A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Muhurta
This page describes Muhurta which is located on page 334 of the second 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 “Muhurta” according to 71 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: एक-वारं जलं पीत्वा धौत-वस्त्रो ऽति-निर्मलः ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त उत्थाय चैकादश्यां हरिं नतः eka-varam jalam pitva dhauta-vastro ti-nirmalah brahme muhurta utthaya caikadashyam harim natah eka-varam—one time; jalam—water; pitva—drinking; dhauta-vastrah—clean garments; ati-nirmalah—very pure; brahme muhurte—during brahma-muhurta; utthaya—rising; ca—and; ekadashyam—on ekadashi; harim—to Lord Krishna; natah—bow down....
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Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
Dharmadeva s wives were Arundhati, Vasu, Yami, Lamba, Bhanu, Marutvati, Sankalpa, Muhurta, Sadhya and Vishva. Of Vishva were born Vishvedevas. Sadhya delivered the Sadhyas, Marutva, the Marutvans and Vasu, Vasus. Bhanus were born of Bhanu. From Muhurta came Muhurtabhimanis and from Lamba, Ghosha and from Yami, Nagavithi. (Chapter 15, Anushasana Parva, 1; Vishnu Purana and Skandha 6, Bhagavata).*) It was Mahavishnu who gave Daksha his wife, Asikni, when Daksha was doing penance in Vindhya....
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana [by Chaitali Kadia]
Marutvati, Vasu, Yami, Lamba, Bhanu, Arundhati, Sankalpa, Muhurta, Sadhya and Vishva are the ten wives of Dharma. The names of his sons are as well–from Vishva ten Vishavadevas, from Sadhya twelve Sadhyos, from Marutvati forty-nine Marutas, from Vasu eight Vasus, from Bhanu twelve Suryas, from Muhurta Muhurtaka, from Lamba Ghosha, from Yami Nagavithi and from Sankalpa Sankalpa. All the animals and creatures originated from Arundhati s womb....
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