Marttanda, Mārttaṇḍa: 3 definitions
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Marttanda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymārttaṇḍa (मार्त्तंड).—m S (Poetry.) The sun. Ex. sadā, cakra- vāka hyāsīṃ mā0 jaisā || uḍī ghālitō saṅkaṭīṃ svāmī taisā ||. 2 (Popularly.) A name of khaṇḍērāva or khaṇḍōbā.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMārttaṇḍa (मार्त्तण्ड).—m.
(-ṇḍaḥ) 1. The sun. 2. A hog. 3. The Arka plant. 4. The number “twelve.” E. mṛtaṇḍa the progenitor of the sun, aff. aṇ; or mṛte aṇḍe bhavaḥ aṇ śaka0; also sometimes mārttāṇḍa .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMārttaṇḍa (मार्त्तण्ड):—(ṇḍaḥ) 1. m. The sun; a hog.
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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The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Canto CV - The Birth of Mārttaṇḍa
Canto CVIII - The Majesty of the Sun
Annadatri-carita (study) (by Sarannya V.)
7. Divinity Applied on Travancore Royal Family < [Chapter 5 - Annadatri-carita—A Critical Study]
Later Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Suryanarkoyil < [Chapter II - Temples of Kulottunga I’s Time]
Temples in Sugatur < [Chapter IV - Temples of Vikrama Chola’s Time]
Appendix: Timeline of Vikrama Chola’s contributions < [Chapter IV - Temples of Vikrama Chola’s Time]
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Pachchil Tirumerrali < [Aditya I]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 2 - A List of Different Sacred Places of Śiva on the Earth < [Section 3b - Arunācala-khaṇḍa (Uttarārdha)]