aghora

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 9.

aghora mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Formidable, terrible. m. (-raḥ)

1 A name of ŚIVA.

2 A worshipper of ŚIVA and DEVĪ in their terrific forms. f. (-rā) The fourteenth day of the dark half of the month Bhadra, upon which ŚIVA is worshipped.

E. a implying resemblance, and dhora formidable.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 7, col. 2.

a-ghora (raḥ) 1. m. A name of Shiva;
(rā) 1. f. a particular day when
Shiva is worshipped; a. Formi-
dable, very terrific.

Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 16, col. 2.

aghora Tatpur. I. m. f. n. (-raḥ-rā-ram) Not formidable,

not terrible.

II. m. (-raḥ) ¹ A name of Śiva. ² A worshipper of Śiva

and Durgā in their terrific forms.

III. f. (-rā) The fourteenth day of the dark half of the

month Bhādra (August-September), upon which Śiva is wor-

shipped. E. a neg. and ghora. (The name of Śiva taken in

a euphemistic sense.)

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

☞ p. 6, col. 3.

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. —Aghora-

ghora-rūpa, as, m. a name of Śiva (‘having a form

or nature both not terrific and terrific’). —Aghora-

pathin, -nthās, or aghora-mārga, as, m. a follower

of Śiva. —Aghora-pramāṇa, am, n. a terrific oath.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 16, col. 3.

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.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 3, col. 3.

aghora á-ghora, a. not terrible.

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

☞ p. 7, col. 1.

á-ghora mfn. not terrific

☞ p. 7, col. 1.

á-ghora m. a euphemistic title of Śiva

☞ p. 7, col. 1.

a worshipper of Śiva and Durgā

Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 7, col. 2.

aghora

mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Formidable, terrible.

m. (-raḥ)

1. A name of SIVA.
2. A worshipper of SIVA, and DeVĪ in their terrific forms.

f. (-rā)
The fourteenth day of the dark half of the month Bhadra, upon
which SIVA is worshipped.

E. a implying resemblance, and ghora
formidable.

Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ vol. 1, p. 21.

aghora a. Not terrific or fearful. -raḥ [nāsti ghoro yasmāt] 1 N. of Śiva or of one of his forms, (īśānāghoranā- mānau vāmadevastataḥ param | sadyojāta iti proktaḥ kramaśo'rcanakarmaṇi ||) -2 A worshipper 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 sthāṇurnayocchivapuraṃ dhruvam ||). -Comp. -ghorarūpaḥ N. of Śiva. -pathaḥ, -mārgaḥ a follower of Śiva. -pramāṇam a terrific oath or ordeal.

Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

☞ p. 9, col. 1.

aghora aghora, f. ā, a. (ghora) formidable.

— Np. m. Śiva;

m. le jour du mois de Bhādra où est honoré Śiva.

Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

☞ p. 6, col. 1.

a-ghora- a. non terrible.

°ghora-rūpa- a. à l'aspect terrible et non terrible à la fois (Śiva).

Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

☞ vol. 1, p. 45.

ághora (3. a + ghora)

1) adj. f. ā nicht schreckend, nicht verderblich: aghôreṇà cakṣûṣā mìtriyêṇa AV. 7, 60, 1; vgl. aghoracakṣus. yā te rudra śivā tanūraghorā ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 3, 5.

— 2) m. ein Beiname Śiva's: 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.

☞ vol. 5, p. 951.

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 16. °mantrapūjāvidhi 45,a,23. °māhātmya 28. aghorāstra 106,a,30.

Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

☞ vol. 1, p. 10, col. 3.

ághora

— 1) Adj. nicht grausig.

— 2) m. eine Form Śiva's.

— 3) f. ā der 14te Tag in der dunklen Hälfte des Monats Bhādra.

Vācaspatyam

☞ p. 69, col. 2.

aghora tri0 na ghoraḥ bhayānakaḥ . bhayānakabhinne saumyarūpe
“yā te rudra! “śivā tanūraghorā pāpakāsinī” iti vedaḥ .
“aghorā saumyā ata eva pāpakāsinī śivā ca iti”
vedadīpaḥ . nāsti ghoro yasmāt . atibhayānake tri0 .
rudramūrttibhede pu0 . “īśānāghoranāmānau, vāmadevastataḥ
param . sadyojāta iti proktaḥ kramaśo'rcanakarmmaṇīti
purā0 . aghoraḥ śiva upāsyatvenāstyasyām a-
ghora + ac . bhādrakṛṣṇacaturddaśyāṃ strī . “bhādre māsya-
site pakṣe hyaghorākhyā caturdaśī . tasyāmārādhitaḥ sthāṇu-
rnayecchivapuraṃ dhruvamiti” purā0 .

The Purāṇa Index

☞ vol. 1, p. 19.

Aghora — the form of Maheśvara in the 32nd kalpa, all

black.

Vā. 23. 29, 76.

Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

☞ vol. 1, p. 89.