aghora अघोर – gentle; not terrible
adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary adjective
gentle; not terrible
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective
Original text · English · adjective
aghora a-ghora, as, ā, am, not terrific; (as), m. a euphemistic title of Śiva; a worshipper of Śiva and Durgā; (ā), f. the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādra, which is sacred to Śiva.
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine
ághora (3. a + ghora) 1〉 adj. f. ā nicht schreckend, nicht verderblich: aghòreṇa̱ cakṣùṣā mi̱triyèṇa AV. 7,60,1; vgl. aghoracakṣus. yā te rudra śivā tanūraghorā ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 3,5. — 2〉 m. ein Beiname Śivaʼs: iti śivacaturdaśīvratapūjāyām ŚKDR.; vgl. aghoraghorarūpa und ghoraghoratara. — 3〉 f. ˚rā der 14te Tag in der dunkeln Hälfte des Monats Bhādra: bhādramāsyasite pakṣe 'ghorākhyā (lies agho˚) caturdaśī . tasyāmārādhitaḥ sthāṇurnayecchivapuraṃ dhruvam .. eine Smṛti im ŚKDR.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
aghora 1〉 Verz. d. Oxf. H. 88,b,27. — 2〉 vgl. WILSON, Sel. Works 2,215. aghorarudrotpatti Verz. d. Oxf. H. 44,b,15. aghorotpattāvaghorajapaḥ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 44,b,16. ˚mantrapūjāvidhi Verz. d. Oxf. H. 45,a,23. ˚māhātmya Verz. d. Oxf. H. 28. aghorāstra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 106,a,30.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine
Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine
ághora — 1〉 Adj. nicht grausig. — 2〉 m. eine Form Śivaʼs. — 3〉 f. ā der 14te Tag in der dunklen Hälfte des Monats Bhādra.
Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine
Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine
aghora a. Not terrific or fearful. — raḥ [nāsti ghoro yasmāt] 1 N. of Śiva or of one of his forms, ( īśānāghoranāmānau vāmadevastataḥ param . sadyojātaïti proktaḥ kramaśo'rcanakarmaṇi) 2 A worshipper of Śiva and Durgā. — rā [aghoraḥ śivaḥ upāsyatvena asyāṃ sā, aghoraac] the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādra sacred to Śiva (bhādramāsyasite pakṣe hyaghorākhyā caturdaśī . tasyāmārādhitaḥ sthāṇurnayecchivapuraṃ dhruvaṃ). Comp. — ghorarūpaḥ N. of Śiva. — pathaḥ, -mārgaḥ a follower of Śiva. — pramāṇaṃ a terrific oath or ordeal.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
aghora aghora, f. ā, a. (ghora) formidable. — Np. m. Śiva; m. le jour du mois de Bhādra où est honoré Śiva.
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