (ओंकारेश्वर) is the name of a North-Indian Tirtha (sacred place) mentioned in the Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī authored by Varadarāja (A.D. 1600-1650), a pupil of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita.—Varadarāja in his Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī refers to several works which ought to be studied by a Pandit. In the same text are listed some Ghats of Benares (Varanasi). We also find in this work a list of holy places or tīrthas on folio 6 of the manuscript [e.g., oṃkāreśvara] which appears to have been composed say between A.D. 1600 and 1650.—[Cf. the manuscript of the Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī at the Government Manuscripts Library, B.O.R. = Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona]
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryōṅkārēśvara (ओंकारेश्वर).—m The name of one of the lingams of Shiva. See bārā jyōtiliṅga.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ishvara, Omkara.
Starts with: Omkareshvaralinga, Omkareshvaramahatmya.
Full-text: Omkareshvaramahatmya, Omkareshvaralinga, Bara Jyotilingem, Omkara, Mahishmati.
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Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Kuttalam < [Chapter XII - Temples of Kulottunga III’s Time]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 52 - Oṃkāreśvara (oṃkāra-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 73 - The Greatness of Oṃkāra < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 230 - The Series of Tīrthas Enumerated < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Shaivacintamani (analytical study) (by Swati Sucharita Pattanaik)
Part 4.4 - Description of Oṃkāreśvara Liṅga < [Chapter 2: Śaivism in Śaiva Purāṇas of Odisha]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
14. Twelve Jyotirliṅga incarnations of lord Śiva < [Chapter 5 - Rudra-Śiva in the Purāṇic Literature]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 34 - The Greatness of Kṛttivāseśvara < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 18 - The greatness of the Jyotirliṅga Oṃkāreśvara < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
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