Svargakhanda, Svargakhaṇḍa, Svarga-khanda: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySvargakhaṇḍa (स्वर्गखण्ड):—[=svarga-khaṇḍa] [from svarga > svar] n. Name of the 3rd book of the Padma-purāṇa.
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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: Khanda, Svarga.
Full-text: Padma Purana, Panktipavana, Shakuni, Sarasvata.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 62 - The Merit of Reciting the Padma Purāṇa, Svargakhaṇḍa < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
11. The river Narmadā and its present status < [Chapter 6 - Changing trends of the Rivers from Vedic to Purāṇic Age]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
2. The Padma Purāṇa < [Preface]
Chapter II - Of the seven future Manus and Manvantaras < [Book III]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Geographical History in the Purāṇs < [Chapter 3 - Historical elements in the Mahā-Purāṇas]
Saptadvīpa (1): Jambudvīpa (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Cultural History In the Purāṇas < [Chapter 3 - Historical elements in the Mahā-Purāṇas]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 2 - Source of the poem [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita] < [Chapter II - The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 1 - Bhūvanakoṣa: Geography of Seven Continents (saptadvīpā) < [Chapter 8 - Geographical data in the Matsyapurāṇa]