Vishnudharmottara, Viṣṇudharmottara: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viṣṇudharmottara can be transliterated into English as Visnudharmottara or Vishnudharmottara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Viṣṇudharmottara (विष्णुधर्मोत्तर) or Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa refers to one of the various Minor Puranas (i.e., Upapurāṇa) not commonly mentioned in the traditional lists of Puranic literature: a category of ancient Sanskrit texts which gives a huge contribution in the development of Indian literature.—There are many important Upapurāṇas which are excluded from the lists of Upapurāṇas given by different sources. Among those important Upapurāṇas the viṣṇudharmottara-purāṇa is a remarkable one as it is encyclopedic in nature.
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
1) Viṣṇudharmottara (विष्णुधर्मोत्तर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—held to be a part of the Garuḍapurāṇa. Report. Vi. Vii. Rādh. 40. Burnell. 188^a. Taylor. 1, 159. 303. 417. Oppert. 8246. Ii, 988. 4354. 7912. W. 1758. Sb. 232. 233. Quoted by Ballālasena in Dānasāgara, by Halāyudha in Brāhmaṇasarvasva, by Hemādri, by Mādhavācārya Oxf. 270^b, in Śāktānandataraṅgiṇī Oxf. 104^a, in Āgamatattvavilāsa, and a great number of other works. Viṣṇudharmottare pāmārjanastotra q. v.
—Gajendramokṣa (ch. 63). Rādh. 25.
—Tulasīmāhātmya. Ben. 47. Poona. 456.
—Dālbhyāpāmārjana. Oudh. Xi, 4.
—Dvārakāmāhātmya. P. 9.
—Dharmaghaṭavratakathā. L. 550.
—Pravarādhyāya. Report. Ii.
—Brahmasiddhānta jy. (?). Sb. 258.
—Rādhāmantra. W. p. 333.
—Vṛkṣacikitsāropaṇādi. Rādh. 33.
—Haristuti. Rice. 278.
2) Viṣṇudharmottara (विष्णुधर्मोत्तर):—[Bhau Dāji Memorial] 110. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 86. Rgb. 128. Stein 214. Viṣṇudharmottare Aparājitāstotra. Stein 214.
—Ekādaśyutpattivratodyāpanavidhi. Fl. 59.
—Kṛṣṇasahasranāman. Peters. 4, 14.
—Rājyābhiṣekapaddhati. Stein 100.
3) Viṣṇudharmottara (विष्णुधर्मोत्तर):—Ulwar 871. Viṣṇudharmottare Apāmārjanastotra. Ulwar 2043.
—Vyāsapūjāvidhi. Ulwar 1471.
4) Viṣṇudharmottara (विष्णुधर्मोत्तर):—Bc 9. Hpr. 2, 190 (in 3 Kāṇḍa). L.. 344 (13 chapters). Viṣṇudharmottare Aparājitāstotra. L.. 345.
—Apāmārjanastotra. As p. 11. Io. 1971.
—Ekādaśīmāhātmya. L.. 346. 347.
—Tulasīmāhātmya. Peters. 5, 177.
—Pipītakīdvādaśīvrata. Cs 2, 294.
—Rājābhiṣeka. L.. 348.
—Rājābhiṣekapaddhati. Bd. 295.
—Śāntyadhyāya. L.. 349.
—Śārīrādhyāya. Tb. 167.
—Sāvitrīcaturdaśīvratakathā. Cs 2, 386.
—Haṃsagītā. L.. 350.
Viṣṇudharmottara (विष्णुधर्मोत्तर):—[=viṣṇu-dharmottara] [from viṣṇu-dharma > viṣṇu] n. Name of [work]
Viṣṇudharmottara (विष्णुधर्मोत्तर):—n. Titel eines Werkes [Colebrooke] [?II,324 u.s.w. Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1025. 1162. fgg. Oxforder Handschriften 87,b,35. 104,a,23. 268,a,20. 270,b,45. 279,b,2. 43. 67. WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 222. 229.] Titel eines Abschnittes im Mahābhārata [Oxforder Handschriften.4,b, No. 33.]
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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