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- proper noun Hinduism Name of the eleventh
month in the Hindulunar calendar .
Etymologies
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Sinai Peninsula, is today known as Magha'ir Shu'aib ( "the caves of Shu'aib").
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Sinai Peninsula, is today known as Magha'ir Shu'aib ( "the caves of Shu'aib").
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[[Ptolemy]], for example, records their name as '' Modiana '', whilst the ancient pre-Islamic Arab city of Madyan is today known as Magha'ir Shu'aib.
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Magha-Raja (the Cloud King) troublesome in his dominions, bound him with chains, and only released him upon his oath not to trouble the
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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From the seed syllables NGA NGI and so on, then wheels, come the divine ladies of the days of the lunar month Magha, a Constellation near Regulus, such as Lady
Abbreviated Kalachakra Body, Speech, and Mind Sadhana Pan-chen dPal-ldan ye-shes 1985
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From the seed syllables NGA NGI and so on, then wheels, come the divine ladies of the days of the lunar month Magha, a Constellation near Regulus, such as Lady
Abbreviated Kalachakra Body, Speech, and Mind Sadhana Pan-chen dPal-ldan ye-shes 1985
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Nilakantha in a long note explains that Magha Vishayagas Somas cannot mean that Soma or the Moon entered the constellation called Magha.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The auspicious constellations are such as Pushya and others; the inauspicious are Mula Aslesha, Magha, etc; yajnaprasava may also mean the fruits of sacrifices.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Every year (on the days of full moon) of the months of Ashadha and Magha, a large number of Brahmanas used to receive from the Rakshasa chief, after proper honours, the best kinds of food that they desired.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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If an evil-omened planet (papa-graha) sheds its influence upon any of the nine constellations beginning with Aswini, it forebodes danger to Aswapatis; if on any of the nine beginning with Magha, it forebodes danger to Gajapatis; and if on any of the nine beginning with
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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