Maha Shivaratri (Hindu festival)

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Name (Latin)
Maha Shivaratri (Hindu festival)
Other forms of name
Great Night of Śiva (Hindu festival)
Mahāśivarātri (Hindu festival)
Night of Śiva (Hindu festival)
Śiva, Great Night of (Hindu festival)
Śiva, Night of (Hindu festival)
See Also From tracing topical name
Fasts and feasts Hinduism
MARC
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q848070
Library of congress: sh2017004251
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2006318198: The spiritual aspects of Maha Shivaratri, 2005.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica online, viewed Aug. 24, 2017(Maha Shivaratri, (Sanskrit: "Great Night of Shiva") the most important sectarian festival of the year for devotees of the Hindu god Shiva)
  • LC database, viewed Aug. 24, 2017(usage: Mahāśivarātri)
  • Dictionary of Hinduism, 2014, via Oxford reference online, Oct. 13, 2017:(Śivarātri; aka Mahāśivarātri, Great Night of Śiva, Night of Śiva; An annual pan-Indian festival in honour of Śiva)