Vivahotsava, Vivāhotsava, Vivaha-utsava: 3 definitions
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Vivahotsava means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationVivāhotsava (विवाहोत्सव) refers to the “great festival of one’s marriage”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.51 (“The resuscitation of Kāma”).—Accordingly, as Rati said to Śiva: “[...] O lord Śiva, in the great festival of your marriage (vivāhotsava), all people are happy. I alone am unhappy without my husband. O lord, make me possessed of my husband. O Śiva, be pleased. O lord, friend of the distressed, please make your words true. Excepting you, who is there in the three worlds including the mobile and immobile creatures who can destroy my sorrow. Knowing this, be merciful. [...]”.
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 CatalogorumVivāhotsava (विवाहोत्सव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oppert. Ii, 4151.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVivāhotsava (विवाहोत्सव):—[=vi-vāhotsava] [from vi-vāha > vi-vah] m. ‘marriage feast’, 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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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Chapter 3 - Lord Balarāma’s Wedding < [Canto 6 - Dvārakā-khaṇḍa]