aghora

Dictionary meanings for aghora from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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aghora

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. Not terrific or fearful. raḥ [nāsti ghoro yasmāt] 1 N. of Śiva or of one of his forms, (īśānā- ghoranāmānau vāmadevastataḥ param. sadyojāta- iti proktaḥ kramaśo'rcanakarmaṇi)

2 A wor- shipper of Śiva and Durgā. rā [aghoraḥ śivaḥ upāsyatvena asyāṃ sā, aghora- ac] the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādra sacred to Śiva (bhādramāsyasite pakṣe hyaghorākhyā caturdaśī. tasyāmārādhitaḥ sthāṇurnayecchivapuraṃ...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mfn. not terrific 7,1 1392 m. a euphemistic title of S3iva śiva 7,1 1392.1 m. a worshipper of S3iva śiva and Durga1 durgā 7,1 1393 f. the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bha1dra bhādra, which is sacred to S3iva śiva. 000924 7,1 1394

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