Vaishvadevapuja, Vaiśvadevapūjā, Vaishvadeva-puja: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vaiśvadevapūjā can be transliterated into English as Vaisvadevapuja or Vaishvadevapuja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary studyVaiśvadevapūjā (वैश्वदेवपूजा) is the name of a festival that once existed in ancient Kashmir (Kaśmīra) as mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa.—Vaiśvadevapūjā proceeds as folows: The worship of all the gods is to be performed when the conjunction of Vaiśvadeva constellation takes place in the end of the month of Āṣāḍha.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVaiśvadevapūjā (वैश्वदेवपूजा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—W. p. 317.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaiśvadevapūjā (वैश्वदेवपूजा):—[=vaiśvadeva-pūjā] [from vaiśvadeva > vaiśva] f. Name of [work]
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: Vaishvadeva, Puja.
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