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मार्गणप्रिया (mArgaNapriyA)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मार्गण—प्रिया
f.
N.
of a daughter of Prādhā,
MBh.
Mahabharata
English
Mārgaṇapriyā, one of the daughters of Pradhā. § 102 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2553.
पुराणम्
English
मार्गणप्रिया / MĀRGAṆAPRIYĀ. A daughter born to kaśyapa prajāpati of his wife Pradhā. (Śloka 45, Chapter 65, Ādi Parva).
MĀRGAŚĪRṢAMĀSA. The month of Dhanu (December). The month has got great Purāṇic importance. If one lives taking food only once during the whole of this month one will be free from all sins and diseases. (Śloka 17, Chapter 106, anuśāsana parva). If on the Dvādaśī day in this month one fasts the whole day and night and worships keśava one will get the benefit of conducting an aśvamedha yajña. (Śloka 3, Chapter 109, anuśāsana parva).