Tirtharaja, Tīrtharāja, Tirtha-raja: 5 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Tīrtharāja (तीर्थराज).—The Lord of the holy waters; Prayāga, to honour which is to honour the Lord of the waters.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 109. 15.

Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study

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.

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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

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tīrtharāja (तीर्थराज).—m (S The most eminent of holy waters or places.) A name for the ocean and for the city Prayag.

context information

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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tīrtharāja (तीर्थराज).—Name of Prayāga.

Derivable forms: tīrtharājaḥ (तीर्थराजः).

Tīrtharāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tīrtha and rāja (राज).

[Sanskrit to German]

Tirtharaja in German

context information

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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