A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Dipavali
This page describes Dipavali which is located on page 534 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Dipavali” according to 8 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: अजानतीयं तव चाम्ब बाला तथा वदन्तीषु सखीषु भैष्मी गन्धाक्षतैर् धूप-विभूषणाद्यैः स्रङ्-माल्य-दीपावली-भोग-वस्त्रैः अपूप-ताम्बूल-फलेक्षुभिश् च भेजे भवानीं परया च भक्त्या नत्वाथ तां वा बहु-भूषणाद्यैः सम्पूज्य सौभाग्यवतीर् ननाम ajanatiyam tava camba bala tatha vadantishu sakhishu bhaishmi gandhakshatair dhupa-vibhushanadyaih sran-malya-dipavali-bhoga-vastraih apupa-tambula-phalekshubhish ca bheje bhavanim paraya ca bhaktya natvatha tam va bahu-bhushanadyaih...
Read full contents: Verses 6.5.23-24
The Skanda Purana [by G. V. Tagare]
Dipavali. Summary: Rites to be Performed on Vatsadvadashi, Yamatrayodashi, Narakacaturdashi and Dipavali. Valakhilyas said: 1. Krishna described to Dharma (i.e. Yudhishthira) (the holy day) named Vatsadvadashi. The twelfth lunar day must be in conjunction with the time of sunset in worshipping a calf. 2-3. “On the first day, worship of a calf is to be performed under the shade of a banyan tree. One should apply sandal paste etc. to a domesticated milch cow along with its calf of the same colour....
Read full contents: Chapter 9 - Rites to be Performed on Vatsadvadashi, [...] Dipavali
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Nyaya-makaranda , Nyaya-dipavali and Pramana-mala. Of these the Nyaya-makaranda was commented upon by Citsukha and his pupil Sukhaprakasha in works called Nyaya-makaranda-tika and Nyaya-makaranda-vivecani. Sukhaprakasha also wrote a commentary on the Nyaya-dipavali , called Nyaya-dipavah-tatparya-tika. Anubhutisvarupa Acarya (late thirteenth century), the teacher of Anandajnana, also wrote commentaries on all the three works of Anandabodha....
Read full contents: Part 14 - Anandabodha Yati
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