Shivacaturdashi, Śivacaturdaśi, Shiva-caturdashi: 8 definitions
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Shivacaturdashi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 term Śivacaturdaśi can be transliterated into English as Sivacaturdasi or Shivacaturdashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shivachaturdashi.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śivacaturdaśi (शिवचतुर्दशि).—See Maheśvaravratam.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 95. 5.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
śivacaturdaśī (शिवचतुर्दशी).—f S The festival on the dark fourteenth of māgha, commonly called śivarātra.
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
Śivacaturdaśī (शिवचतुर्दशी).—the fourteenth day of the dark half of Māgha; see शिवरात्र (śivarātra).
Śivacaturdaśī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śiva and caturdaśī (चतुर्दशी).
Śivacaturdaśī (शिवचतुर्दशी).—f. (-śī) A festival held in honour of Siva, on the fourteenth of the dark-half of Magha. E. śiva, caturdaśī fourteenth.
Śivacaturdaśī (शिवचतुर्दशी):—[=śiva-caturdaśī] [from śiva] f. the 14th day of the dark half of the month Māgha kept as a festival in honour of S° (= śiva-rātri q.v.), [Pañcarātra]
Śivacaturdaśī (शिवचतुर्दशी):—[śiva-caturdaśī] (śī) 3. f. Festival to Shiva, on the 14th of the dark half of Māgha.
Śivacaturdaśī (शिवचतुर्दशी):—f. ein dem Śiva geweihter 14ter Tag [Oxforder Handschriften 34], b, [38. 41], a, [25. fg. 85], b, [2.] [PAÑCAR. 2, 7, 17.]
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.
Nepali dictionary
Śivacaturdaśī (शिवचतुर्दशी):—n. → शिवरात्री [śivarātrī]
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shiva, Caturdashi.
Starts with: Shivacaturdashivrata.
Full-text: Shivacaturdashivrata, Shivaratri, Shivachaturdashi, Shiva-tithi, Skandapurana, Maheshvaramvrata, Lopika.
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