Tirtharaja, Tirtha-raja, Tīrtharāja: 5 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Tīrtharāja (तीर्थराज).—The Lord of the holy waters; Prayāga, to honour which is to honour the Lord of the waters.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 109. 15.
1) Tīrtharāja (तीर्थराज) refers to the ocean (sāgara) and represents a Tīrtha (holy places), according to the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, The Saurapurāṇa extolls the ocean as tīrtharāja. It is supposed to be the Parāmūrti of Śiva. In it Varuṇa, Nārāyaṇa, Brahmā and other gods reside. Jambudvīpa is virtuous and Lavaṇodadhi (the ocean of salt) in it is also sacred.
2) Tīrtharāja (तीर्थराज) also refers to Prayāga according to different Purāṇas.—The Saurapurāṇa (67.17-19a) states that the meeting place of the two rivers Gaṅgā and Yamunā is Prayāga which is also known as tīrtharāja. Having bathed at Prayāga and having seen Maheśvara there a person after death enjoys his desired objects in heaven.
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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Marathi-English dictionary
tīrtharāja (तीर्थराज).—m (S The most eminent of holy waters or places.) A name for the ocean and for the city Prayag.
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
Tīrtharāja (तीर्थराज).—Name of Prayāga.
Derivable forms: tīrtharājaḥ (तीर्थराजः).
Tīrtharāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tīrtha and rāja (राज).
Tīrtharāja (तीर्थराज):—m. [Indische sprüche 7628] wohl fehlerhaft für rājī.
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 (+0): Tirtha, Raja.
Full-text (+0): Tirtharaji, Tirttaracan, Prayaga, Punyatirtha, Sagara, Sevin, Raja, Shatrunjaya.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.1.38 < [Chapter 1 - Description of the Entrance in Vṛndāvana]
Verse 2.1.29 < [Chapter 1 - Description of the Entrance in Vṛndāvana]
Verse 6.13.12 < [Chapter 13 - The Glories of Prabhāsa-tīrtha, the Sarasvatī River, etc.]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
Chapter 59 - The Merit of a holy dip in the Ocean
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 22 - Brahmā Praises Kāśī < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
Chapter 30 - The Greatness of Pañcatīrtha < [Section 2 - Puruṣottama-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 298 - Greatness of Guptaprayāga (Gupta Prayāga) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.23.329 < [Chapter 23 - Wandering about Navadvīpa On the Day the Lord Delivered the Kazi]
Verse 3.10.182 < [Chapter 10 - The Glories of Śrī Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi]
Bhagavatpadabhyudaya by Lakshmana Suri (study) (by Lathika M. P.)
Dispute over Śaṅkara’s Birth Place < [Chapter 4 - Similarities and Dissimilarities]