ṣivarātri | षिवरात्रि | SivarAtri

ṣiva—rātri | षिव—रात्रि | f. ‘Śiva's night’, N. of a popular fast and festival in honour of Śiva (kept on the 14th of the dark half of the month Māgha or January-February with many solemn ceremonies, observed during the day and night, cf. ṣiva-caturdaṣī | षिव-चतुर्दषी |), Rājat.; RTL. 90; 428
a form of Durgā (= mahā-kālī | महा-काली |), Hcat.

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