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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 7, col. 1.
    á-ghorā f. the fourteenth day of the dark half of Bhādra, which is sacred to Śiva.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 13.
    aghorā , strī, (nāsti ghorā bhayānakā mūrttiryasyāḥ .
    atibhayānakā iti vyutpattyarthaḥ) bhādrakṛṣṇacatu-
    rddaśī . yathā, —
    “bhādre māsyasite pakṣe aghorākhyā caturddaśī .
    tasyāmārādhitaḥ sthāṇurnayecchivapuraṃ dhruvaṃ” ..
    iti smṛtiḥ ..

    Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 91.