The Sanskrit term Vālukeśvara can be transliterated into English as Valukesvara or Valukeshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vālukeśvara (वालुकेश्वर).—A name of Śiva.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 60. 69.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vālukeśvara (वालुकेश्वर):—[from vālukā > vālu] m. ‘sand-lord’, Name of Śiva, [Religious Thought and Life in India 90]

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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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Starts with: Valukeshvaratirtha.

Full-text: Valukeshvaratirtha, Pavanapura.

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